Question

The relationship between the endoplasmic reticulum and the Golgi complex is most similar to which of these examples?

A
a factory that creates a product and the shipping department that delivers it to customers

B
a farmer who grows food and people who cook and eat that food in different ways

C
a bus that picks up passengers and the passengers who get out at different stops

D
a power plant that makes electricity and the town that uses it to light their houses

Answer 1

The correct answer is A) a factory that creates a product and the shipping department that delivers it to customers.

The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and the Golgi complex are both involved in the processing modification and transport of proteins within the cell. The ER is responsible for protein synthesis folding and initial modification while the Golgi complex further modifies sorts and packages these proteins for delivery to their final destinations.

This relationship is similar to a factory where the endoplasmic reticulum acts as the production line creating the products (proteins) and the Golgi complex acts as the shipping department packaging and delivering the finished products (modified proteins) to different parts of the cell.

Option B C and D do not accurately represent the relationship between the endoplasmic reticulum and the Golgi complex as described above.