Class 9

Fundamental unit of life. Test.

VERY SHORT ANSWERS

1) Which instrument is most commonly used to observe the cellular

organisation of livingorganisms?

2) Name the two cellular components that are absent in animal cell but
present in the plant cell.

3) What is the most important characteristic of prokaryotic cells?

4) Which unicellular organism has irregular shape?

5) Name the scientist who presented the cell theory

6) Which cell organelle controls most of the activities of the cell?

7) Name the process by which Co2 or O2gets transported across the plasma
membrane?

8) Give two examples of unicellular organisms.

9) Name the non-living component in a plant cell.

10) Name three basic components of a typical eukaryotic cell..

11) Name the nucleic acids that are present in an animal cell.

12) Give one example of osmosis in plants.

13) Who coined the term “cell”?

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1. Which cell organelle plays a crucial role in detoxifying many poison

and drugin a cell?
a) Golgi apparatus b) Lysosomes c) Smooth endoplasmic reticulum
d) Vacuoles
2. The undefined nuclear region of prokaryotes are also known as
 a) Nucleus b) Nucleolus c) Nucleic acid d) Nucleoid
3. Amoeba acquires its food through a process, termed
a) Exocytosis b) Endocytosis c) Plasmolysis d) Exocytosis and
Endocytosis
4. Cell arises from pre-existing cell was stated by
a) Haeckel b) Virchow c) Hooke d) Schleiden
5. Cell wall in plant cells is made of
a) Starch b) Glycogen c) Chitin d) Cellulose
6. Dry raisins, when dipped in water, swell up due to
a) Exosmosis b) Endosmosis c) Imbibition d) Plasmolysis
7. Dry raisins swell up when dipped in
a) Pure water b) Concentrated salt solution c) Concentrated
glucosesolution d) Concentrated sugar solution
8. R.B.Cs when placed in hypertonic solution will
a) Shrink b) Swell up c) no change in form d) burst
9. Name the stain which is commonly used to study plant cells.
a) Methylene blue b) cotton blue c) Safranin d) Acetocarmine
10. Coverslip is put on the mounted material on a slide very gently to
a) Avoid the crushing of mounted material b) avoid the entry of air
bubbles c) avoid oozing of stain d) avoid oozing of glycerine

SHORT ANSWERS (THREE MARKS)

1.What are chromosomes made up of? How are chromatin, chromatid and
chromosomesrelated to each other?

2. How is bacterial cell different from onion peel?

3. Differentiate between rough and smooth endoplasmic reticulum. How is

endoplasmicreticulum important for membrane biogenesis?

4. Define diffusion. Differentiate between diffusion and osmosis

.5. i) Define plasmolysis.ii) Why is plasma membrane termed selectively

permeable?

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

7. How does an Amoeba obtain its food?

8. Draw a neat diagram of plant cell and label any three parts which
differentiate it from animal cell.

LONG ANSWERS (FIVE MARKS)

1. In brief state what happens when:(a) Dry apricots are left for some
time in pure water and later transferred to sugar solution.
(b) A red blood cell is kept in concentrated saline solution.(c) How do
substances like CO2 and water move in and out of the cell .(d) Rheo
leaves are boiled in water first and then a drop of sugar syrup is put
on it.
2. Draw a well labelled diagram of an eukaryotic nucleus. How is it
different from nucleoid?
3. Make a comparison and write down ways in which plant cells are
different from animalcells.