CELL — STRUCTURE AND FUNCTIONS

Question 1

Basic structural unit of an organ

Answer 1

Cell

Question 2

Discoverer of Cell

Answer 2

Robert Hooke

Question 3

Organisms made of more than one cell

Answer 3

Multicellular

Question 4

Single-celled organisms

Answer 4

Unicellular

Question 5

Example of a single-celled organism

Answer 5

Amoeba

Question 6

Projections of varying lengths protruding out of Amoeba’s body

Answer 6

Pseudopodia

Question 7

A ______ is a group of similar cells performing a specific function

Answer 7

Tissue

Question 8

Jelly-like substance between the nucleus and the cell

membrane

Answer 8

Cytoplasm

Question 9

Nucleus is separated from the cytoplasm by a membrane called

Answer 9

Nuclear Membrane

Question 10

Spherical body in the nucleus

Answer 10

Nucleolus

Question 11

Control centre of the cell

Answer 11

Nucleus

Question 12

Living substance of the cell

Answer 12

Protoplasm

Question 13

The cells having nuclear material without nuclear membrane are termed _______________

Answer 13

Prokaryotic Cells

Question 14

Cells having well-organised nucleus with a nuclear membrane are called _____________

Answer 14

Eukaryotic Cells

Question 15

Blank-looking structures in the cytoplasm

Answer 15

Vacuole

Question 16

State True or False

Plastids are colourless

Answer 16

False, plastids are of different colours

Question 17

State True or False

Chlorophyll is a red pigment

Answer 17

False, Chlorophyll is a green pigment

Question 18

Green coloured plastids are called

Answer 18

Chloroplasts