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NCERT Solutions For Class 9 Science Chapter 5 The Fundamental Unit of Life
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explanations of the complete Chapter 5 titled The Fundamental Unit of Life of Science taught in class 9. If
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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.
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Question 2. 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 1. Make a comparison and write down ways in which plant cells are also different from animal
cells.
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Question 3. 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 4. 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 6. Where do the lipids and proteins constituting the cell membrane get synthesised?
Answer: Lipids and proteins are synthesised in ER [Endoplasmic Reticulum].
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Question 9. Carry out the following osmosis experiment:
Take four peeled potato halves and scoop each one out to make potato cups, one of these potato cups
should
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(a) Keep cup A empty
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(b) Put one teaspoon sugar in cup B
(c) Put one teaspoon salt in cup C ‘
(d) Put one teaspoon sugar in the boiled potato cup D
Keep these for two hours. Then observe the four potato cups and answer the following:
(i) Explain why water gathers in the hollowed portion of B and C.
(ii) Why is potato A necessary for this experiment?
(iii) Explain why water does not gather in the hollowed out portions of A and D.
Answer:
(i) Water gathers in B and C because in both the situations there is difference in the concentration of water
in the trough and water in the cup of Potato. Hence, osmosis takes place as the potato cells act as a semi-
permeable membrane.
(ii) Potato A is necessary for this experiment for comparison, it acts as a control.
(iii) Water does not gather in the hollowed out portions of A and D. As cup of A does not have change in the
concentration for water to flow. For osmosis to occur one of the concentration should be higher than the
other.
In cup D, the cells are dead and hence the semi-permeable membrane does not exists for the flow of water
and no osmosis takes place.
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(a) plant cells (b) animal cells
(c) prokaryotic cells (d) eukaryotic cells
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Question 7. 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 10.What is osmosis? This takes place from high water concentration to low water concentration.
Answer: The movement of water molecules through a selectively permeable membrane is called osmosis.
This takes place from high water concentration to low water concentration.
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Question 13. 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.
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Question 18. Name the cell organelle which helps in the transportation of material.
Answer: Endoplasmic reticulum.
Question 19. Name the cell organelle due to which leaves, flowers and fruits get their colour.
Answer: Chromoplast.
Question 20. Name the cell organelle which helps in the formation of lysosome.
Answer: Golgi apparatus.
Question 23. 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 3. How does fungi and bacteria can withstand much greater changes in the surrounding medium
than animal cells?
Answer: The cell wall present in fungi and bacteria permits these cells to withstand very dilute external
medium without bursting.
The cells take up water by osmosis, swells, and builds the pressure against the cell wall. The wall exerts an
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equal pressure against the swollen cell. It is because of the cell wall, such cells can withstand much greater
changes in the surrounding medium than animal cells.
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Question 4. Give the function of nuclear membrane.
Answer: The nuclear membrane present as outer covering in the nucleus allows the transfer of material
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inside and out of the nucleus to cytoplasm.
Question 5. Name the cell-organelles that have their own DNA and ribosomes.
Answer: The cell organelles with their own DNA and ribosomes are mitochondria and plastids.
Question 6. State the difference between smooth endoplasmic reticulum and rough endoplasmic
reticulum.
Answer:
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Question 18. 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.
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condense to form chromosomes.
(2) Chromosome: The chromosomes are made from chromatin material and are located iri the cell.
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Question 20. Why do plant cells have more in number and big-sized vacuoles as compared to the animal
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cells?
Answer: Plant cells attain turgidity and rigidity due to the more number of vacuoles as well as large-sized
vacuoles help the plant cells to withstand the wear and tear, external environmental conditions.
They also help in the storage of essential material required by plants for their growth like amino acids, sugar
and various organic substances.
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Question 2. Give five points of differences between prokaryotic cell and eukaryotic cell.
Answer:
Question 3. Draw a neat labelled diagram of plant cell and label its parts.
Answer:
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Question 2. Anu is a five year old girl who joined the swimming classes. After the first class she was
worried when she saw her wrinkled fingers. She asked her elder sister about the wrinkling and shrinking of
her fingers. Her sister explained Anu why it was so.
(a) Why did the fingers wrinkle after swimming?
(b) What caused the shrinking/wrinkling of fingers?
(c) What value of Anu is seen in the above cast?
Answer: (a) Fingers wrinkled because the cells of the skin lost some water.
(b) This happened because of the difference in the concentration of water in the skin cells and swimming
pool’s water.
(c) Anu showed the value of aware citizen and a good learner who clarifies the doubts.
Question 3. Two sailors got marooned on the island, both of them were very thirsty and one of the sailors
tried to drink sea water. The other sailor immediately stopped him from drinking the salty water of sea and
suggested to wait for some help, stay calm and patient.
(a) What would happen if the sailor drinks salty water?
(b) What is osmosis?
(c) What value of sailors is reflected in the above act?
Answer: (a) On drinking sally water, exosmosis in the intestine will cause dehydration and vomiting.
(b) The movement of water molecules through a permeable membrane is called osmosis.
(c) Sailors showed the value of being patient, composed, empathy and determination.
Question 4. Sachin’s mother wanted to use some eggs for incubation. Sachin helped his mother in
separating rotten and spoilt eggs from the good ones. He took a bucket of water to separate them.
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(a) How can one separate the rotten eggs from the good ones using water?
(b) What is the shell of egg made up of?
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Answer: (a) We can separate the rotten eggs by dipping them in water. The eggs that will float in water are
rotten eggs and the one that sinks are good one.
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(b) Egg shell is made up of calcium carbonate.
(c) Sachin showed the value of being helpful, responsible behaviour.
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