EAL Nexus Resource
Specialised cells
Flashcards
Subject:
Age group:
Topic:
Science
12 – 14, 15 - 16
Cells, organs and life processes
© Bell Educational Trust 2016
EAL Nexus – free downloadable teaching materials https://eal.britishcouncil.org/
This resource was originally developed by Z. Davies and has been adapted for EAL Nexus.
red blood cells
nerve cells
egg cells
sperm cells
leaf cells
root hair cells
to carry oxygen
around the body
to transmit
messages from
one part of the
body to another
to join with a
sperm cell and to
provide food for
the newly formed
cell
to reach the egg
cell and fertilise
it
to absorb sunlight
for
photosynthesis
to absorb water
and minerals from
the soil
has a large
surface
area
has
connections
at all ends
has no
nucleus
carries
oxygen
around the
body
has long
shape
has
haemoglobin
which joins
with the
oxygen
can carry
electric
signals
carries
contains a
messages
lot of
from one part cytoplasm
of the body
to another
joins with a
sperm cell
and provides
food for the
new formed
cell
has a
has a long
pointed head tail
for getting
into the egg
cell
can swim
reaches the has a
egg cell,
specific
joins with it shape
and
fertilises it
has lots of absorbs
chloroplasts sunlight for
photosynthesis
absorbs
water and
minerals
from the
soil
Image attributions
1. Red blood cells:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/filterforge/16701439376
Creative commons public domain via Flickr
2. Nerve cell: https://pixabay.com/en/neuron-nerve-cell-axondendrite-296581/ Public domain via Pixabay
3. Egg cell: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egg_cell By KDS444
(Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0
(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via
Wikimedia Commons.
4. Sperm cell: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Spermegg.jpg Author unknown [Public domain], via Wikimedia
Commons
5. Leaf cell: Drawn by R Wilson on behalf of The Bell Foundation
6. Root hair cell: Drawn by R Wilson on behalf of The Bell
Foundation