A cheek cell is a typical animal cell. With a light microscope you can clearly see the cell surface membrane, nucleus and the cytoplasm. You would probably struggle to identify the mitochondria. The cell membrane… forms a thin covering to the cell controls what enters and leaves the cell allows oxygen and dissolved food substances …
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A Typical Plant Cell…
The moss cell is a typical green plant cell cell membrane cytoplasm nucleus cell wall vacuole chloroplast Questions…
A Specialised Animal Cell…
Eukaryotic cells contain organelles like a nucleus or mitochondria. Prokaryotic cells include things like bacteria that do not have separate structures within them – that is why they are so much smaller. Signals are carried around the body by nerve cells (more properly known as neurones or neurons). The myelin sheath accelerates the impulse (the …
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A Specialised Plant Cell…
A root hair cell is a typical plant cell in that it has a cell wall and a large vacuole, but it has a special shape to increase its surface area making it very effective at absorbing water. It doesn’t have chloroplasts because it is underground where there is no light. The root hairs emerge …
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Plant Cells v Animal Cells
It would be very helpful if you could draw a labelled diagram of a typical animal cell and of a typical plant cell. You probably won’t be asked to draw one in an exam but knowing that you can will give you the confidence to answer questions about cells. Everything above should be fairly familiar …
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