The cards Question What does 'multicellular' mean? Tap to flip Answer Made of more than one cell, as animals, plants and fungi are. Question What is a specialised cell? Tap to flip Answer A cell with adaptations to carry out a particular function in a multicellular organism. Question What is an unspecialised cell? Tap to flip Answer A cell with no specific function that can turn into different types of cell. Question What is differentiation? Tap to flip Answer The process of an unspecialised cell becoming specialised, by turning genes on and off. Question What is a gene? Tap to flip Answer A short section of DNA that carries the genetic code to produce a protein. Question Are most cells in a multicellular organism specialised or unspecialised? Tap to flip Answer Most are specialised: they have structures adapted for their jobs. Question By which type of cell division do multicellular organisms make new cells as they grow? Tap to flip Answer Mitosis. Question In a multicellular organism, what does 'develop' mean, as opposed to 'grow'? Tap to flip Answer Making specialised cells to form tissues and organs. Question What happens to genes in a cell's genome during differentiation? Tap to flip Answer Particular genes are switched on or off. Question Why does a specialised cell make only certain proteins? Tap to flip Answer It uses only particular genes, so it makes only the proteins needed for the job it is adapted to do. Question If all the cells of an organism have the same DNA, what makes them specialise differently? Tap to flip Answer Whether particular genes are turned on or off. Question Are animals the only multicellular organisms with specialised cells, tissues and organs? Tap to flip Answer No; multicellular plants have them too. Question What is an embryo? Tap to flip Answer The early stage of development, formed from a zygote by cell division. Question What are the unspecialised cells of an early animal embryo called? Tap to flip Answer Embryonic stem cells. Question Which types of cell in an animal's body can embryonic stem cells differentiate into? Tap to flip Answer All types of cell in the body. Question What are adult stem cells? Tap to flip Answer Cells that stay unspecialised as an animal develops into an adult. Question Can adult stem cells differentiate into every type of cell in an animal's body? Tap to flip Answer No; they can become most, but not all, types of cell (related cells). Question Give one example of where adult stem cells are found in humans. Tap to flip Answer For example, bone marrow. Question What do the adult stem cells in human bone marrow make by dividing and differentiating? Tap to flip Answer Blood cells. Question What are meristem cells? Tap to flip Answer Unspecialised plant cells that undergo mitosis and can differentiate into any type of plant cell. Question Where in a plant are meristem cells found? Tap to flip Answer In the stem and in the tips of roots and shoots. Question How do meristem cells in roots and shoots change the size of the root or shoot? Tap to flip Answer They divide and differentiate so roots and shoots grow longer and wider. Question Besides making shoots longer and wider, which two structures do meristem cells in shoots make? Tap to flip Answer Leaves and flowers. Question Give one tissue that meristem cells in the stem and roots make. Tap to flip Answer For example, xylem or phloem. Question What does xylem transport? Tap to flip Answer Water, upwards through the plant. Question What does phloem transport? Tap to flip Answer Sugars, through the plant. Question What is a plant's shoot? Tap to flip Answer The part where new plant growth occurs above the ground. Question What is a plant's root? Tap to flip Answer The part where new plant growth occurs underground. Question Give one use of meristem tissue for people. Tap to flip Answer Producing clones, e.g. of crops or to protect endangered species. Question What do the rings in a tree trunk indicate? Tap to flip Answer New cell division in the trunk. Where this deck sits in the curriculum Curriculum National Curriculum for England Stage GCSE (Years 10–11) Course GCSE Biology Unit Stem cells and differentiation Exam boards AQA, Edexcel, OCR Tiers foundation and higher England's National Curriculum sets what is taught; the units and their order are Oak National Academy's. Flash Feed is not affiliated with Oak or any exam board.
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