Wednesday, February 26, 2014

The Mighty Cell Parts




There once were two warring cell parts within the plant cell: one, Chlory (short for chloroplasts), the other, Mito (short for mitochondria). They argued and bickered all the time over who was the better organelle. Chlorys claimed that they were better because they use solar energy to make sugars for photosynthesis. They claimed that their contents are better organized; their thylakoids (sacs that contain chlorophyll which absorb solar energy) are in stacks called grana. The fluid that contains enzymes in chlorys, stroma, is surrounded by a double membrane. Mitos rebutted by saying that they also had a double membrane and a fluid that contained enzymes, matrix. Mitos claimed they were better because they broke down the sugar to produce ATP/energy (cell respiration). The mitos said they were better because their inner membrane, cristae, was folded to allow for an increased space on which cellular respiration could happen. Finally the nucleus intervened and told them that they both were equally important to the cell and to the plant. Mitos and chlorys finally realized this to be true and have been friends ever since.
Chlory:











Mito: 















~Simply Cells~

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