Monday, February 7, 2011
Building a City
You are to write a fictional story where the cell is used as an example of a city. Use the functions of the different organelles to describe the major roles that are taken throughout the city. You should be able to give examples of all of the organelles as part of a fully functioning city.
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There are different parts to a city. These are some of the parts that would match the jobs in the cell.
ReplyDeleteBuilding- cell wall: they hold up the whole place.
Factories-Endoplasmic Reticulum:They process the supplies we need for daily living.
Cars-Vesicles:They travel thing or divide them from place to place.
Garbage- Lysosomes:They clean up our roads and pretect us.
Mail trucks- Golgi apparatus:They deliver stuff to people.
City Parks-Nucleus:It stores the live and nature.
Storage sheds- Vacuole:They store materials untill needed.
Roads-Ribosome:They link objets together.
Electric Company- Mitochondria:Supply energy to the city.
People- Cytoskeleton:We change our ideas and views constantly.
Plants-Chloroplast:They convert oxygen to carbon dioxdie.
Lakes that divide into rivers/creeks-Centriole: They divide into seperate rivers.
There are different parts to a city. These are some of the parts but not all. When you make a city out of cell parts this is what some the parts of the city could be:
ReplyDelete-Building- cell wall because building are like what hold up the city.
-Factories-Endoplasmic Reticulum
-Cars-Vesicles because cars transport different need from place to place.
-Garbage Truck- Lysosomes because garbage trucks recycle things and help keep the city clean.
-Mail trucks- Golgi apparatus because mail trucks deliver mail just like Golgi apparatus delivers things.
-City Parks-Nucleus because City parks are normally the middle if everything.
-Storage sheds- Vacuole because storage sheds store things that aren’t needed right at the moment.
-Roads-Ribosome because roads link the city together.
-Electric Company- Mitochondria because Electric Companies supply electric throughout the city.
-People- Cytoskeleton because people buy things and meet the need of the city.
-Plants-Chloroplast because plants do photosynthesis and convert air for us to breath.
-Lakes that divide into rivers/creeks- Centriole because they divide off into different parts like Centrioles divide DNA.
•The nucleus could be represented as the inner city were most people would live, and were most of the activity goes on.
ReplyDeleteThe endoplasm could be shops and small businesses that provide services.
•The ribosome could be the outer walls of the buildings in the city.
•The Golgi apparatus could be something like the power lines and phone lines in the city transferring data and power.
•The vesicles could be like the sanitary maintenance crew, which transports certain things. The mitochondria could be the power plats that power the city.
•The vacuole could be warehouses that temporarily hold anything from food to other objects.
•The lysosomes would be the “dump” or landfill that takes unwanted items and gets rid of them. Centrioles would be most like the traffic lights diverting and splitting traffic from different areas of the city.
•A Cell wall would be the outer edge or the border of the city giving it its shape.
•And the chloroplast would be solar arrays near or on top of buildings, converting solar energy into power for the building itself of the city.
Building a City
ReplyDeleteCytoskeleton: Government
Nucleus: Capitol Building
Endoplasmic Reticulum: Factory
Ribosomes: Factory Workers
Golgi apparatus: Mail Service
Vesicles: Busing Service for an all girls school
Mitochondria: Supermarket
Vacuole: Water Tower
Lysosomes: Police
Centrioles: Obstetrician
Cell Walls: City Limits
Chloroplast: Power Plant
In the Cell, a city of many different jobs and priorites, there lived a small cytoskeleton named Claude. He was a young cytoskeleton, going to school each and every day with the other organelles so they could learn about the job they would have to come to do when they were older. Claude's parents worked with the other cytoskeletons to support the city and help to change the city to meet the demanding needs. One of Claude's friends was a nucleus named Ned who's job would be to protect and store DNA.
ReplyDeleteAs Claude made his way to school one morning, he spotted his neighbor Ed, the ER, preparing to go to work. He was part of the group of scientists that worked many long hours to make proteins. Behind Ed came his cousin Edd, the ribosome; he was a scientist as well that helped link amino acids to form proteins for the ER's to produce. It was a very difficult job, one Claude was glad he didn't have.
On the road to school everyday Claude passed a lone factory. Here was where the Golgi Apparatus go to make any necessary changes to the proteins that the ER's and Ribosomes (scientists) make and produce. After they made the changes, they packaged the proteins and shipped them off.
Claude waited for the traffic light to change colors so he could cross the street with the rest of the city-dwellers. As he waited a vesicle truck sped past. Vesicles were the ones that transported the cells to where they were needed. You had to watch out though; the vesicle drivers were kind of insane when it came to traffic.
The vesicle truck nearly collided with a mitochondria generator. The generators were the ones who powered the Cell. If you knocked out one of those, the Cell was in deep trouble. None of the organelles would be able to perform their jobs if the Cell was shut down.
Claude looked left and right to see if anyone was paying any attention to him. Satisfied there wasn't, he walked to a busy warehouse and snuck inside. He wasn't allowed in here but it was the fastest way to get to school, and right now he was going to be late if he didn't hurry.
The warehouse was used to store different materials needed by the cell. Often called the vacuole, it was a jungle gym to the young organelles. It wasn't safe, and most of the time someone got hurt or yelled at by one of the workers guarding the materials. But it was always fun to cause trouble and make others worry about the Cell’s storage units.
The vacuole and many parts of the Cell were protected by Lysosomes, soldiers that made sure the bacteria of villains did not invade the city. They also took care of worn down parts of the city and broke them down for later use if needed. Claude was envious of the lysosomes; he desperately wanted to be one. He thought the job was one of the best, full of excitement and adventure.
Ah, but he was only a young cytoskeleton.
As Claude exited the warehouse (lucky that he did) he passed one of his parent’s old friends Lester, who was a centrosome, and his brother Lark, a centriole. They waved to Claude as they passed and Claude waved back. The centrosomes and centrioles divided DNA during cell division. The cell walls were the ones who shaped and supported the Cell and the entire organisms.
Claude could spot the school building in sight. The students were already making their way inside at the sound of the bell. Claude saw Ned waving for him to hurry. He broke into a run, always knocking down and party of chloroplasts converting solar energy in chemical energy for the cell. They shouted angrily but Claude ignored them, more worried about getting to school on time.
Lucky for him, Ned kept the door open so he wouldn’t be locked out.
“Thanks,” Claude said.
“No prob,” Ned replied.
And they hurried to class without a moment to spare,
Each city needs people to build the buildings and they need to be able to stand alone. They are all around and need more than one think to keep them standing. Cell walls are the special materials that those buildings need. Little business fills the city. Ribosomes connect amino acids together just like businesses link the city together. The people of cities keep it alive by creating new people. Cytoskeleton creates new cells to keep the network strong. People all need to get around in to work and other parts of the city, some in the city hall were all documents are kept. Vesicles transports molecules and move them around the city. The nucleus is just like city hall, protecting and storing information or DNA. Cities use many products that everyone uses daily; the cell is needs just that. Endoplasmic and factories produces proteins and lipids for the cell or city. Mitochondrion gives the cell energy that it needs. Eclectic companies and mitochondria are the same in that way. Even though mitochondria gives the cell energy, chloroplasts converts solar energy to chemical energy that the cell can use. Solar panels collect energy from the sun and convert it to energy that can be used in houses and cars. All the waste from people needs to go somewhere like landfills. Lysosome recycles material that is worn-out and digests it. But the people get all their food from grocery stores or food pantries where food and water is stored just like the vacuoles. Mail trucks deliver mail and packages to people in the city. Golgi apparatus does just that. Everyone needs water. Many cities have water next to it that divide into littler bodies of water. Cells divide DNA just like waterways are divided.
ReplyDeleteThere are many different parts of a city that can be just like the parts of a cell, they all work together to function properly.
ReplyDelete•The cytoskeleton works just like the people of the city because they constantly are changing their need and thoughts.
•The Nucleus works like the area in the city that people work with the big businesses because it stores information and must be protected.
•The endoplasmic reticulum works like a place that produces supplies for the people like a factory.
•The ribosomes works like the roads in the cities because they link the amino acids together like roads.
•The Golgi apparatus is like the mail place because it sorts and delivers the proteins.
•The vesicles are like the cars because they move and deliver thing to other places within the area.
•The mitochondria are like the electric companies because they supply all energy to the area.
•The Vacuole works like the storage sheds because they only temporarily store materials.
•Lysosomes work like the garbage men because the recycle foreign materials.
•Centrioles work like the interstates that divide into other streets.
•Cell walls are like the walls of the buildings in the city that support them.
•The chloroplast is like the solar companies that supply to all people.
In the city of Arrakis we have many many buildings which are vital to our existence as they each play a vital role. Each building is supported by a steel frame (cytoskeleton) that keeps it standing and gives it its shape. In the downtown area we have our library (Nucleus) that holds our vast heritage of our past and present day (Genetic Information) which we cherish. Also in downtown we have our greenhouse (chloroplast) where the plants grow all year long with the sunlight beaming down on it this is very important as this is where we grow our food. On Schwarzwald Ave we have our warehouse (Vacvole) where we strore supplies such as food and water in times of drought or other means. Our city is a very popular city with many immagrants and tourists but before they enter our city our doctors (Cysosones) must inspect and determine if they carry a diease that can devistate our city and culture if they pass excpetations then they are allowed to pass the wall (Cell Wall). The energy company (Mitochondria) in the city is what powers everything here were the rescource that they use to create the energy comes from the river (Endoplasmic reticulum) where the river turns a mill that creates the energy and is stored and shipped to the electric company. This is vital to our being and we have worker maintaining this building (Ribosomes) who also help with the process. Then we have inspectors (Vesicles) who inspect different minerals the come from the mine which helps us build our society. In our local hospital we are able to produce children twice as fast (centriole) due to our advance technology by duplicating DNA strands before birth we are able to create identical twins. The Post office (Golgi apparatus) delivers everything to different parts of town whether it be for business or personal.
ReplyDeleteMatt W.
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Biology
In Cell City the only thing that protects the city from invaders is the huge wall that was constructed to keep out anything foreign. They call it the cytoskeleton. It keeps the whole city together and safe. Cell city became successful because of the tons of DNA that it makes. They store the DNA in a huge warehouse called the nucleus. To keep the city powered an energy plant called Mitochondria was created to make all the energy for Cell City. Garbage and waste build up in the city so an industry called Lysosome was created to destroy and recycle all waste and any foreign material. The farm of Cell City is known as the ER. It aids in the production of proteins and lipids to keep the city supplies with food. The trucking industry that moves necessary materials all over the city is called Golgi apparatus. The factory gets its initial product from the Ribosome plant which turns amino acids into proteins for the factories to use. Certain types of people in cell city have to go to certain places where there jobs are. The system that gets these specific people (molecules) to where they have to be is called the Vesicles bus system. Another type of power plant in Cell city is the Chloroplast plant. It turns sunlight into chemical energy. Another storage area that Cell city uses is the Vacuole warehouse. The cell wall is the city limits where no one goes past it if they want to survive. The hospital of the city where babies are delivered is the Centrioles. This is what makes up cell city.