Sperm Cell Specialisation

Question 1

Function

Answer 1

Fertilise the egg

Question 2

Mid-piece contains many mitochondria

Answer 2

Make ATP by aerobic respiration for swimming

Question 3

Has an undulipodium

Answer 3

So the sperm can move

Question 4

Acrosome

Answer 4

Contains an enzyme that digests the Zona Pellucida of the egg cell

Question 5

Head contains a haploid nucleus

Answer 5

Make a diploid zygote when a sperm and egg nuclei fuse at fertilisation