Cells Flashcards

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Eukaryotes and prokaryotes

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Similarities - ribosomes, cell membrane and cytoplasm
Differences - eukaryotes have a cellulose cell wall, mitochondria and are evolved from prokaryotes
Prokaryotes are much older, have free DNA and are single celled.

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Plant cell

Animal cell

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Plant cell - nucleus, cell wall, cell membrane, cytoplasm, chloroplasts and vacuole.
Animal cell - nucleus, cell membrane and cytoplasm.

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Nerve cell

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Contain a nucleus, cell membrane, cytoplasm, axon, sheath and can be up to a meter long.

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Root hair cell

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They contain: a nucleus, a permanent vacuole, a cell wall, a cell membrane and cytoplasm

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Sperm cell

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They have long tails to be able to swim efficiently to the egg and fertilise it. They also have STREAMLINED heads to also make swimming more efficiently to the egg.

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Ciliated epithelial cell

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These cells have thousands of fine hairs called cilia, they also have cytoplasm and a nucleus.

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Egg cell

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The ovum or female gamete are 85,000 times bigger than the sperm cell and have a nucleus, cytoplasm and a LAYER OF JELLY that makes it easy for the sperm cell to penetrate the eggand fertilise it.

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