Question

You are looking at cells under the microscope. You notice one type of cell has many more lysosomes than the others. Your teacher said white blood cells have lots of lysosomes. Why would the white blood cells have an abundance of lysosomes? (AKS 1b)

A.
White blood cells have many lysosomes because they need to produce a lot of glucose and oxygen.

B.
White blood cells have many lysosomes because they need lots of ATP to help carry oxygen.

C.
White blood cells have many lysosomes because they need to produce lots of proteins to help build muscle.

D.
White blood cells have many lysosomes because they need to destroy pathogens with digestive enzymes.

Answer 1

Answer:

D

Explanation:

As lysosomes are packets of digestive enzymes, which bind onto the membrane of the pathogen, then it releases enzyme to dissolve the membrane of the pathogen and finally releases all the digestive enzymes (such as carbohydrase, lipase, protease) to digest the whole cell...