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    Class 9 The Fundamental Unit of Life Assignment 7

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    The document discusses the cell wall, which is a rigid outer covering found in plant cells in addition to the plasma membrane. The cell wall is composed of cellulose, providing structural strength, and performs important protective, structural, and supportive functions. It is permeable and allows plant cells to withstand hypotonic solutions without bursting due to swelling, unlike animal cells. When a plant cell is placed in a hypertonic solution, water leaves the cell through osmosis causing it to shrink and pull away from the cell wall in a phenomenon called plasmolysis. Bacterial cell walls contain peptidoglycan, while fungal cell walls are mainly composed of chitin.

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    The document discusses the cell wall, which is a rigid outer covering found in plant cells in addition to the plasma membrane. The cell wall is composed of cellulose, providing structural strength, and performs important protective, structural, and supportive functions. It is permeable and allows plant cells to withstand hypotonic solutions without bursting due to swelling, unlike animal cells. When a plant cell is placed in a hypertonic solution, water leaves the cell through osmosis causing it to shrink and pull away from the cell wall in a phenomenon called plasmolysis. Bacterial cell walls contain peptidoglycan, while fungal cell walls are mainly composed of chitin.

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    CLASS 9

    THE FUNDAMENTAL UNIT OF LIFE


    ASSIGNMENT 7

    GIST OF THE LESSON


    1. Plant cells, in addition to the plasma membrane, have another rigid outer covering called
    cell wall.
    2. Cell wall is composed of cellulose that provides structural strength to plants.
    3. The cell wall performs many important functions in a cell;
    a. Protection
    b. Structure
    c. Support
    4. Cell wall is permeable.
    5. Cellulose is a complex carbohydrate that is an important constituent of cell wall.
    6. Fungal cell wall is mainly composed of chitin.
    7. Bacterial cell wall is made of peptidoglycan.
    8. Cell wall is permeable and when a living plant cell loses water through osmosis, there is
    shrinkage of the contents of the cell away from the cell wall. This phenomenon is known as
    plasmolysis.
    9 .When a plant cell is placed in hypertonic medium, the protoplasm shrinks and the cell
    body (or the cell content) pulls away from the cell wall due to exosmosis. Water comes out
    of the vacuole and cytoplasm of the cell appears shrunken.
    10. On boiling, cells get killed, permeability of membrane is lost and hence, no plasmolysis
    will occur.
    12. When a plant cell is placed in a hypotonic solution, endosmosis occurs and the cell
    swells, building up pressure against the cell wall and the wall exerts an equal pressure
    against the swollen cell.
    12. Animal cells do not have cell wall, so due to endosmosis, they may swell and can then
    burst (lysis), when placed in a hypotonic medium. But, this is not in case of plant cells. Cell
    walls permit cells of plants, fungi and bacteria to withstand very dilute (hypotonic) external
    media without bursting.
    ASSIGNMENT 7
    1. Which statement among the following is true about the cell wall?
    a. Cell wall is metabolically active.
    b. Cell wall allows lipid synthesis.
    c. Cell wall prevents plant cells from bursting in a very dilute medium.
    d. None of the above.
    2. An onion peel cell kept in a concentrated salt solution will exhibit:
    A. Endosmosis
    B. Exosmosis
    c. Endocytosis
    d. Exocytosis
    3. Bacterial cell wall is composed of _______________.
    4. Cell membrane is _____________ permeable, whereas cell wall
    is_________.
    5. A solution which has equal solute concentration as the fluids inside the cell
    is
    termed _______________.
    6. Name the phenomenon of shrinkage of the cell contents away from the cell
    wall.
    7. What is the chemical composition of the cell wall in plants and fungi?
    8. What happens when Rhoeo leaves are first boiled in water and a drop of
    sugar syrup is put on it? Explain.
    9. State two main functions of the cell wall.
    10. What would happen to RBCs placed in distilled water?
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    DATE OF ASSIGNMENT: 20.06.2020

    DUE DATE: 27.06.2020

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