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Sperm cell Egg (Ovum) Cell

•Designed to Fertilise
Head contains enzymes & nucleus
Cytoplasm • Designed to be Fertilised.
membrane
eggs.
•Found in the Testes
• Found in the Ovaries.

• Contains a large food

Tail store for the new cell
being formed.
•A sperm is small and has a long • The head contains
tail that provides movement so it
can swim and find an egg cell. enzymes which allow it
to digest into an egg Nucleus • An egg cell is large in
cell and join with it. comparison to the sperm.
An egg is so big that this is how
small a sperm looks next to it.

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Palisade Cell Ciliated Cell

• Designed for
Photosynthesis Nucleus
Nucleus • They line all the air
passages in the lungs.
• Found in the top of a leaf
• They have tiny hairs
called cilia.
• Tall and has a large
surface area to absorb
water and minerals. • Hairs sweep mucus with
trapped dust and
• Packed with chloroplasts
cilia bacteria back up the
to help make plant food. throat – preventing lung
Chloroplasts
damage

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Root Hair Cell Nerve Cell (neurone)

• This extension is Vacuole
designed for •Thin cell wall
absorbing lots of makes it easy
for minerals to
water and pass through. Nucleus
minerals.
thin cell wall

•Has a large •They are long and thin. Why do you think?
surface which •They have connections at each end
Cell membrane
helps it to •Can carry electrical signals
absorb water •Their job is to carry nerve impulses between
and minerals. •Found in a plant root. different parts of the body and the brain.
Answer: To carry messages long distances – from your toes to your brain for example

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Red Blood Cell

•Designed to carry oxygen

•Found in blood.
•Large surface area (due to the dents on each side of the
cell – to allow oxygen to pass through.
•Has no nucleus
•To do this job well, red blood cells do not have a nucleus.
Why?

Answer: To give the cell more space to carry oxygen

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