| A | B |
|---|
| specialized cell | a cell that is designed for a specific use/function |
| palisade cell | a specialized plant cell that has lots of chloroplasts |
| root hair cell | a specialized plant cell designed to take in water and minerals from the soil |
| white blood cell | a specialized animal cell designed to attack and destroy bacteria in the body |
| sperm cell | a specialized animal cell designed to fertilize an egg cell |
| red blood cell | a specialized animal cell that is designed to carry oxygen through the body |
| meiosis* | the type of cell division in which a sex cell divides into 2 new cells, each having half of the chromosomes (24) |
| mitosis* | the type of cell division in which a nucleus divides into 2 daughter cells, each having the complete number of chromosomes (48) |
