2. Questions
• What are the two groups of organelles in the story that are quarreling
with one another?
• Why are these organelles complaining?
• Do you agree or disagree with the first group? Why?
• How important are these organelles in the company? Give their duties.
• What makes lysosomes describe himself as a cleanup crew?
• If you will be given a chance to be one of these organelles, who do you
want to be? Why?
4. • One day, while the nucleus got tired of
his job, he decided to take a short nap.
• But as he closed his eyes, he heard
noises of quarreling members of his
cell company.
Nucleus
5. The cytoplasmic organelles were complaining of their very tiring
and routine works.
They felt that the administration headed by the nucleus have given
light duties for the cell membrane, cell wall and chloroplast
Versus
6. Let’s have an emergency
meeting and let each organelle
express their sentiments.
7. I will act as a mediator
since all organelles are
embedded to me.
8. I change chemical energy
stored in food into
compounds that are more
convenient for the cell to
use
9. I am a cleanup crew, I
have chemicals and
enzymes necessary for
digesting certain materials
in cells that have outlined
their usefulness.
10. Without me, lysosomes will not be here.
I’m responsible also to modify, collect,
package and distribute molecules made
at one location of the cell and used at
another.
Golgi Bodies
11. Even I’m just 25
nanometer in diameter,
I’m very active in making
proteins
14. I act like a door. Since
you are working in this
company, I always make
sure that I know what
enters and leaves the
company for your
protection
Cell
Membrane
15. I go with the cell
membrane in
supporting and
protecting the
company
16. I agree with
Mitochondria, but I’m the
only organelle that can
trap the energy of
sunlight and convert it
into chemical energy
Chloroplast
17. Cytoplasm
Now that we are all enlightened by
your beliefs, as mediator, I believed
that all of you played an important
role for the company. But the
decision still depends on our
director and manager, the Nucleus
19. Are you still willing to
perform your job
satisfactorily and
faithfully?
20. Can you live without
each other? The answers
are all yours…
21. • They shamefully approach the
second group of organelles,
hug each other and humbly
accept their faults
• From then on, Cell
Company’s organelles worked
harmoniously
22.
23. Activity
• In a one half sheet of paper, list down at least 5 organelles and complete the
table below.
Organelles Functions
24.
25.
26. Quiz
1. Pancreatitis is a disorder that causes human pancreas cells to break down all
of their own contents and die when a certain type of organelle ruptures.
This disorder would involve a problem with which of these organelles?
a. Mitochondria
b. Lysosomes
c. Ribosomes
d. Endoplasmic reticulum
27. 2. Muscle cells require large amount of energy in order to produce movement.
You would expect muscle cells to contain a large number of :
a. Chloroplast
b. Endoplasmic reticulum
c. Mitochondria
d. Membranes
28. 3. Cyanide poisoning is lethal because it interrupts the major function of the
mitochondria in eukaryotic cells. This would mean that it interferes with:
a. Photosynthesis
b. Sorting proteins
c. Maintaining the cell’s shape
d. Energy production
29. 4. Which of these structures would never be found in animal cell?
a. Endoplasmic reticulum
b. Nucleus
c. Central vacuole
d. Mitochondria
30. 5. Many antibiotics kill bacteria because they alter the functioning of their
ribosomes. Which of the following cellular processes would be directly altered
by antibiotics?
a. Production of proteins
b. Lipid synthesis
c. Exocytosis
d. Intracellular digestion.
31. 6. The _________ is an organelle that contains digestive enzymes used to break
down old cellular components so they can be removed from the cell by
___________.
a. Ribosome: endocytosis
b. Lysosome: endocytosis
c. Ribosome: exocytosis
d. Lysosome: exocytosis
32. Assignment
• In a short coupon bond, make a poster showing the importance
of the functions of each organelles in one’s life.
33. Rubrics
Presentation
4- the poster clearly communicates the main idea
3- the poster communicates some of the
important ideas
2- the poster indirectly communicates the idea
1- the poster does not sufficiently communicate
any idea
Creativity and Originality
4- all of the graphics used on the poster reflect an
exceptional degree of student ingenuity in their creation
3- most of the graphics used on the poster reflect student
ingenuity in their creation
2- the graphics were made by the student but were copied
from the designs or ideas of others
1- the graphics were not made by the student
Accuracy and Relevance of the Content
4- all graphics in posters are accurate and related to the topic
3- most graphics in the poster are accurate and related to the topic
2- some graphics in the poster are accurate and related to the topic
1- the graphics in the poster are neither accurate nor related to the
topic.
