Class 8 Ch-8 WS-1
Class 8 Ch-8 WS-1
Class 8 Ch-8 WS-1
Instructions:
1. Attempt all the questions.
2. Do the work in your Science notebook.
Q3. The table given below has certain terms and four blank spaces named A, B, C and D.
From the options given below choose the correct combination of terms.
(a) A-Pseudopodia; B-Respirations; C-Muscle cell; D-Branched
(b) A-Pseudopodia; B-Photosynthesis; C-Muscle cell; D-Branched
(c) A-Contractile vacuole; B-Photosynthesis; C-Blood cell; D-Spindle shaped
(d) A-Pseudopodia; B-Photosynthesis; C-Cheek cell; D-Spindle shaped
2. An amoeba and a WBC in humans, both can change their shape, but still they are different from each
other.
a) What are the lower levels of organizations present in multicellular organisms. Are these present in
unicellular organisms also. Justify.
b) Mention functions of different kinds of plastids.
1. In a cell, every cell organelle performs its own function. They coordinate the functions of cell.
2. The cytoplasm of the cells of a tomato plant contains organelles X having different pigments which
impart different colours to the leaves of tomato plants and its fruits.
(a) What is the general name of the organelles X?
(b) What is the (i) name (ii) colour, and (iii) function, of organelles X present in the leaves of Tomato
plant?
(c) What is the colour of organelles X which are present in the ripe fruits of tomato plant?
3. The part of P and Q are present only in plant cells, and they are not present in animal cells. The part
P contains a green pigment called R whereas part Q is made of a tough material S. The part P takes
part in the food making process whereas part Q gives shape and support to the plant cell.
(a) What is (i) P, and (ii) Q? (b)
What is (i) R, and (ii) S?
Q7. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow it:
Shyam being very inquisitive, didn’t listen to the teacher’s instruction properly. He took the thin layer of
onion peel with a drop of water on the glass slide. He placed the coverslip on it and starts observing the
slide under a microscope. But he was unable to see the cells of onion peel properly.