Specialized Cells

These blood cells deliver oxygen to the parts of the body.

• Red

• White

• Patelets

• Plasma

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What is the job of a nerve cell?

• To absorb water from soil

• To carry oxygen around the body

• To photosynthesise

• To send electrical messages around the body

Which of these pictures shows a plant under a microscope?

• A

• B

• C

• D

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Which type of specialized cell carries oxygen from the lungs all over the body?

• red blood cells

• squamous (skin) cells

• muscle cells

• white blood cells (macrophages)

• nerve cells (neurons)

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Which type of specialized cell has many mitochondria and changes size (contracts)?

• red blood cells

• squamous (skin) cells

• muscle cells

• white blood cells (macrophages)

• nerve cells (neurons)

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Which type of specialized cell carries electrical signals through the body to the brain?

• red blood cells

• squamous (skin) cells

• muscle cells

• white blood cells (macrophages)

• nerve cells (neurons)

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Which type of specialized cell opens and closes pores (holes) to let things in and out of the leaf?

• xylem

• guard cells

• epidermis cells

• phloem

• root hair cells

Which type of specialized cell sticks out into the soil, allowing water into the plant?

• xylem

• guard cells

• epidermis cells

• phloem

• root hair cells

Neurons have branches on the end of a long body.

• This statement describes a STRUCTURE.

• This statement describes a FUNCTION.

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Which type of specialized cell keeps moisture in the body and germs out?

• red blood cells

• squamous (skin) cells

• muscle cells

• white blood cells (macrophages)

• nerve cells (neurons)