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Root
hair
cell-
extract nutrients
and water from
soil
,
no chloroplasts
,
long
+
thin
=
more surface area
Sperm
cell-
tail
to
move
,
mitochondria
for
energy
,
streamline shape
Red blood cell- transport oxygen
around the
body
,
bio cane shape
to
move more oxygen
Palisade cells
- collect
energy
from
sunlight
and use it to make
glucose. Large surface area
, lots of
chloroplast
,
oblong shape
Muscle cell
- covered in
mitochondria
,
mitochondria
for
energy
to move
joints
and
bones.
Nerve cell
-
moves electrical info
around
body
,
thin
,
nerve ending
,
myelin
Ciliated cell
- beat in
Rhythm
to move
mucus
,
dust
+
egg cell
,
thin hairs
to push
obstructions
away
egg cell-
has
1/2 DNA
, meets
sperm
to make a
baby
,
lots
of
nutrients
+
yolk droplets
White blood cell
- fight of diseases, shaped to capture and break diseases