What is the cell component that does most of the work of the cell working as tools, machines or structures

Mitochondria.

Explanation:

Mitochondria is a cell organelle which also known as power house of the cell. It works like a machine because it produces energy when fuel is provided in the form of glucose. In machines, fossil fuels are provided in order to generate energy while Mitochondria work same as the machine, it produces energy in the form of ATP when glucose is provided and this energy is used in various activities by the cell.

i am going to guess that it is co2.

cells use diffusion to get substances in and out of themselves. that diffusion will occur across the cell membrane or the outer covering of the cell. because we are talking about the surface of the cell, surface area and volume are  important factors here. as a cell increases in size, its surface area and volume increase as well.  we call that the surface area to volume ratio (sa: vol).  but the catch is that  volume increases at a greater rate than surface  area. in other words, as a cell gets bigger, the sa: vol gets smaller. so a really small cell like bacteria is mostly cell membrane (surface) with very little contents (volume). a really big cell like an egg, is mostly insides with a super thin membrane. so what ends up happening is that the cell cannot efficiently diffuse all of the stuff it needs in/out to survive. therefore cell size is limited to about 100mm. so how do we make organisms bigger than 100mm? cells divide! by dividing and becoming multicellular, organisms are able to grow!   check out the diagrams i attached to see the effect of sa: vol. i hope this ! good luck!