Scribd
Upload
16 views7 pages

Isc Accounts 2024

Uploaded by

Ranjan Roy
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
16 views7 pages

Isc Accounts 2024

Uploaded by

Ranjan Roy
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
You are on page 1/ 7

TIME EDUTOR

CLASS IX, SCIENCE, THE FUNDAMENTAL UNIT OF LIFE

Question 1. Who discovered cells, and how?


Answer: Robert Hooke discovered cells in 1665 while examining a thin slice of cork through a
self-designed microscope. He saw that the cork resembled the structure of a honey comb
consisting of many little compartments. These small boxes are called cells.

Question 2. Why the cell is called the structural and Junctional unit of life?
Answer: A cell is capable of independently carrying out all necessary activities of life. So, they
are called basic or functional unit of life.

Question 3. How do substances like C02 and water move in and out of the cell?
Discuss.
Answer: CO2 moves by diffusion and H2O move by osmosis through cell membrane.

Question 4. Why is the plasma membrane called a selectively permeable membrane?


Answer: It is called selectively permeable membrane because it allows the entry and
exit of some substances, not all.

Question 5. Can you name the two organelles we have studied that contain their own
genetic material?

Answer: The two organelles which have their own genetic material are mitochondria
and plastids.

Question 6. If the organisation of a cell is destroyed due to some physical or chemical


influence, what will happen?
Answer: The cell will not be able to revive and lysosomes will digest it.

Question 7. Why are lysosomes known as suicide hags?


Answer: When the cell gets damaged, lysosomes may burst, and the enzymes digest
their own cell. Therefore lysosomes are known as suicide bags.

Question 8. Where are proteins synthesised inside the cell?


Answer: The proteins are synthesised in the ribosomes that are also known as protein
factories.
Question 9. Make a comparison and write down ways in which plant cells are also
different from animal cells.
Answer:

Question 10. What would happen if the plasma membrane ruptures or breaks down?
Answer: If plasma membrane ruptures or breaks down then molecules of some
substances will freely move in and out.

Question 11. What would happen to the life of a cell if there was no Golgi apparatus?
Answer: Golgi apparatus has the function of storage, modification and packaging of the
products in vesicles. If there were no Golgi bodies, packaging and dispatching of
materials synthesised by the cell will be stocked.

Question 12. Which organelle is known as the powerhouse of the cell? Why?
Answer: Mitochondria is known as powerhouse of the cell because it releases the
energy required for different activities of life.

Question 13. Where do the lipids and proteins constituting the cell membrane get
synthesised?
Answer: Lipids and proteins are synthesised in ER [Endoplasmic Reticulum].

Question 14. How does Amoeba obtain it’s food?


Answer: Amoeba take it’s food by the cell membrane which forms the food vacuole.
Question 15. What is osmosis?
Answer: Osmosis is the process of movement of water molecule from a region of
higher water concentration through a semi-permeable membrane to a region of lower
water concentration.

Question 16. What are plastids? Name the different types of plastids found in a plant
cell.
Answer: Plastids are organelles found only in plants. They are:
(a) Chloroplast-Containing chlorophyll
(b) Chromoplast-Containing carotenoids and xanthophyll (coloured plastids)
(c) Leucoplast-Wllite or colourless plastids

Question 17. What is plasma membrane made up of?


Answer: Plasma membrane is made up of proteins and lipids.

Question 18. What did Robert Hooke observed first in cork cell?
Answer: Robert Hooke observed that cork consists of box like compartments which
formed a honeycomb structure.

Question 19. Name the autonomous organelles in the cell.


Answer. Chloroplasts and mitochondria are the autonomous organelles in the cells.

Question.20. What does protoplasm refer to?


Answer: Protoplasm refer to cytoplasm and nucleus.

Question 21. Name two cells which keep changing their shape.
Answer: Amoeba and white blood cells.

Question 22. Name the smallest cell and the longest cell in human body.
Answer: The smallest cell is the red blood cell or sperm cell in male. Longest cell is the
nerve cell.

Question 23. Name 3 features seen/present in almost every cell.


Answer: Plasma membrane, nucleus and cytoplasm.

Question 24. What is diffusion?


Answer: When gases like C02, 02, move across the cell membrane, this process is called
diffusion.

Question 25. What is the full form of DNA?


Answer: DNA —> Deoxyribo Nucleic Acid.
Question 26. What is the Junction of chromosome?
Answer: Chromosomes contain information for the inheritance of features from parents
to next generation in the form of DNA molecules.

Question 27. Name the organelles present in liver of animals for detoxifying many
poisons and drugs.
Answer: In the liver of animal cells smooth endoplasmic reticulum helps in detoxifying
many poisons and drugs.

Question 28. What is the energy currency of the cell?


Answer: ATP—Adenosine Triphosphate.

Question 29. What is the function of ribosome?


Answer: Ribosomes help in protein synthesis.

Question 30. Where are genes located in the cell?


Answer: Genes are located in the chromosomes in the nucleus of the cell.

Question 31. Name the cell organelles that helps in packaging?


Answer: Golgi apparatus.

Question 32. Name the cell organelle which helps in the transportation of material.
Answer: Endoplasmic reticulum.

Question 33. Name the cell organelle due to which leaves, flowers and fruits get their
colour.
Answer: Chromoplast.

Question 34. Name the cell organelle which helps in the formation of lysosome.
Answer: Golgi apparatus.

Question 35. Name the cleansing organelle in the cell.


Answer: Lysosomes.

Question 36. Name two cells with cell wall.


Answer: Onion cell (plant cell) and fungi.

Question 37. Why does mitochondria have largely folded inner membrane?
Answer: Mitochondria is the site for cellular respiration and provides energy to the cell.
The largely folded inner membrane provides the increased surface area for ATP-
generating chemical reactions.
Question 38. Which organelle makes the digestive enzyme of lysosome?
Answer: Rough endoplasmic reticulum makes the digestive enzyme of lysosomes.

Question 39. What are cisterns?


Answer: The golgi bodies consist Of a system of membrane-bound vesicles arranged in
stacks called cisterns.

Question 40. State the difference between smooth endoplasmic reticulum and rough
endoplasmic reticulum.
Answer:

Question 41. State two conditions required for osmosis.


Answer: (i) The difference in the concentration of water, one should have higher
concentration than the other.
(ii) Semi-permeable membrane is also required through which water will flow.

Question 42. What is plasmolysis?


Answer: When a living plant cell loses water through osmosis there is shrinkage or
contraction of the contents of the cell away from the cell wall. This phenomenon is
known as plasmolysis.

Question 43. Give the function of nuclear membrane.


Answer: The nuclear membrane present as outer covering in the nucleus allows the transfer of
material inside and out of the nucleus to cytoplasm.

Question 44. What is endocytosis?


Answer: The cell membranes flexibility allows the cell engulf in food and other material
from its external environment. This process is known as endocytosis. E.g., Amoeba
acquires its food through such processes.

Question 45. What is the function of vacuoles?


Answer: Vacuoles are storage sacs for solid or liquid content. In plant cells it provides
turgidity and rigidity to the cell. In single-celled organisms vacuoles store food, e.g.,
Amoeba.
Question 46. What is membrane biogenesis?
Answer: The endoplasmic reticulum helps in the manufacture of proteins and fat molecules or
lipids which are important for the cell function. These proteins and lipids help in the building of
the cell membrane. This process is known as membrane biogenesis.

Question 47. What are ribosomes? Where are they located in the cell? What is their function?
Answer: Ribosomes are spherical organelles present in the cell which are either freely
distributed in the cytoplasm or may be attached to the endoplasmic reticulum.
It consists of ribosomal RNA (Ribonucleic acid) and proteins.
Functions of Ribosomes: It helps in the synthesis of proteins.

Question 48. What is the role, of cell organelles in the cell?


Answer: Each kind of cell organelles performs a specific function such as making new material,
clearing of the waste, transporting material, etc

Question 49. What is the Junction of plastids?


Answer: Plastids are present only in plant cells. There are two types of plastids chromoplasts
(coloured plastids) and leucoplasts (white or colourless)
Chromoplast—Consists of coloured pigments and gives different colours to flowers, fruits and
leaves. The green colour pigment present in leaf is called chlorophyll which helps in the
photosynthesis and a plastid with chlorophyll is called chloroplast.
Leucoplast—It stores starch, oil and protein granules in it.

Question 50. What are genes?


Answer: Gene is a segment of DNA. They are located on chromosomes in linear fashions. One
gene may perform one or more function. Genes are carrier of genetic codes.

Question 51. Draw a neat labelled diagram of animal cell.


Answer:
Question 52. Differentiate between Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic cells.
Answer:

You might also like