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Cell Organelles Analogy

Authored by E Butler

Biology

8th - 9th Grade

NGSS covered

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Cell Organelles Analogy
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

This organelle controls the cell's main activities; DNA is also found here. (Analogy: cockpit of an airplane)

vacuole
chloroplast
nucleus
mitochondria

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

This organelle surrounds the cell and controls what enters/leaves the cell (Analogy: gates or doors of the school)

Golgi body
cell wall
cell membrane
vacuole

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

This organelle is the "powerhouse" of the cell; it breaks down food to release energy (Analogy: power plants or food processing plants of a city)

vacuole
mitochondria
nucleus
ribosome

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

This organelle moves substances within the cell and has pipelike structures (Analogy: city buses or transportation vehicles)

endoplasmic reticulum
vacuole
mitochondria
lysosome

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

This organelle makes proteins and are the round substances located on the rough endoplasmic reticulum (Analogy: lumber or brick yards)

ribosomes
nucleus
mitochondria
lysosoe

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

This organelle packages, sort and distribute cell products (Analogy: mail room or Wal-Mart distribution center)

cell membrane
mitochondria
golgi body
lysosome

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

this organelle contains enzymes that breaks down big molecules to smaller molecules (Analogy: garbage disposal)

lysosome
cell membrane
vacuole
endoplasmic reticulum

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NGSS.MS-LS1-2

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