Biology

The Fundamental Unit of Life

Question:

Identify cell organelle and write down its name:
Thread like structures made up of in DNA and proteins. Converts to chromosomes when cell is dividing.

Answer:

Chomatin
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The Fundamental Unit of Life

Q 1.

Name the biggest cell in human body.

Q 2.

Who proposed fluid-mosaic model of cell or plasma membrane?

Q 3.

What are chromosomes?

Q 4.

Who expanded cell theory by suggesting that all cells arise from pre-existing cells?

Q 5.

Identify cell organelle and write down its name:
Present in some animal cells, help in locomotion.

Q 6.

What are the components nucleus?

Q 7.

Identify cell organelle and write down its name:
A network of flattened cavities surrounded by a membrane, which links with the nuclear membrane. Help in packaging proteins.

Q 8.

Define Cell

Q 9.

What is the function of nucleoplasm?

Q 10.

What is the full form of DNA and RNA?

Q 11.

Name the cell organelles which their own DNA and Ribosomes.

Q 12.

When chromosomes are visible in the nucleus?

Q 13.

Identify cell organelle and write down its name:
Powehouse of cell

Q 14.

Define Exocytosis.

Q 15.

Name the cell type that have internal membranes which compartmentalize their functions.

Q 16.

Define Passive Transport.

Q 17.

What is diffusion?

Q 18.

Define Osmosis. What are different types of osmosis? Give examples of osmosis.

Q 19.

Who discovered Golgi apparatus?

Q 20.

What is osmoregulation?

Q 21.

What are centrosomes? What functions do they perform?

Q 22.

Identify cell organelle and write down its name:
Jelly like substance containing particles and other organelles. What is it?

Q 23.

Identify cell organelle and write down its name:
A fluid-filled space surrounded by a membrane. Generally contains salts and sugars in plants.

Q 24.

Who proposed the cell theory?

Q 25.

Name the longest cell in human body.

Q 26.

What is the plasma membrane composed of?

Q 27.

Which organ of the plant body helps in osmoregulation?

Q 28.

Which cell organelle is called 'kitchen of plant'?

Q 29.

Why is mitochondria absent in red blood cells?

Q 30.

Identify cell organelle and write down its name:
Slipper or oval shaped, its inner membrane is multi-folded and has lot of chemical activity

Q 31.

Identify cell organelle and write down its name:
Membrane-bound vesicles arranged approximately parallel to each other. Active in synthesis, modification, sorting, and Secretion of cell products

Q 32.

Who observed the cells the first time?

Q 33.

Name the book in which Robert Hooke published his observations about cork cells.

Q 34.

Name the two postulates of the cell theory.

Q 35.

Name the world's smallest cell.

Q 36.

What is plasmolysis?

Q 37.

What will happen if a de-shelled egg in a concentrated salt solution for 5 minutes?

Q 38.

Which organelle of the cell in animals helps in osmregulation?

Q 39.

Which cell organelle is called 'transport system'?

Q 40.

What are the functions of Endoplasmic Reticulum (ER)?

Q 41.

What is cytoskeleton?

Q 42.

Name the cell organelles which change energy from one form to another.

Q 43.

Which of the following cell is better candidate to study lysosomes?
(a) White Blood Cell
(b) Muscle Cell

Q 44.

Identify cell organelle and write down its name:
A partially permeable layer prevents cell contents from escaping controls what substances enter and leave the cell. Identify?

Q 45.

Identify cell organelle and write down its name:
Contains green colour pigment, traps light energy. Present in some plant cells.

Q 46.

Identify cell organelle and write down its name:
Appear brown dots either present freely in cell or bound to a membrane and make proteins.

Q 47.

Identify cell organelle and write down its name:
Thread like structures made up of in DNA and proteins. Converts to chromosomes when cell is dividing.

Q 48.

Identify cell organelle and write down its name:
A structure involved in production of ribosomes, present inside a nucleus.

Q 49.

Name the largest cell?

Q 50.

Name the smallest cell in human body.