<p>Name ______Date ______Hour _____</p><p>Comparing Cells to Santa’s Workshop </p><p>The following are analogies, in which we draw similarities between things that are otherwise unlike. Use your knowledge of cell theory, cell structure and functions to answer the following questions.</p><p>1. If Santa’s workshop were a cell, the power to run the workshop would be supplied by the ______.</p><p>2. Since there are no electrical generating plants or power lines at the North Pole, all the power for the machinery in Santa’s workshop has to come from solar cells. If Santa’s workshop was a plant cell, the solar cells would be ______.</p><p>3. Santa’s workshop is located in a cold, windy, inhospitable climate. But the building protects the elves and all their tools, supplies, and belongings. If Santa’s workshop were a cell, the walls of the building would be analogous to the ______.</p><p>4. Since it’s cold and windy outside, Santa’s workshop has an entryway with two sets of doors. Any food, water, or supplies that come in for the elves, and any trash or toys that leave the workshop must first go through the entryway so that the cold and wind do not blow directly into the workshop. In a cell, this is like the processes of ______and ______.</p><p>5. Sometimes, it does get hot inside Santa’s workshop, and the elves open the windows to let cool air move in and to let warm air move out. When particles move in and out of a cell, through gaps in the cell membrane’s molecules, this is called ______, which is simply ______across a membrane.</p><p>6. Since the world’s population is growing, Santa’s workshop is having trouble keeping up with all the toy needs. Santa decided to make several more workshops that are all based on the first workshop’s original design. If Santa’s workshops were cells, this process of making more workshops just like the original one would be called ______.</p><p>7. The plans for Santa’s workshops and all the toys they make are all stored in the command center, which is where the elves get their instructions. If Santa’s workshop were a cell, this command center would be called the ______. The plans contained in it would be called the ______.</p><p>8. Santa’s workshop has a water dispenser, where the elves can get drinks of purified water from a big, refillable, plastic bottle. If Santa’s workshop were a cell, the water would be stored in ______.</p><p>9. The stations in Santa’s workshop where the elves assemble parts into toys is like the ______in a cell, where amino acids are hooked together to make proteins. 10. In Santa’s workshop, there is a wrapping station where the elves wrap packages, which would then be sent to the mailroom for release. If Santa’s workshop was a cell, and the toys built there were proteins, the wrapping station would be ______.</p><p>11. The mailroom in Santa’s workshop, where packages are processed and transported out to the waiting sleigh, is like the ______in the cell.</p><p>To summarize, place the part of the cell which is like a part of Santa’s workshop.</p><p>12. big water bottle ______</p><p>13. walls of building ______</p><p>14. power supplier ______</p><p>15. mailroom ______</p><p>16. assembly station ______</p><p>17. wrapping station ______</p><p>18. command center ______</p><p>19. 2 door entryway ______</p><p>20. duplicating workshops ______(process)</p><p>21. solar cells ______</p><p>22. window let air in/out ______(process)</p>