Specialised cells are adapted for their functions
I can describe how specialised cells in animals and plants are adapted for specific functions.
Specialised cells are adapted for their functions
I can describe how specialised cells in animals and plants are adapted for specific functions.
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Lesson details
Key learning points
- The animal and plant cell models describe common features of cells.
- Not all cells have all these features, and some cells have additional ones.
- Specialised cells in animals and plants have shapes, sizes, and structures, that are adapted for the jobs the cells do.
- Examples of specialised cells include red blood cells in animals and root hair cells in plants.
Keywords
Adaptation - Differences in the shape, size, and structures of cells are adaptations.
Specialised - A specialised cell has adaptations that allow it to carry out a specific function.
Function - The function of a cell is its job or its role within an organism.
Common misconception
All cells are exactly like the standard animal and plant cell models shown in textbooks.
The lesson explores different shapes, sizes, and structures, of specialised cells that are adapted for specific functions.
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Starter quiz
6 Questions
Exit quiz
6 Questions
Tail to swim to the egg.
Elongated shape, to give a large area, to absorb water.
Many chloroplasts to trap light, to make the plant's food.
Long length to transmit messages.
