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. Comparable to "the city limits" of a 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 comparable to "the city limits" of a city is:

e. cell membrane

The cell membrane serves as the boundary of the cell, similar to how city limits define the boundaries of a city.