Kendriya vidyalaya Bhawanipatna

Autumn break Homework

Biology
Class : IX

Roll No. : Time - 10 days

Date : MM - 90  

1. Identify the single celled organisms from the following:

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Cockroach, Chlamydomonas, snake, mosquito, bacteria

2. Write any two differences between prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells. 1

3. When a living plant cell loses water through osmosis, there is contraction of the contents of the 1
cell away from the cell wall. What is this phenomenon called?

4. List the constituents of plasma membrane. 1

5. Define diffusion. 1

6. What is the chemical composition of cell wall in plants and fungi? 1

7. Name the functional unit of DNA that carries genetic information. 1

8. Why is nucleus called “director of the cell”? 1

9. Give one word answer to the following:

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(i) Organelle containing chlorophyll.

(ii) Living matter of the cell.

(iii) Cell without membrane bound nucleus.

(iv) An organelle with cristae.

10. Which cell organelle is responsible for the release of energy as ATP? 1

11. Name the substance which gives green colour to the leaves of plants. 1

12. ‘Every multicellular organism has arisen from a single cell’. Justify this statement. 1

13. The shape and size of cells are related to the specific function they perform. Justify given 1
statement with a suitable example.

14. What is plasmolysis? 1

15. Which is the smallest cell in human body? 1

16. Name the fluid matrix of a connective tissue. 1

17. Name the tissue present under the skin and arranged in a pattern of layers. 1

18. Name the various types of WBCs. 1

19. Draw a neat and well labelled diagram of a typical prokaryotic cell. 3

20. Distinguish between hypotonic solution, isotonic solution and hypertonic solution. 3

21.  If a plant cell is kept in a hypotonic solution, it will 1

(i)  increase in its volume
(ii)  maintain the same volume
(iii)  decrease in its volume
(iv)  burst
22.  Analyse the statements and pick up the right one regarding mitochondrial membranes from the 1
following :
(i)  The inner membrane is longer than the outer membrane
(ii)  The outer membrane is longer than the inner membrane
(iii)  Both the inner and the outer membranes are almost equal in length.
(iv)  Mostly mitochondria have a single membrane.

23.  The cell organelles (other than the nucleus) which contain DNA are 1
(i)  plastids and lysosomes
(ii)  mitochondria and Golgi apparatus
(iii)  Golgi apparatus and lysosomes
(iv)  plastids and mitochondria

24.  Engulfing of food materials or foreign bodies by cells like Amoeba is called 1
(i)  diffusion
(ii)  endocytosis
(iii)  osmosis
(iv)  plasmolysis

25.  In plant cells, many substances important for life are stored in 1
(i)  plastids
(ii)  mitochondria
(iii)  vacuoles
(iv)  lysosomes

26.  A prokaryotic cell does not possess 1

(i)  cell membrane
(ii)  cell wall
(iii)  nuclear membrane
(iv)  both (a) and (c)

27.  The most abundant material in plant cell wall is 1

(i)  cellulose
(ii)  lipids
(iii)  proteins
(iv)  wax

28.  The membrane of Golgi apparatus has connections with those of 1

(i)  nuclear membrane
(ii)  endoplasmic reticulum
(iii)  cell membrane
(iv)  mitochondria

29.  The major function of Golgi apparatus is 1

(i)  detoxification
(ii)  fermentation
 (iii)  translocation
(iv)  secretion

30.  The site of detoxification in liver cells is 1

(i)  lysosome
(ii)  RER
(iii)  ribosome
(iv)  SER

31.  The cell organelles with digestive enzymes are 1

(i)  ribosomes
(ii)  food vacuoles
(iii)  lysosomes
(iv)  Golgi apparatus

32.  The statement ‘cells arise only from pre-existing cells’ was given by 1
(i)  Schleiden
(ii)  Rudolf Virchow
(iii)  Schwann
(iv)  Louis Pasteur

33.  The term ‘protoplasm’ was coined by 1

(i)  Schleiden
(ii)  Purkinje
(iii)  Schwann
(iv)  Robert Brown

34.  70-80 % of volume of a mature plant cell is occupied by 1

(i)  endoplasmic reticulum
(ii)  nucleus
(iii)  cytoplasm
(iv)  vacuole

35.  Rough endoplasmic reticulum helps in the synthesis of 1

(i)  glycogen
(ii)  starch
(iii)  steroids
(iv)  proteins

36.  The fluid in the vacuole of a plant cell, is called 1

(i)  cell sap
(ii)  tonoplasm
(iii)  cytoplasm
(iv)  protoplasm

37.  Lysosomes are formed by 1

(i)  RER
 (ii)  plasma membrane
(iii)  SER
(iv)  Golgi apparatus

38.  Most of the substances in the living world are transported across the cell membrane by the 1
process of
(i)  osmosis
(ii)  endocytosis
(iii)  diffusion
(iv)  plasmolysis

39.  The proteins and lipids, essential for building the cell membrane, are manufactured by 1
(i)  rough endoplasmic reticulum
(ii)  Golgi apparatus
(iii)  plasma membrane
(iv)  mitochondria

40.  The undefined nuclear region of prokaryotes are also known as 1

(i)  nucleus
(ii)  nucleolus
(iii)  nucleic acid
(iv)  nucleoid

41.  The cell organelle involved in forming complex sugars from simple sugars are 1
(i)  endoplasmic reticulum
(ii)  ribosomes
(iii)  plastids
(iv)  Golgi apparatus

42.  Amoeba acquires its food through a process, termed 1

(i)  exocytosis
(ii)  endocytosis
(iii)  plasmolysis
(iv)  exocytosis and endocytosis both

43.  Cell wall of which one of these is not made up of cellulose? 1

(i)  Bacteria
(ii)  Hydrilla
(iii)  Mango tree
(iv)  Cactus

44.  Silver nitrate solution is used to study 1

(i)  endoplasmic reticulum
(ii)  Golgi apparatus
(iii)  nucleus
(iv)  mitochondria
45.  Organelle other than nucleus, containing DNA is 1
(i)  endoplasmic reticulum
(ii)  Golgi apparatus
(iii)  mitochondria
(iv)  lysosome

46.  Kitchen of the cells 1

(i)  mitochondria
(ii)  endoplasmic reticulum
(iii)  chloroplast
(iv)  Golgi apparatus

47.  Lipid molecules in the cell are synthesized by 1

(i)  smooth endoplasmic reticulum
(ii)  rough endoplasmic reticulum
(iii)  Golgi apparatus
(iv)  plastids

48.  Lysosome arises from 1

(i)  endoplasmic reticulum
(ii)  Golgi apparatus
(iii)  nucleus
(iv)  mitochondria

49.  Match the items of column A with those of column B. 1

Column A Column B
(i) Hypertonic solution
1. Nucleoid

(ii) Selectively
2. Little room permeable

(iii) Cell
3. Cork

(iv) Robert Brown

4. Plasmolysis

(v) Suberin
5. Plasma membrane

(vi) Prokaryotic cell 6. Nucleus

7. Lysosome

50.  Membrane-bound cell organelles are not found in ____________ cells. 1