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Why is an egg (ovum) bigger than a sperm   Because it has a food store  
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How many structures in an animal cell?   3  
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How many structures in a plant cell?   6  
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What is the function of the cytoplasm?   Site of chemical reactions  
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What is the function of the cell wall?   Gives support to plant cells  
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What is the function of the vacuole?   Stores cell sap  
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What is the function of the nucleus?   Controls cell activities and stores DNA  
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What is the function of the cell membrane?   Controls what exits and enters the cell  
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What is the function of the chloroplast?   Site of photosynthesis  
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Name a specialised cell.   Sperm, egg, nerve, muscle, root hair, pollen, red blood cell.  
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Why is a red blood cell specialised for its role?   Has no nucleus so it can transport more oxygen  
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Why is a sperm cell specialised for its role?   It has a tail so it can swim to an egg  
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Why is a egg cell specialised for its role?   It has a food store to fuel cell division  
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Why is a pollen cell specialised for its role?   It is spiky to attach to insects  
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Why is a Leaf cell specialised for its role?   It ahs many chloroplasts for photosynthesis  
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Why is a nerve cell specialised for its role?   It is very long to send nerve messages to other cells  
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Why is a root hair cell specialised for its role?   It has hair like projections to absorb more water  
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Why is a muscle cell specialised for its role?   It can contract to move bones  
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What do you call a group of cells that are similar and perform the same job?   Tissue  
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Name a change that takes place in puberty that only affects boys.   Voice breaking  
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Name a change that takes place in puberty that only affects girls.   periods starting (menstruation)  
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Name a change that takes place in puberty that only affects both boys and girls.   production of sex cells, growth spurt, acne, hair growing in new places.  
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Where are sperm produced in males?   Testes  
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Where do babies grow in females?   Uterus (womb)  
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Where does fertilisation take place in a female?   Oviduct  
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Where are eggs produced in a female?   Ovary  
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What is fertilisation?   When the nucleus of the sperm fuses with the nucleus of the egg.  
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What is a fertilised egg called?   Zygote  
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What is the role of the placenta?   Allows the exchange of substances between mothers blood and babies blood.  
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Name a substance that is important for the baby that passes through the placenta from the mum's to the baby's blood.   Oxygen, food  
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Name a substance that is important for the baby to get rid of that passes through the placenta from the baby to the mum's blood.   carbon dioxide  
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Where in a flower is pollen produced?   Anther  
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What part of the flower does pollen land on?   Stigma  
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Where in a flower are eggs produced?   Ovary  
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How does pollen get carried from one flower to another?   Insects or wind  
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What grows from pollen to allow the nucleus to meet the egg?   A pollen tube  
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What is germination?   When seeds start to grow  
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What do seeds need to germinate   Water, oxygen, warmth  
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How are dandelion seeds dispersed from their plant?   Wind  
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How are coconut seeds dispersed from their plant?   Water  
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How are squirting cucumber seeds dispersed from their plant?   Explosion  
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How are burdock seeds dispersed from their plant?   Attach to animal fur  
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How are tomato seeds dispersed from their plant?   Eaten by animals  
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