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NCERT Solutions for Class 9 Science Ch 5 The Fundamental Unit of Life



Q 1. The digestive enzymes of lysosome are made by?
Ans. In RER.
Q 2. Who expanded cell theory in 1855, suggesting that all cell arise from pre-existing cells?
Ans. Virchow.
Q 3. Which organelles is called the Protein factory of cell?
Ans. Ribosome.
Q 4. Which organelles is called the Suicidal bag of cell?
Ans. Lysosome.

Q 5. Examples of unicellular organisms?
Ans. Amoeba, Bacteria, Paramecium and Chlamydomonas.
Q 6. Whi discovered free living cell in pond water for first time in 1674?
Ans. Leeuwenhoek.
Q 7. What is the structural and functional unit of Life?
Ans. Cell.
Q 8. Chromoplasts that contains chlorophyll are called?
Ans. Chloroplasts.
Q 9. In which cell organelles Krebs cycle takes place?
Ans. Mitochondria.
Q 10. The storage sacs in a cell for solid or liquid content are known as?
Ans. Vacuoles.
Q 11. Which cells have fastest cell division?
Ans. Liver.
Q 12. Internal wall if mitochondria is known as?
Ans. Cristae.

Q 13. Which cells have no cell division?
Ans. Neuron.
Q 14. Name the plant cell who absorb water through osmosis?
Ans. Living cells.
Q 15. Name the process by which amoeba gets its food?
Ans. Endocytosis.
Q 16. Full form of DNA?
Ans. Deoxyribo Nucleic Acid.
Q 17. When the outermost covering of the cell separates the content of the cell from its external environment is called?
Ans. Plasma membrane or cell membrane.
Q 18. Who discovered cell in 1665?
Ans. Robert hook.
Q 19. Define Osmosis?
Ans. The movement of water molecules through selectively permeable membrane of a cell.
Q 20. What is the colour of leucoplasts?
Ans. White or colourless.