Daniel Van Dyne | Mitochondria






Mitochondria



The main job for mitochondria is to make energy for the rest of the cell. The way it makes the energy is by eating the food and breaking it down into water and carbon dioxide and when it does that it receives a bunch of energy. You can compare mitochondria to power generators. The generators break up fuel and produce energy the same way mitochondria. Without the mitochondria the cell would have no energy.

Reflection

The mitochondria is very important to the cell because without it it wouldn't have any energy. The cell wouldn't get anything done without it. I learned it get it's energy from broken down cells. 

Citations

micro.magnet.fsu.edu/cells/mitochondria/mitochondria.html.
www.kidsbiology.com/biology_basics/cells_tissues_organs/cell_mitochondria13.php.

Comments

  1. AnonymousMay 25, 2017 at 9:01 PM

    Hey Daniel you gave a good overall definition. You also went deep into detail which was fantastic, it was very short but got straight to the point. I just believe your reflection could've been a little more .

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