Animal cell 7

This document describes the main organelles found in animal cells and compares each one to something familiar. It explains that the endoplasmic reticulum transports proteins like a bus, ribosomes make proteins like beauty marks, mitochondria provide energy like electricity, the Golgi body packages and distributes proteins like UPS, the cell membrane monitors entry and exit like security, lysosomes break down old parts like a garbage can, the cytoplasm is a fluid that fills the cell like jello salad, the nucleus holds genetic information like DNA and controls what enters and exits like guards, the cell wall is a tough layer surrounding some cells like a wall, vacuoles contain water, food or waste like a refrigerator, and chloroplasts in plant cells facilitateRead less