Whitney Vesey

Cell Project link

For my cell project, i am going to compare the cell to a car.

Cell Membrane- door

Nucleous-engine

DNA-horsepower or manual transmission or automatic

Nuclear envelope- hood

Vacuole- trunk (all storage compartments)

vesicals-wires

mitochondria-fuel injector

cytoskeleton- chasey

cytoplasm- frame, bolts

Flagemlum- wheels

peroxisomes- fuel filter

Cell Tests

On November 9th, our class resumed studying and taking tests about the cell and the organelles within it. Once we pass the test on cells (70% or above), we can move on to the next subject. This enables everyone to move at our own pace. A useful thing I learned how to do was tell the difference between the Golgi body and the Rough Endoplasmic Reticulum. Also, it is good to know the difference between eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells. Eukaryotes have a nucleus, while prokaryotes do not. Another useful thing to know is that plant cells do not have centrioles, flagellum, or lysosomes, while animal cells do.

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Right now in science we are learning about cells, and today we took a poll. The poll was taken online gave us the % of how many of us knew the answer to the questions. One thing we learned today was that a nucleolus produces ribosomes. Another thing we learned was that Lysosomes contain digestive enzymes that can destroy viruses and dissolve improper/non-working organelles in animal cells. "Suicide Sacs" is another name for these because they they kill parts of the cell. The Rough Er passes proteins in trapped Vesicles to the Golgi Complex. One way to remember this is: change the "s" in Vesicles to an "h" so that the words looks like vehicles. That way you can think of it as vehicles transporting something.

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