B2.3 Cell Specialization
13 review questions with answers for B2.3 Cell Specialization, marked SL. Read them here, or play the set as a class game on the projector. Free to host, and students join with a code.
The process by which a cell becomes specialized for a specific function?
- DifferentiationRight answer
- Multipotent
- Pluripotent
- Totipotent
All 13 questions and answers
The process by which a cell becomes specialized for a specific function?
Answer: Differentiation
General term for any undifferentiated cell capable of self-renewal and differentiation?
Answer: Stem cell
Stem cells that can differentiate into any cell type including the placenta?
Answer: Totipotent
Stem cells that can differentiate into any cell type except the placenta?
Answer: Pluripotent
Stem cells that can differentiate into a limited range of related cell types?
Answer: Multipotent
Pluripotent stem cells derived from early-stage embryos?
Answer: Embryonic stem cell
Multipotent stem cells found in developed tissues (e.g., bone marrow)?
Answer: Adult stem cell
Making an embryo by transferring a patient's nucleus into an egg, to obtain matched embryonic stem cells?
Answer: Therapeutic cloning
A cell specialized for transmitting electrical nerve impulses?
Answer: Neuron
A red blood cell specialized for oxygen transport; lacks a nucleus to save space?
Answer: Erythrocyte
The male gamete specialized for motility and delivering genetic material?
Answer: Sperm cell
A plant cell with a large surface area for water and mineral absorption?
Answer: Root hair cell
A plant cell packed with chloroplasts for maximum photosynthesis?
Answer: Palisade mesophyll cell
Play it as a class game
Play this set opens it in splycr, where you can host it for your class straight away. Hosting needs no account: put the room code on the projector, and students join from a phone with the code and their first name. Each question plays as multiple choice, and the three wrong options are other answers from the same set.