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Illustration showing three types of specialised cells including a muscle cell, a sperm cell, and a nerve cell.

Which of the following specialised cells is adapted for transmitting messages from one part of the body, to another?

Muscle cells

Sperm cells

Nerve cells 

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Explain how a sperm cell is adapted for its role.

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What is 'differentiation'?

The maintenance of internal body temperature

The movement of a cell around the body

The process by which cells become specialised 

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Which two of the following cells are adapted to their roles by having a large surface area?

Xylem cells 

Root hair cells

Nerve cells

Red blood cells 

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Cells that are adapted to perform a particular function are called cells.

specialised

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Illustration of heart muscle tissue showing the heart and blood vessels.

Heart muscle tissue has to be able to beat continually without stopping. What adaptation would you expect heart cells to have?

A thick cell membrane 

A large nucleus 

A large vacuole 

A large number of mitochondria

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Which of the following specialised cells is adapted to their role by having lots of mitochondria?

Sperm cells

Guard cells

Palisade mesophyll cells 

Skin cells

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