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Class-8 cells worksheet

The document provides a comprehensive overview of cell structure and functions, including questions on cell types, organelles, and their roles in living organisms. It covers topics such as the discovery of cells, differences between plant and animal cells, and the classification of organisms based on cell number. Additionally, it includes fill-in-the-blank, true/false, and matching questions to assess understanding of cellular biology.

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Class-8 cells worksheet

The document provides a comprehensive overview of cell structure and functions, including questions on cell types, organelles, and their roles in living organisms. It covers topics such as the discovery of cells, differences between plant and animal cells, and the classification of organisms based on cell number. Additionally, it includes fill-in-the-blank, true/false, and matching questions to assess understanding of cellular biology.

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The cell-Its Structure and Functions

1. Name the unit common to all living beings. Who was responsible for discovering it?
2. Is the shape and size of a cell dependent on the size of an organism, discuss.
3. Give an example of the largest cell and smallest cell.
4. Geeta scrapped the inner side of her cheek with tooth pick and got a frothy material
on the tooth pick and mounted it on a slide. She observed the slide under the
microscope.
a) Name the type of the cell she saw.
b) Draw a labelled diagram of the cell she saw.
c) Was the cell seen by her same as the cell seen in the onion peel.
5. Fill in the blanks in a flow chart showing the level of organisation in the living world.

Cell Organ
Systemm

6. Name the extensions of cell membrane that help in locomotion.


7. The large empty space that appears in the cytoplasm of the plant cell is known as
__________________. State its function also.
8. Complete the given statements
a) From microscopic bacteria to large organisms like whales or gigantic trees are all
made up of ______,___________ of all organism.
b) On the basis of their number of cells living organisms can be classified into two
categories _______________ and ___________________.
c) ____________ possess long fibre like structure.
d) The smallest cell ____________also called __________ is about 0.1 micron in
diameter.
e) The size of cell of green alga, Chara is ________.
f) The __________ consists of the cytoplasm and the __________.
g) ______________ are structures present within a cell that help it to perform its
relevant functions.
h) The ____________ controls the entry and exit of the substances of the
substances as per the requirements of cell.
i) When the cell is ready to divide the __________ condenses to form thicker
thread like structures called___________.
j) The ____________ is plastid associated with different coloured parts of plants.
9. Define the following terms
a) Cell
b) Tissues
c) Organs
d) Protoplasm
10. a) ___________: Cell:: Brain: Body
b) Cell membrane : __________:: Skin : Body
11. Differentiate plant cell from an animal cell on the basis of shape and organelles
present in both the cells.
12. Identify me
a) I have double membrane around me and carry on respiration, who am I ?
__________.
b) I appear as a large empty space in the cytoplasm of the plant cell, who am I?
_____________.
c) I am present on the endoplasmic reticulum and I am responsible for protein
synthesis, who am I ?_____________
13. What are plastids? Name the different plastids found in plant cell and state their
functions also.
14. How is cytoplasm different from nucleoplasm?
15. Where do you find the structures responsible for inheritance of characters from
one generation to another?
16. State one main function of the following organelles
a) Endoplasmic reticulum
b) Golgi complex
c) Cell wall
d) Ribosomes
17. All the cells have common features, however they can appear different in
different parts of the organism, justify.
18. How is tissue different from organs?
19. Both cilia and flagella are responsible for locomotion. Are they present together
in a cell of any organism. Give example of an organism that uses them for
locomotion.
20. Draw a labelled diagram of cross section of a hen’s egg.
21. What is life span of red blood cell?
22. What provides the unique living nature to protoplasm?
23. Give reasons for the following
a) The mitochondria is present in large numbers in cell engaged in different
physiological activities
b) Leucoplasts are colourless.
c) Rose plants have red colour flower
d) Plant cell have fixed shape

1.Who discovered cell for the first time by observing cork?

(a) Alexander Flaming


(b) Robert Hook

(c) Leeuwenhoek

(d) Charles Darwin

2.The structural and functional unit of life is called

(a) tissue

(b) cell

(c) organ

(d) organism

3.Which of the following cells have an irregular shape?

(a) White blood cells

(b) Amoeba

(c) Both (a) and (b)

d) None of these

4.The largest cell is

(a) Bacteria

b) Human neuron

(c) egg of an ostrich

(d) egg of blue whale

5.A cell with a definite nucleus and nuclear membrane are called as.

(a) virus

(b) Plant cell

(c) Prokaryotic

(d) Eukaryotic

6.The cell wall is made up of a substance called

(a) Lignin

(b) Starch
(c) Chitin

(d) Cellulose

7.Which organelle is called the powerhouse of the cell?

(a) Centrosome

(b) Lysosomes

(c) Chloroplast

(d) Mitochondria

8.Which one of the following is not unicellular?

(a) Dog

(b) Amoeba

(c) Paramecium

(d) Euglena

9.Which of these is not present in a plant cell?

(a) Cytoplasm

(b) Ribosomes

(c) Cell wall

(d) Centrioles

10.Which of these is also called plasma membrane?

(a) Cytoplasm

(b) Nucleus

(c) Cell-membrane

(d) Vacuoles

11.Colourless plastids in plants are

(a) Chloroplast

(b) chromoplast

(c) Leucoplast
(d) None of these

12.Chlorophyll is present in:

(a) Chloroplast

(b) Leucoplast

(c) Chromoplast

(d) None

FILL IN THE BLANKS:

1.——- Ribosomes ———Contain RNA and proteins.

2. The plastids responsible for the different colour of fruits and flower is———- cell
organelles ——

3. The plastids responsible for the green colour of leaves is-——– cell organelles ————–.

4. The porous membrane that allows the movement of materials both inward and outward
from the cell is———— Cell (Plasma) Membrane ——————.

5. Ribosomes help in——- protein ————– synthesis.

6. Most cells are too small to be seen with the human eye to a——microscope—– is used to
magnify them.

STATE WHETHER ‘TRUE’ (T) OR ‘FALSE’ (F):

1. All unicellular organisms are microscopic.

2. The nucleus controls the cell.

3. Muscle cells are branched.

4. The basic living unit of an organism is an organ.

5. Both animal and plant cells contain a cell wall.

6. Centrosomes are called suicidal bags.

Differentiate between:

1. Plant cell and animal cell.

2. Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic cell.

3. Compound and electron microscope.


1. GIVE TWO EXAMPLES OF EACH OF THE FOLLOWING.

1. Multicellular Organism.

2.Eukaryotes

3. Unicellular Organism

4. Prokaryotes

5. Organelles present only in plant cells

Match the following:

Centrosome (a) Mitochondria

Cell wall (b) Chromatin

Cell organelle (c) Chromosomes

Nucleus (d) Centriole

Genes (e) Human

Eukaryotes (f) Plants

VERY SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS.

1. Name three important types of cell.

2. Give three examples of unicellular organisms.

3. Where are chromosomes present in a cell?

4. Which cell organelle is found only in an animal cell?

5. Name the cell organelle which is found only in the plant cell.

6. Name the types of plastids found in plant cells.

7. What is the unit of measuring the size of the cell?

8. Name the longest cell.

SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS.

1. What are chloroplasts?

2. Define cell? Who discovered cell?

3. List the characteristics of a living cell?


4. What are the functions of the nucleus?

5. What are the main functions of the cell membrane?

6. Why are cells called building blocks of life?

7. Why are the mitochondria known as the powerhouse of the cells?

8. What are chromosomes? Why are they so important?

9. Give the functions of a cell wall and cell membrane.

10. What is cell theory?

LONG ANSWER QUESTIONS:

1. Explain the relationship between the following, giving one example for each.

(a) Cells and tissues

(b) Tissues and organ

(c) Organs and organ system

2. Name two organelles present in a plant cell but which is not present in an animal cell.
What are their functions?

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