lqc 2a exam qs

Question 1

Explain why the egg cell is much larger than the head of the sperm cell.

Answer 1

the egg cell contains a large food source for energy until implantation

Question 2

Name the organelle that may be missing from the sperm cells with mid-piece defects.

Answer 2

mitochondria

Question 3

suggest why nicotine reduces the movement of the sperm cells

Answer 3

more sperm cells with defective flagella, flagella needed to move sperm, more sperm with defective mid-piece, if mitochondria are affected there is no respiration for movement of flagella