Section 1 - Specialised Cells and Stem Cells

Question 1

What are red blood cells specialised for

Answer 1

carrying oxygen from the lungs to the body’s tissues

Question 2

What are white blood cells specialise for

Answer 2

defending the body against diseases

Question 3

Cell differentation

Answer 3

the process which a cell changes to become specialised for its job

Question 4

How do cells change

Answer 4

they develop different organelles into different types of cells
This allows them to carry out specific function

Question 5

Undifferentiated cells

Answer 5

stems cells that can divide to produce more undifferentiated
They can differentiated into different type of cells

Question 6

Where are stem cell found more in

Answer 6

early human embryos

Question 7

One adventage for using stem cells to cure disease

Answer 7

stem cells transferred from the bone marrow of a healthy person to replace faulty cells in sick people

Question 8

One risk of using stem cells to cure diseases

Answer 8

stem cells frown in the lab mat be contaminated with a virus which could be passed on to a patient making them sicker

Question 9

arguements for stem cell research

Answer 9

Curing suffering patients is more important than the right of embryos

Embryos used in research are often unwanted ones from fertility clinics which would be destroyed

Question 10

arguements against stem cell research

Answer 10

human embryos shouldn’t be used for experiments since each one is a human life or has the potential to be one

Scientists should find and develop more other sources so people could be helped without using embryos

Question 11

Explain how adults stem cells are different to embryonic stem cells

Answer 11

Adult stem cells can not turn into any type of cells, only certain ones