Biology

The Fundamental Unit of Life

Question:

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

Answer:

Choloroplasts
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The Fundamental Unit of Life

Q 1.

Which cell organelle is known as 'protein factory'?

Q 2.

Is plasma membrane permeable or selectively permeable?

Q 3.

Identify cell organelle and write down its name:
A tough, non-living layer, it prevents plant cells from bursting, freely permeable

Q 4.

Which cell organelle is called 'kitchen of plant'?

Q 5.

What is the plasma membrane composed of?

Q 6.

Name the two postulates of the cell theory.

Q 7.

Are plastids present in all cells? What are its types?

Q 8.

What are chromosomes?

Q 9.

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

Q 10.

What is the full form of DNA and RNA?

Q 11.

Why is mitochondria absent in red blood cells?

Q 12.

Name the biggest cell in human body.

Q 13.

Name the sac like structure which form the grana?

Q 14.

Identify cell organelle and write down its name:
Digestive organelle where macromolecules are hydrolyzed

Q 15.

Who observed the cells the first time?

Q 16.

Define Cell

Q 17.

Name the smallest cell in human body.

Q 18.

Who proposed the cell theory?

Q 19.

Give an example of anucleate cell i.e. cell without nucleus.

Q 20.

What are different types transport of components across cell membrane?

Q 21.

What are the conditions for osmosis?

Q 22.

What are the function of nucleus?

Q 23.

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 24.

Identify cell organelle and write down its name:
Called 'suicide bags' of a cell.

Q 25.

Who coined the term 'protoplasm'?

Q 26.

What is plasmolysis?

Q 27.

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 28.

What is diffusion?

Q 29.

Will the temperature have any effect on the process of the osmosis?

Q 30.

Which organ of the plant body helps in osmoregulation?

Q 31.

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

Q 32.

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

Q 33.

In which year electron microscope was invented?

Q 34.

Who discovered Golgi apparatus?

Q 35.

When chromosomes are visible in the nucleus?

Q 36.

Which cell organelle is called 'control center'?

Q 37.

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 38.

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

Q 39.

What is the function of nucleoplasm?

Q 40.

Give an example of cells containing two nuclei (Binucleate).

Q 41.

Who is known as 'Father of Microscopy'?

Q 42.

What are the components nucleus?

Q 43.

Why can't single cells grow very large? Or Big organisms like human beings are multi-cellular? Why can't such big organisms be a single large cell?

Q 44.

Identify cell organelle and write down its name:
Detoxify drugs and poisons specially in liver cells.

Q 45.

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

Q 46.

Name the longest cell in human body.

Q 47.

What would happen if the plasma membrane ruptures or breaks down?

Q 48.

Which cell organelle is called 'transport system'?

Q 49.

Who discovered Virus?

Q 50.

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