Bio Question Cells
Bio Question Cells
CHAPTER – 5
THE FUNDAMENTAL UNIT OF LIFE
1. Define Cell
2. What will happen to a cell if its nucleus is removed?
3. Who proposed the Cell theory ?
4. What is Nucleoid ?
5. Fill in the blanks:-
(a) New cells are formed from ______________.
(b) Movement of water molecules from their higher concentration to their lower
concentration through a semi- permeable membrane is called ______________.
(c) The functional components of cell are ______________, ______________&
______________.
(d) Protoplasm has two parts- ______________ & ______________.
(e) Nucleus, mitochondria & plastids have their own ___________ & ____________.
(f) The shrinkage or contraction of the contents of the cell away from the cell wall is
known as ______________.
(g) The process by which Amoeba can engulf a food particle is ______________.
(h) ______________ is the manufacture of lipids required for making cell membrane.
(i) A cell that lacks nuclear membrane is called a prokaryotic cell & the nuclear region is
called ______________.
(j) Movement of materials in & out of the cell takes place by ______________ &
______________.
6. Identifiy and name the following cell structures:
a) The undefined nuclear region of Prokaryotic cell.
b) Site of energy release inside the cell.
7. Name the kind of plastid which is important for photosynthesis in leaves of the plants.
8. Name the two components of chromosomes.
9. When does the chromatin network separate out to form chromosomes?
10. Name the cell organelle that detoxifies poisons and drugs.
11. Name the cell organelle that is associated with protein synthesis.
12. Name a cell which changes its shape.
13. Name the functional unit of DNA that carries genetic informations.
14. Expand the word DNA.
15. State the primary functions of plasma membrane.
1. Who expanded cell theory by suggesting that all cells arise from pre-existing cells?
2. In which year electron microscope was invented?
3. Name the book in which Robert Hooke published his observations about cork cells.
4. Who discovered nucleus in the cell?
5. Name the two postulates of the cell theory.
6. Who coined the term 'protoplasm'?
7. Name the largest cell?
8. Name the world's smallest cell.
9. Name the smallest cell in human body.
10. Name the biggest cell in human body.
11. Name the longest cell in human body.
12. Name the cell in human body which cannot reproduce.
13. Give an example of anucleate cell i.e. cell without nucleus.
14. Give an example of cells containing two nuclei (Binucleate).
15. Give examples of cells which are muti-nucleate (i.e. having many nuclei).
16. What is the plasma membrane composed of?
17. Who proposed fluid-mosaic model of cell or plasma membrane?
18. Is plasma membrane permeable or selectively permeable?
19. What are different types transport of components across cell membrane?
20. Define Passive Transport.
21. What is diffusion?
22. Define Osmosis. What are different types of osmosis? Give examples of osmosis.
23. What is plasmolysis?
24. What would happen if the plasma membrane ruptures or breaks down?
25. What do you mean by Endocytosis? How does an Amoeba obtain its food?
26. Define Exocytosis.
27. Why are lysosomes known as suicide bags?
28. What happens to a cell (plant cell or animal cell) when placed in the following solutions:
(a) Hypotonic solution
(b) Isotonic solution
(c) Hypertonic solution