Question

read the following passage and answer the question below. \cell phone\ * 3 points open up your phone. no, not really. youll probably get into trouble. but think about opening up your phone. its made up of quite a few parts: computer chip, sim card, battery, keypad, case, microphone, speaker and much more. if all of those parts dont work together, then the phone doesnt work. well, living cells work the same way. without all of the parts (organelles) of a cell working together, the cell itself wont work. eukaryotes have a nucleus which contains the dna (that is made up of chromosomes) and directs all activities in the cell. the cell wall gives shape and structure to the cell. also, they have mitochondria which are responsible for producing the energy the cell needs. chloroplasts are organelles in plant cells which synthesize sugar. the nucleus, chloroplasts and mitochondria have membranes surrounding them (like the cell membrane) that decide which materials can enter and leave the organelle. the cell membrane decides which nutrients and other materials can come into and out of the cell. if the cell membrane doesnt let important nutrients in, the cell itself will die. at the same time, if the cell membrane doesnt let waste leave the cell, the cell will also die very quickly. going back to the comparison between cells and phones, we can see that there are a lot of similarities. the nucleus is like the computer chip: it contains the information necessary to keep the phone working and the chromosomes are like the instructions on the computer chip. the case of the phone acts like the cell wall; the microphone and speaker allow sound to enter and leave the phone just like the cell membrane in a cell. the battery, of course, is like the mitochondria. phones dont have anything thats like a chloroplast, but wouldnt it be cool if they did? think about it: a cell phone with a solar panel so that you could charge it by leaving it in the sun! which part of the phone has a function most similar to the organelle that is responsible for producing the energy the cell needs? (sc.912.l.14.2) c case b microphone and speaker d battery a computer chip

Explanation:

Step1: Identify the cell organelle

The cell organelle responsible for producing energy is mitochondria.

Step2: Find the phone part with similar function

The passage states "the battery, of course, is like the mitochondria".

Answer:

D. Battery