DPS MODERN INDIAN SCHOOL, DOHA - QATAR

CLASS IX (2020-21)

CHAPTER 5: THE FUNDAMENTAL UNIT OF LIFE

WORKSHEET – 3
(Refer PPT and page 60 and 61 of NCERT Science Textbook)
DATE OF SUBMISSION: 30TH APRIL,2020

NAME:___DHIVYA DHARSHINI BN.

CLASS:___9K___

Q1. State true or false. If false, rectify the answer.

1. Diffusion is a type of active transport. FALSE
2. Osmosis can happen only with liquid molecules. TRUE
3. Cells swell when kept in hypertonic solution. FALSE
4. Cells shrink when kept in hypotonic solution. FALSE
5. Animal cell will shrink much more than a plant cell when
kept in a strong salt solution for quite a long time. TRUE
Q2. Fill in the blanks with only one word.
1. When a plant cell is put in a strong sugar syrup, it will
SHRINK.
This phenomena is known as PLAZMOLYSIS in plants.
2. When an egg cell is put in plain water for 3 days, it
____________ due to ________________.
3. A cell loses water when kept in a highly concentrated
solution due to _EXOSMOSIS
4. Endocytosis is seen in animal cells only due to the
presence of __PLASMA MEMBRANE_____________.
 5. __CELL WALL____________ enables a plant cell to not
burst when kept in hypotonic solution.
Q3. Give reasons(Give the answer pointwise. Make short
sentences.)
(Incorporate the definition of osmosis, crenate, turgid,
hypotonic solution, hypertonic solution; the terms –
endosmosis, exosmosis )
1. A red blood cell crenates when kept in a strong saline
solution.
ANSWER: THIS DUE TO EXOSMOSIS.
2. A plant cell becomes turgid when kept in distilled water.
ANSWER:WHEN A PLANT CELL IS PLACED IN
HYPOTONIC SOLUTION IT TAKES IN THE WATER
THROUGH THE PROCESS ENDOSMOSIS.