SHN 8C WCC Chapter 2

Question 1

Muscles Cells

Answer 1

Large number of mitochondria and 3 groups: skeletal, cardiac, smooth

Question 2

Nerve Cells

Answer 2

create information network across the body with a long fiber (axon)

Question 3

Blood Cells - Types of blood cells (there are 4) and their jobs

Answer 3

Red Blood Cells: carry oxygen and carbon dioxide
White Blood Cells: part of immune system and fights infeciton
Platelets: Cell fragments associated with blood clotting
Plasma: caries cells and proteins

Question 4

Fat Cells - the 2 types and what they do

Answer 4

Brown fat cells: produce heat

White fat cells: store energy, insulate the body

Question 5

Types of plant special cells (5)

Answer 5

Photosynthetic
Guard
Structural
Conducting
Root Hair

Question 6

Photosynthetic Cell

Answer 6

Contain a large number of chloroplast

Question 7

Guard Cells

Answer 7

Open and close the stomata allowing for gas exchange

Question 8

Structural Cells

Answer 8

cell walls of dead conducting cells make up the trunk of the tree

Question 9

Conducting

Answer 9

long straw link cells that take water from the roots to the leaves

Question 10

Root hair cells

Answer 10

increase surface area of the cell to absorb water

Question 11

What is mitosis

Answer 11

cells divide for reproduction

Question 12

Types of tissue and what they do

Answer 12

Epithelial: cells that form layer over organs
Connective: supports and connects other tissue
Muscle: tissue that contracts allowing movement
Nerve: send electrical messages around the body.

Question 13

What’s in a fungal cell

Answer 13

same as animal with cell wall

Question 14

What is plant vascular tissue and what is their jobs?

Answer 14

Xylem: carries water from roots to leaves, made up of strong thin tubes which give the plant structure.

Phloem: tubes that move glucose around the plant.