In a city there are different sections like administration, transportation, waste management, etc. Organelles in a cell can be compared to different sections of a city performing different functions. Use the descriptions below to match the function to the organelle that does a similar function in a city.

Question

1. In a city, it is compared to the "highway or road" of the city where the products produced are transported to different locations within the city.
a. endoplasmic reticulum
b. golgi apparatus
c. lysosome
d. nucleus
e. cell membrane
f. vesicles
g. vacuoles
h. mitochondrion
I. cell wall
j. ribosomes
k. cytoplasm

Answer 1

The organelle that is compared to the "highway or road" of the city where products produced are transported to different locations is a. endoplasmic reticulum.

The endoplasmic reticulum functions as a transport system within the cell, facilitating the movement of proteins and other molecules to various locations, similar to how roads and highways transport goods and people in a city.