The document discusses specialized cells in plants and animals. It notes that specialized cells have a particular shape and features that help them perform specific jobs. Some examples of specialized cells mentioned include red blood cells, nerve cells, egg cells, palisade cells, root hair cells, ciliated cells, and sperm cells. The document also contains questions about the specialization of these different cell types.

1. What is a cell?Specialised CellsSpecialised Cells
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whiteboard
and come
round the
front
LO:
I can name 2 specialised animal cells and plant
cells and describe how they are specialised.

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Which one is the
nucleus?

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Which one is a
chloroplast?

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Which one is the
vacuole?

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Which one is the
cytoplasm?

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Which one is the
cell wall?

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Which one is the
cell surface
membrane?

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Which one absorbs
light for
photosynthesis?

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Which one
is the cell
surface
membrane?

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Which one
is the nucleus?

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Which one
is the cytoplasm?

12. H. Cordy-McKenna
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Now write down the bits that are
only found in plant cells
A: Chloroplast
F: Cytoplasm
B: Nucleus
C: Vacuole
E: Cell wall
D: Cell surface
membrane

13. H. Cordy-McKenna
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Now write down the bits that are
found in plant and animal cells
A: Chloroplast
F: Cytoplasm
B: Nucleus
C: Vacuole
E: Cell wall
D: Cell surface
membrane

14. Specialised...Specialised...
Q: What does specialised mean??
A: Something that is designed to do a particular
job
Specialised CellsSpecialised Cells

15. Q: What is a specialised cell?
A: A cell that has a special shape
and features that help it to do it’s job
Specialised...Specialised...
Specialised CellsSpecialised Cells

16. Red blood cellsRed blood cells
Stuck round the room are
some information sheets
about different specialised
animal and plant cells….
Your job is to extract the
important information from
the sheets to fill in on your
worksheets
Your TaskYour Task

17. Animal and plant cellsComparing Animal CellsComparing Animal Cells
Cell surface membrane
Cytoplasm
Nucleus

18. Chloroplasts (plant cells)Comparing Plant CellsComparing Plant Cells

19. Questions
1. Why are nerve cells so long?
2. Where are egg cells found?
3. What is palisade cell specialised to do?
4. Why does a root hair cell have a thin wall?
5. The hairs in a ciliated cell are known as?
6. What is a sperm cell designed to do?
7. How are red blood cells different from
other cells?
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