The mitochondria, in a way, is like the nuclear power plant because it transforms one type of energy into a different type of energy that the cell can then use to help power different types of processes. So the mitochondria is the power plant of the cell. It breaks down molecules, biomolecules and produces energies that can be harvested to power many different processes. Now, we'll discuss the details of the mitochondria organ now, in a different lecture, but here we'll mention that it contains an outer layer as well as an inner membrane layer. And it also contains its own DNA and can actually undergo its own process of replication. It can undergo a process known as binary fission.