The document compares various parts of an animal cell to components of a computer. It describes how the cytoplasm is like the computer motherboard in allowing organelles to move freely. It also likens ribosomes to computer pixels that read RNA to make proteins, cell membranes to computer firewalls that regulate what enters and exits, and the cytoskeleton to rubber casing on wires that holds cell components together. Other comparisons include DNA to computer coding, cell vacuoles to RAM storage, vesicles to computer wires that transport materials, the nucleus and CPU carrying out functions, the nucleolus and CPU cache aiding transcription and processing, mitochondria to the computer power supply, the ER to the computer front-side bus, the Golgi apparatus

1. BY KYLAR HARVEY, VICTORIA DECKER, AND MARK PARRY
An animal cell works
like a computer

2. •In the cytoplasm the
organelles can move
inside a cell freely like the
motherboard in a
computer lets certain
parts move around
The cytoplasm in a cell is like the
motherboard in a computer

3. MOTHERBOARDCYTOPLASM
The cytoplasm in a cell is like the
motherboard in a computer

4. •Ribosomes Reads RNA
to make proteins like
Pixels read where they
will be placed to make
the visual.
Ribosomes are like the pixels on a
computer screen

5. PIXELRIBOSOME
Ribosomes are like the pixels on a
computer screen

6. •The firewall on the computer
works as a level of protection
that keeps unwanted things
out, and lets certain things in
as well like the cell
membrane
The firewall on a computer resembles a
cell membrane

7. FIREWALLCELL MEMBRANE
The firewall on a computer resembles a
cell membrane
Cell
membrane

8. •The rubber casing on the
wires hold together the
copper in the wires like
the cytoskeleton holding
together a cell
The rubber casing on wires resembles
the cytoskeleton

9. RUBBER WIRE CASINGSCYTOSKELETON
The rubber casing on wires resembles
the cytoskeleton

10. •Both DNA and codes in a
computer are both different kinds
of codes. The DNA and the codes
tell the computer or cell what to
do. DNA is needed for a cell to
function, and Coding is needed for
a computer to work.
DNA is like the coding in a computer.

11. COMPUTER CODEDNA
DNA is like the coding in a computer.
DNA

12. •The RAM on a computer is similar to
a cell vacuole because the RAM in
the computer temporarily stores
information. Like the vacuole
which stores water and water for a
temporary time.
A cell vacuole is like the RAM on a
computer

13. COMPUTER RAMCELL VACUOLE
A cell vacuole is like the RAM on a
computer

14. •Wires in a computer are like
vesicles in a cell. Wires in a
computer transport information
to different parts of the
computer. Vesicles transport
things to different parts of the
cell.
Vesicles are just like the wires in the
computer

15. COMPUTER WIRESCELL VESICLES
Vesicles are just like the wires in the
computer

16. •The CPU of a computer
carries out the instructions
of a computer program.
The nucleus carries out
the instructions of the
DNA.
The Nucleus and CPU ( Central
Processing Unit) are alike

17. COMPUTER CPUCELL NUCLEUS
The Nucleus and CPU ( Central
Processing Unit) are alike

18. •The cache helps put
together data with the help
of the CPU and transistors like
the nucleolus puts together
and transcribes rRNA (
Ribosomal RNA)
The CPU Cache is like the nucleolus

19. CPU CACHENUCLEOLUS
The CPU Cache is like the nucleolus

20. •The mitochondria
powers the cell like
the PSU powers the
computer.
The mitochondria are like the PSU (
Power Supply Unit) in computers

21. PSUMITOCHONDRIA
The mitochondria are like the PSU (
Power Supply Unit) in computers

22. •The ER synthesizes ribosomes and
lipids. The front-side bus connects
the transistors in a computer to the
CPU and RAM controller hub. Both
help with process “connection” like
connecting the process of protein
synthesis in a cell the ER “connects
with the Golgi Body.
The ER (Endoplasmic Reticulum) is like
the Front-side bus on a computer

23. FRONT-SIDE BUSER
The ER (Endoplasmic Reticulum) is like
the Front-side bus on a computer

24. •The Golgi Apparatus packages
and distributes proteins and
lipids made In the ER. The
computer router packages and
distributes packages of
information to the computer or
out to a server.
The computer router is like the Golgi
Apparatus

25. COMPUTER ROUTERGOLGI APPARATUS
The computer router is like the Golgi
Apparatus

26. •The lysosome gets rid of
unwanted or useless
organelles, and other
things as well like the
recycle bin gets rid of
useless or unwanted files.
The lysosome is like the recycle-bin on
a computer

27. RECYCLE-BINLYSOSOME
The lysosome is like the recycle-bin on
a computer

28. Thank You