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Minute Minder #1
 Please move your minute minder sticky to 25 full single pages.
 Please put 1.) in the margin read article on your table and answer the
following questions
a.
What does a food chain show?
b.
Where does the initial energy come from?
c.
Is all energy passed to the next level and if not, where does it go?
d.
Can there be equal numbers of foxes and grass? (explain your answers in
a few sentences.
Cell City
 Purpose - To make mental connections
between cell structures and their functions in
order to better understand the role of the
various organelles and how they interact.
How we will do this - Make analogies between
the functional parts of a city and the functional
parts of a cell.
Cell Membrane
 Description –thin membrane
composed of phospholipids that
is imbedded with proteins
 Purpose – selective barrier
 City Analogy - ???
Cell Membrane
 Description –thin membrane
composed of phospholipids that
is imbedded with proteins
 Purpose – selective barrier
 City Analogy - City limits, city border
(I think of a bouncer)
Cytoplasm
 Description –clear in color and has a gellike appearance. Composed mostly of
water and also contains enzymes, salts,
organelles, and various organic molecules.
 Purpose - The cytoplasm helps to move
materials around the cell and also dissolves
cellular waste.
 City Analogy – ?????
Cytoplasm
 Description –clear in color and has a gellike appearance. Composed mostly of
water and also contains enzymes, salts,
organelles, and various organic molecules.
 Purpose - The cytoplasm helps to move
materials around the cell and also dissolves
cellular waste.
 City Analogy – Delivery van
Delivery Van
Nucleus
 Description- Surrounded by a double
membrane and contains all DNA
(instructions) for the cell
 Purpose- Keep safe and regulate all the
instructions for cellular operation.
 City Analogy- ???????
Nucleus
 Description- Surrounded by a double
membrane and contains all DNA
(instructions) for the cell
 Purpose- Keep safe and regulate all the
instructions for cellular operation.
 City Analogy- city hall/ library
City Hall
Endoplasmic Reticulum
 Description – Network of membranes that’s
attached to the nucleus. Two types:
 City Analogy – ??????
 Rough ER: studded with ribosomes; it makes
proteins
 Smooth ER: no ribosomes; it makes lipids
 Purpose - Responsible for transport of
cellular material
Road System
Endoplasmic Reticulum
 Description – Network of membranes that’s
attached to the nucleus. Two types:
 City Analogy – Roadways and highways.
 Rough ER: studded with ribosomes; it makes
proteins
 Smooth ER: no ribosomes; it makes lipids
 Purpose - Responsible for transport of
cellular material
Road System
Mitochondria
 Description – double membrane organelle
responsible for cellular respiration. Has it’s
own DNA, you have your mothers!
 City Analogy – ??????
 Purpose - Responsible for providing energy
for the cell
Road System
Power Plant
Mitochondria
 Description – double membrane organelle
responsible for cellular respiration. Has it’s
own DNA, you have your mothers!
 City Analogy – Power plant
 Purpose - Responsible for providing energy
for the cell
Road System
Power Plant
Vacuole
 Description – recall that it’s large and
permanent while animals might have them
but they are smaller and usually more than
one.
 City Analogy – ????????
 Purpose - Storage container for water,
food, enzymes, wastes, pigments, etc.
Road System
Warehouse
Vacuole
 Description – recall that it’s large and
permanent while animals might have them
but they are smaller and usually more than
one.
 City Analogy – warehouse, silo, or water
tower.
 Purpose - Storage container for water,
food, enzymes, wastes, pigments, etc.
Road System
Warehouse
Chloroplast
 Description – Has a double bound
membrane that’s only found only in plant
cells. Contains the green pigment
chlorophyll. Site of food (glucose)
production
 City Analogy – ???????
 Purpose - convert sunlight to sugar with
water.
Road System
Chloroplast
 Description – Has a double bound
membrane that’s only found only in plant
cells. Contains the green pigment
chlorophyll. Site of food (glucose)
production
 City Analogy – solar panels, wind power
 Purpose - convert sunlight to sugar with
water.
Road System
Cell Wall
 Description – Found in plant and bacteria
cells. Made of cellulose, type of sugar.
 City Analogy – ????????
 Purpose – Makes a rigid protective barrier
that aids in structure.
Road System
Cell Wall
 Description – Found in plant and bacteria
cells. Made of cellulose, type of sugar.
 City Analogy – Vatican City Wall, fences,
military base
 Purpose – Makes a rigid protective barrier
that aids in structure.
Road System
Cytoskeleton
 Description – acts a skeleton and muscle
for the cell. Made of three types of
filaments:
 City Analogy – ???????
 Microtubules, actin, and intermediate
filaments
 Purpose - Helps provide shape and
structure to the cell. Helps organelles move
around
Road System
Cytoskeleton
 Description – acts a skeleton and muscle
for the cell. Made of three types of
filaments:
 City Analogy – Crane and construction
signs and detours
 Microtubules, actin, and intermediate
filaments
 Purpose - Helps provide shape and
structure to the cell. Helps organelles move
around
Road System
Ribosomes
 Description – Found attached to rough ER
or floating free in the cytoplasm. Produced
in the nucleolus.
 City Analogy – ???????
 Purpose - Read instructions from the
nucleus to build proteins.
Road System
Ribosomes
 Description – Found attached to rough ER
or floating free in the cytoplasm. Produced
in the nucleolus.
 City Analogy – Factories, construction
companies.
 Purpose - Read instructions from the
nucleus to build proteins.
Road System
Golgi Apparatus
 Description – Molecules are transported to
and from the Golgi by vesicles where it
stores, modifies and packages proteins.
Looks like a stack of plates.
 City Analogy – UPS, postal service
 Purpose – modify proteins. Packages items
to be moved around and out of the cell.
Road System
Golgi Apparatus
 Description – Molecules are transported to
and from the Golgi by vesicles where it
stores, modifies and packages proteins.
Looks like a stack of plates.
 City Analogy – ??????
 Purpose – modify proteins. Packages items
to be moved around and out of the cell.
Road System
Lysosomes
 Description – Membrane bound vesicle
that contains digestive enzymes that break
down waste.
 City Analogy – ??????
 Purpose - Recycling used and warn out
parts of the cell.
Road System
Lysosomes
 Description – Membrane bound vesicle
that contains digestive enzymes that break
down waste.
 City Analogy – garbage and recycling
centers.
 Purpose - Recycling used and warn out
parts of the cell.
Road System
Reality Check
 Cell models - basic representation to give
you an idea of the organelles in a cell. (not
reality)
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJEfe
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