A FUNDAMENTAL UNIT OF LIFE
Very Short Answer Questions
1: What are plastids? Name the different types of plastids found in plant cell.
2: What is plasma membrane made up of?
3: What did Robert Hooke observed first in cork cell?
4: Name the autonomous organelles in the cell.
5. What does protoplasm refer to?
6: Name two cells which keep changing their shape.
7: Name the smallest cell and the longest cell in human body.
8: Name 3 features seen/present in almost every cell.
9: What is diffusion?
10: What is osmosis?
11: What is the full form of DNA?
12: What is the Junction of chromosome?
13: Name the organelles present in liver of animals for detoxifying many poisons
and drugs.
14: What is the energy currency of the cell?
15: What is the function of ribosome?
16. Where are genes located in the cell?
17: Name the cell organelles that helps in packaging?
18: Name the cell organelle which helps in the transportation of material.
19: Name the cell organelle due to which leaves, flowers and fruits get their
colour.
20: Name the cell organelle which helps in the formation of lysosome.
21: Name the cleansing organelle in the cell.
22: Name two cells with cell wall.
23: Why does mitochondria have largely folded inner membrane?
24: Which organelle makes the digestive enzyme of lysosome?
25: What are cisterns?
Short Answer Type Questions
1: State two conditions required for osmosis.
2: What is plasmolysis?
3: How does fungi and bacteria can withstand much greater changes in the
surrounding medium than animal cells?
4: Give the function of nuclear membrane.
5: Name the cell-organelles that have their own DNA and ribosomes.
6: State the difference between smooth endoplasmic reticulum and rough
endoplasmic reticulum.
7: What is endocytosis?
8: What is the function of vacuoles?
9: When we put raisins in water, why do they swell?
10: Why are lysosomes called suicidal bags?
11: What is nucleoid?
12: What is the role, of cell organelles in the cell?
13: Label the figure and answer the questions:
(i) A – It is the packaging organelle
(ii) B – Provides energy
(iii) C – helps in the transport of material
(iv) D – Carries the information.
14: What is the function of nucleus in a cell?
15: What is the Junction of plastids?
16: Do vacuoles store some material? If yes, name them. 1
7: Explain the structure and function of Golgi bodies.
18: What are ribosomes? Where are they located in the cell? What is their
function?
19: What is the difference in chromatin, chromosomes and gene?
20: Why do plant cells have more in number and big-sized vacuoles as compared
to the animal cells?
21: Explain the following terms:
(a) Plasma membrane
(b) Cytoplasm
(c) Nucleus.
22: What is membrane biogenesis?
23: Which organelle is known as powerhouse of the cell?
24: What are genes?
25. Draw various cells of human body.
Long Answer Type Questions
1: Give five points of differences between plant cell and animal cell.
2: Give five points of differences between prokaryotic cell and eukaryotic cell.
3: Draw a neat labelled diagram of plant cell and label its parts.
4: Draw a neat labelled diagram of animal cell.
5: Name the cell organelle for the following:
(a) Present only in plant cell, provides strength and rigidity to the cell.
(b) It is the site for lipids synthesis and helps in detoxification of drugs.
(c) The inner membrane is folded to form cristae, it has its
own DNA and proteins.
(d) It helps in the formation of lysosomes.
(e) It imparts colour to the fruit and flowers.
Value Based Questions
1: Vasu was helping his mother in laying the table when they had some guest for
dinner. Vasu was about to sprinkle salt on salad for dressing. His mother stopped
him from doing so and told him that it is too early to sprinkle salt on the salad, he
should do so only when they are seated for having the dinner.
(a) What would happen if salt is sprinkled on the salad?
(b) Which property of cells is seen in adding salt to it?
(c) What value of Vasu is seen?
2: Anu is a five year old girl who joined the swimming classes. After the first class
she was worried when she saw her wrinkled fingers. She asked her elder sister
about the wrinkling and shrinking of her fingers. Her sister explained Anu why it
was so.
(a) Why did the fingers wrinkle after swimming?
(b) What caused the shrinking/wrinkling of fingers?
(c) What value of Anu is seen in the above cast?
3: Two sailors got marooned on the island, both of them were very thirsty and one
of the sailors tried to drink sea water. The other sailor immediately stopped him
from drinking the salty water of sea and suggested to wait for some help, stay
calm and patient.
(a) What would happen if the sailor drinks salty water?
(b) What is osmosis?
(c) What value of sailors is reflected in the above act?
4: Sachin’s mother wanted to use some eggs for incubation. Sachin helped his
mother in separating rotten and spoilt eggs from the good ones. He took a bucket
of water to separate them.
(a) How can one separate the rotten eggs from the good ones using water?
(b) What is the shell of egg made up of?
(c) What value of Sachin is seen in this act?
