Question

6. Comparing a house to the cell... The brick walls of the house are the boundary of the house, A generator turns fuel into energy Doors control inputs and outputs. Material going out is broken down in a trash compactor before leaving the house. Conveyor belts move parts from one machine to another A large computer controls everything inside the factory. a. What part of the house serves as the boundary? b. For each of the house parts choose an organelle that best matches the function of the organelle in the cell. Provide an explanation for your choice. 1. The computer is similar to the Why?​

Answer 1

a. Brick walls

b.

Brick walls - cell wall; is a boundary, gives the house structure like cell wall

Generator - mitochondria; turns fuel into energy like a mitochondrian that turns glucose into energy

Doors - cell membrane; controls what enters and what leaves like the cell membrane

Trash compactor - lysosome? vacuole? Breaks down waste and expells it

Conveyor belts - Endoplasmic reticulum (ER); moves materials around within a cell

Computer - nucleus; Contains all the genetic material that is used to direct every single cellular process similar to the computer that controls everything in the factory