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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 process by which cells become specialised 

The movement of a cell around the body

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

Root hair cells

Xylem cells 

Red blood cells 

Nerve 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 number of mitochondria

A large nucleus 

A large vacuole 

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

Palisade mesophyll cells 

Guard cells

Sperm cells

Skin cells

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