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What can I use to represent mitochondria?
The mitochondria can be represented by objects like bottle caps or Legos. They should be smaller than the nucleus, though not as tiny as the ribosomes (see below).
What is a real life example of mitochondria?
Mitochondria-The Powerhouse The Mitochondria is a digestive system and a powerhouse. It’s function is to digest nutrients to create clean and usable energy. A comparable example would be a humans stomach. As you know humans eat food and the body digest’s it, which then is converted to energy.
Which of the following describes the function of mitochondria?
Known as the “powerhouses of the cell,” mitochondria produce the energy necessary for the cell’s survival and functioning. In addition to producing energy, mitochondria store calcium for cell signaling, generate heat, and are involved in cell growth and death.
What is the part of the school is similar mitochondria?
Much like a boiler room providing energy to the school, the mitochondria provides energy to the cell. Ribosomes make proteins, and teach them, like how teachers teach students.
What is mitochondria like in a city?
The Mitochondria is like a power plant because it provides power to the different cell parts and systems, making cell possible much like how a power plant powers the city. It helps organelles move throughout the cell. The Cytoplasm is like a road system, because it allows for movement throughout the city.
What is mitochondria in easy words?
Mitochondria are membrane-bound cell organelles (mitochondrion, singular) that generate most of the chemical energy needed to power the cell’s biochemical reactions. Chemical energy produced by the mitochondria is stored in a small molecule called adenosine triphosphate (ATP).
What is mitochondria like in real life?
In real life cells, the mitochondria is much like a power generator, giving power and energy to a cell, so that it may carry out its other functions. This allows other organelles to be able to perform their jobs, and keep the cell safe and functioning.
Are there any metaphors for the cell theory?
Cells may be only present in living organisms, but there are many inanimate metaphors that can also be applied to the cell theory. We know that the cell has many basic organelles: the nucleus, mitochondria, vacuoles, cytoplasm, cell membrane, and, if the cell in question is a plant cell, chloroplasts, and a cell wall.
How is the mitochondria like a power generator?
Why do cells have so many mitochondria in them?
Mitochondria are the working organelles that keep the cell full of energy. Mitochondria are small organelles floating free throughout the cell. Some cells have several thousand mitochondria while others have none. Muscle cells need a lot of energy so they have loads of mitochondria. Neurons (cells that transmit nerve impulses) don’t need as many.