Specialized cells in Animals and Plants

Question 1

pigment present in the red blood cell

Answer 1

hemoglobin

Question 2

absorbs oxygen and transports it to different parts of the body

Answer 2

hemoglobin

Question 3

cell found in the nervous system

Answer 3

neuron

Question 4

tissue found in the nervous system

Answer 4

nerve

Question 5

main organ in the nervous system

Answer 5

brain

Question 6

receives nerve impulses from other neurons then transmit them to the cell body

Answer 6

dendrites

Question 7

transports nerve impulses away from the cell body and towards other neurons

Answer 7

axon

Question 8

protects the egg

Answer 8

corona radiata

Question 9

regulates the egg-sperm interaction and prevents the entrance of more
than 1 sperm cell

Answer 9

zona pellucida

Question 10

enables the sperm cell to swim towards the egg cell

Answer 10

tail (flagellum)

Question 11

releases enzymes to break down the
outer wall of the egg cell

Answer 11

acrosome

Question 12

transport water

Answer 12

xylem

Question 13

transport food

Answer 13

phloem

Question 14

provides support and prevents the collapse of xylem vessel

Answer 14

lignin

Question 15

enables translocation of food substances from the source tissues to the sink tissues

Answer 15

sieve tube

Question 16

provides the sieve tube with the energy for transport

Answer 16

companion cell

Question 17

Where the photosynthesis happen in a plant cell

Answer 17

palisade cell

Question 18

where the photosynthesis happen in the middle layer of the leaf

Answer 18

palisade mesophyll