FUNDAMENTAL UNIT OF LIFE
EXERCISE
Q1. MAKE A COMPARISON AND WRITE DOWN WAYS IN WHICH PLANT CELLS ARE DIFFERENT FROM ANIMALS CELLS?
ANS. ANIMAL CELL PLANT CELL
- CELL WALL IS ABSENT CELL WALL IS PRESENT
- PLASTIDS ARE ABSENT PLASTIDSIS PRESENT
- CENTROSOME WITH ONE OR CENTROSOME AND CENTRIOLES
- NUCLEUS LIES PERIPHERALLY NUCLEUS USUALLY LIES IN THE
Q2. HOW IS PROARYOTIC CELL DIFFERENT FROM A EUKARYOTIC CELL?
ANS. PROKARYOTIC CELL EUKARYOTIC CELL
1. MEMBRANE BOUND ORGANEUES 1. MEMBRANE BOUND ORGANELLES
ABSENT PRESENT
2.SIZE OF THE CELL IS SMALL 2. SIZE OF THE CELL IS LARGE
3. PRIMITIVE NUCLERS NOT 3.THE NUCLEUS BOUNDED BY
BOUNDED BY NUCLEAR MEMBRANE NUCLEAR MEMBRANE
AS NUCLEAD
4. FOR EXAMPLE-BACTERIA, MYCRO- 4. FOR EXAMPLE- PLANTS,
PLASMAS ANIMALS
Q3. WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF THE PLASMA MEMBRANE RUPTURES OR BREAKS DOWN?
ANS. IF THE PLASMS MEMBRANE RUPTUREA OR BREAKS DOWN THEN WILL BE SPILLING OF CYTOPLASM AND CELL ORGANELLES BURSTING OF LYSOSOME AND DIGESTION CELLULAR CONTENTS.
Q4. WHAT WOULD HAPPEN TO THE LIFE OF A CELL IF THERE WAS NO GOLGI APPARATUS ?
ANS. IF THERE WAS NO GOLGI APPARATUS THEN THE MATERIAL SYNTHESISED IN [ER] WILL NOT BE PACKAGED, STORED AND TRANSPORTED TO VARIOUS TARGETS.
LYSOSOME FORMATION WILL ALSO NOT TAKE PLACE .HENCEINTRACELLULAR DIGESTIONAND CLEASING OF THE CELL CANNOT BE BROUGHT ABOUT. THIRDLY FORMATION OF NEW PLASMA MEMBRANE WILL NOT OCCUR.
Q5. WHICH ORGANELLE IS KNOWN AS THE POWERHOUSE OF THE CELL? WHY?
ANS. MITOCHONDRIA IS KNOWN AS THE POWERHOUSE OF THE CELL. THE ENERGY REQUIRED FOR VARIOUS CHEMICAL ACTIVIES NEEDED FOR LIFE IS RELEASED BY MIT OCHONDRIA IN THE FORM OF ATP MOLECULES.
Q6.WHERE DO THE LIPIDS AND POROTEINS COSTITUTING THE CELLMEMBRANE GET SYNTHESISED?
ANS. PROTEINS ARE SYNTHESISED OVER RIBOSOMES OF RER WHILE LIPIDS ARE SYNTHESIZED OVER SER.
Q7. HOW DOES AN AMOEBA OBTAIN ITS FOOD?
ANS.AMOBEA ENGULFS ITS FOOD WITH YHE HELP OF PSEDOPDODIA, WHICH ARE PROJECTIONS OF THE CELL MEMBRANE .IT ENCIRCLES THE FOOD PARTICLE AND INGESTS IT BY THE PROCESS OF PHAGOCYTOSIS .ONCE THE FOOD BECOMES A PART OF THE CELL IT IS REFERRED AS PHAGOSOME OR FOOD VACUOLE . INTRACELLULAR DIGESTION TAKE PLACE.THE DIGESTED FOOD IS ABSORED BY THE SURROUNDING CYTOPLASM AND THE UNDIGESTION MATTER IS THROWN OUT OF THE CELLBY THE PROCESS OF EXOCYTOSIS.
Q8.WHAT IS OSMOSIS?
ANS. OSMOSIS IS THE PROCESS OF MOVEMENT OF WATER MOLECULES FROM A REGION OF LOW SOLUTE CONCENTRATION TI THE REGION OF HIGH SOLUTE CONCENTRATION VIA SEMIPERMEABLE MEMBRANE.