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INDIVIDUAL ACTIVITY 02
THE CELL CITY

DIRECTIONS: Compare the cell to a city by filling in the table below. Study the general elements of a city
written on the left column and write the corresponding structures, molecules, and substances found in a cell
that portray analogous function on the right column. Select your answers from the box containing keywords.
You may use the keywords repeatedly provided that the function fits to the analogy. Item number 1 is already
done for you as an example.

KEYWORDS
Mitochondria Endoplasmic Reticulum Gap junctions
Plasma Membrane Ribosomes Cell wall
Cytoplasm Messenger RNA/Mrna Cytoskeleton
Organelles Hormones Enzymes
Nuclear Membrane Extracellular Matrix Cilia and Flagella
Genes and Genetic Codes Golgi apparatus Transport proteins
Deoxyribonucleic Acid/DNA Plasmodesmata Central Dogma
Vacuoles Adenosine Triphosphate/ATP Receptor Proteins
Lysosomes Centrosome Chloroplast
Vesicles Microvilli Nuclear envelope
Chromosomes Membrane-bound organelles Peroxisome
Nucleus Non-membrane bound Channel Proteins

City Cell
Nucleus
- Has nuclear envelope, a membrane that serves
as protective cover
- the command center of the cell where all
instructions come from
1. The Ruling Government - Has chromosomes that carry all the genetic
- Has a ruler that resides in a high security material
compound DNA
- The highest commander - The genetic material that serves as instructions
- Leads the implementation of laws Genes and genetic codes
- Has lawmakers that help him - Instructions disseminated with the help of
- Without which, there would be no government communications network and transport
structure system
Central Dogma (DNA Replication, Transcription,
Translation)
- The doctrine of the genetic material
2. Members of the Community
- The people
- Vary in roles and responsibilities
- Reside in structures with varying forms

3. Security System and Law Enforcement

- has checkpoints
- guards the entry and exit points
- selective: allows passage of compliant people or
vehicles and blocks passage of noncompliant
people/vehicles
- blocks invaders
- law enforcers that vary in roles and
responsibilities
- defense mechanisms

4. Transport System
- has roads that serve as passageways
- roads vary in structure and function
- vehicles also vary in structure and function
- utilizes expenditure of money and other
valuable commodities to enable transport
- mobile functions
5. Power Plants and Other Energy-Regulating
System
- produce energy for consumption
- this energy enables city operations
- without which, the citys total performance and
functioning is greatly affected and sometimes
hindered
- harvest energy from different sources, store
them, convert them into other forms and/or
distribute them to consumers for consumption

6. Factories
- manufacture different products
- follow certain manufacturing protocols
- conform to quality standards
- collaborate with the transport system to deliver
the products/goods to the community

7. Storage
- Serves as warehouse for keeping different
products
- Assures that the quality of products are
retained
- Also collaborates with transport system to
deliver the products to the community
8. Waste Treatment System
- deals with proper disposal of wastes produced
by factories
- involves recycling of recyclable materials and
total waste disposal of materials that have no
longer value
- also collaborates with transport system to
collect wastes

9. Communications Network and Information

Sytem
- includes post office that provides service for
the reception and delivery of messages
- includes network providers that utilize signals
to transmit messages
- includes public information officer and other
forms of media that disseminate different types
of information (laws, important
announcements, news other messages)
- they can either go directly to the recipient of
the information or use various media of
communication
- includes verbal communication with the use of
languages and verbal expressions; and
nonverbal communication (hand gestures,
signages, symbols, etc)

10. Defined geographical limits

- boundaries that separate one location from one
another
- distinguishing factor that separates
establishments (houses, buildings, villages,
compounds)
- include territories, boarders, barriers

References:
Brooker, R.J., et. Al.2015. Principles of Biology International Edition. McGraw-Hill Education
Reece, J.B., et. Al. 2009. Campbell Biology 9th Edition Textbook.pdf.Pearson Education.
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