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City Cell Vs Plant Cell Essay

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There are many different ways in which a cell can be compared to something else. You can compare a cell to a factory, a school, or even a city. When comparing a cell to a city each organelle acts as different part of the city. One example of an organelle comparing to a part of a city is the cell membrane. The cell membrane can be compared to the boundaries of a city. Just like how the cell membrane keeps all of the organelles inside, the boundaries of a city determine what is or is not within city limits. In a city the most important building is the city hall. This is where all city's government officials work. City hall is very much like the nucleus in a cell. The nucleus holds and protects all the cell's genetic information just like how city hall holds all the records …show more content…

Just like the ribosomes factory workers are responsible for building and producing items that the city needs. Next is the endoplasmic reticulum which is what molecules inside the cell travel along. This obviously compares to the roads which people in a city travel along to get from place to place. In a plant cell there is a "reservoir" that stores water for that it might need later. City's need to store water too and to do this they use water towers. These two are almost exact because they both only have one responsibility which is to just store water for later usage. Now although their are many other organelles in a cell these are just a few that can relate well to the different parts of a city. Cells are a huge part of biology and even though we just compare them to different things in a city just to get a better understanding of what they do, a cell itself really is just like one tiny city inside our bodies. Because without every organelles doing its job we wouldn't be able to function the way we do. And the same is with a city in real life. If every part of the city isn't running smoothly then it just wouldn't be able to work

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