Specialised cells
7th grade (Year 8 in England) · 16 questions · Common Core: NGSS.MS-LS1-2, NGSS.HS-LS1-2 · England: KS3 Biology: Cells and organisation, KS4 Combined Science: Cell biology
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Question 1
Which specialised cell is very long to carry impulses around the body?
- A. nerve cell (neurone)
- B. root hair cell
- C. sperm cell
- D. red blood cell
Question 2
Why are root hair cells long and thin?
- A. to give a large surface area to absorb water and minerals
- B. to make food from light
- C. to protect the leaf
- D. to carry sugar
Question 3
Specialised cells: which statement is true?
- A. All cells in the body look the same.
- B. Stem cells can develop into many different types of cell.
- C. Root hair cells contain lots of chloroplasts.
- D. Sperm cells have no mitochondria.
Question 4
Which specialised cell is very long to carry impulses around the body?
- A. nerve cell (neurone)
- B. root hair cell
- C. sperm cell
- D. palisade cell
Question 5
What does it mean when a cell differentiates?
- A. It dies.
- B. It divides into four cells.
- C. It becomes specialised for a particular job.
- D. It loses all its DNA.
Question 6
Specialised cells: which statement is true?
- A. All cells in the body look the same.
- B. Root hair cells contain lots of chloroplasts.
- C. Palisade cells contain many chloroplasts.
- D. Sperm cells have no mitochondria.
Question 7
Which specialised cell has no nucleus, leaving more room for haemoglobin (hemoglobin)?
- A. red blood cell
- B. palisade cell
- C. sperm cell
- D. root hair cell
Question 8
Why do muscle cells contain many mitochondria?
- A. to store water
- B. to make chlorophyll
- C. to carry oxygen
- D. to release lots of energy for contraction
Question 9
Specialised cells: which statement is true?
- A. Root hair cells contain lots of chloroplasts.
- B. All cells in the body look the same.
- C. Stem cells can develop into many different types of cell.
- D. Sperm cells have no mitochondria.
Question 10
Which specialised cell has branched endings to connect to many cells?
- A. palisade cell
- B. sperm cell
- C. nerve cell (neurone)
- D. red blood cell
Question 11
What does it mean when a cell differentiates?
- A. It becomes specialised for a particular job.
- B. It dies.
- C. It divides into four cells.
- D. It loses all its DNA.
Question 12
Specialised cells: which statement is true?
- A. Red blood cells have no nucleus.
- B. Sperm cells have no mitochondria.
- C. All cells in the body look the same.
- D. Root hair cells contain lots of chloroplasts.
Question 13
Which specialised cell is packed with chloroplasts?
- A. sperm cell
- B. palisade cell
- C. nerve cell (neurone)
- D. red blood cell
Question 14
What do ciliated cells in the airways do?
- A. make sperm
- B. carry oxygen in the blood
- C. absorb food
- D. move mucus and trapped dirt away from the lungs
Question 15
Specialised cells: which statement is true?
- A. All cells in the body look the same.
- B. Nerve cells carry electrical impulses.
- C. Sperm cells have no mitochondria.
- D. Root hair cells contain lots of chloroplasts.
Question 16
Which specialised cell has no chloroplasts because it is underground?
- A. root hair cell
- B. sperm cell
- C. nerve cell (neurone)
- D. palisade cell
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