Key learning points

1. The animal and plant cell models describe common features of cells.
2. Not all cells have all these features, and some cells have additional ones.
3. Specialised cells in animals and plants have shapes, sizes, and structures, that are adapted for the jobs the cells do.
4. Examples of specialised cells include red blood cells in animals and root hair cells in plants.

Keywords

• Adaptation - Differences in the shape, size, and structures of cells are adaptations.

• Specialised - A specialised cell has adaptations that allow it to carry out a specific function.

• Function - The function of a cell is its job or its role within an organism.

Common misconception