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1. Pick the odd one out: Cotton Bean Jute Coconut

2. Bacteria are prokaryotic cells. (TRUE FALSE)
3.______ & not the number of chromosomes determine the characteristics of a species.
4. Cell is
Smallest part of an organism Capable of independent existence
Fundamental, structural, functional unit of all living beings All of these.
5. A tissue is
Group of dissimilar cells performing a specific function
Group of similar cells performing a specific function
Group of similar cells performing various functions
Group of dissimilar cells performing various functions
6. Match it:
Meristematic tissue trachea
Cartilage between bones
Ligament tips of stem
Sclerenchyma stems and veins of leaf.
1. Define cell membrane, cytoplasm, nucleus and DNA [4]
2. What are the liver cell and palisade cell? [2]
3. What is Celia? [1]
4. Which structures are present in only plant cell? [3]
5. Give the function of the following: [6]
Nucleus, permanent vacuole, cytoplasm, cell wall, cell membrane, chlorophyll
and chloroplast.

1. Bean: The other options are the cell walls of their dead cells 2. True Prokaryotes are
organisms made up of cells that lack a cell nucleus or any membrane-encased
organelles. 3. Genes 4.d 5b
6 ans: 1. Meristematic tissue, Tips of stem 2. Cartilage, Trachea 3. Ligament,
Between Bones 4. Sclerenchyma, Stems & Veins of leaf
There are some factors affecting the rate of diffusion, like the steepness of the
concentration gradient. The steeper the gradient the faster the particles diffuse.
The surface area of the exchange membrane also affects the rate of diffusion. The
larger the surface area of the exchange membrane the faster particles diffuse.
Thickness of exchange membrane too determines the diffusion rate, the thinner it is, the
easier it will be for particles to go through it, the faster the diffusion rate.
Temperature is another factor affecting the diffusion rate, increasing the temperature
will give particles more kinetic energy, making them move faster, thus increasing the
rate of diffusion.

Osmosis happens all the time in cells. If you place an animal cell in distilled water.
Osmosis will result in the water molecules moving from the distilled water where they
are very concentrated to the Cell Where they are of low concentration Through the cell
surface membrane. The cell becomes fat. As more Water molecules enter the cell, the
cell will eventually burst and die.
If we do the opposite, and place a red blood cell in a concentrated salt solution, the
water in the cell has a higher water potential that the concentrated salt solution. Water
molecules will move from the cell to the salt solution causing the cell to become
shrunken and shrivel as in the diagram.
In plant cells, if a plant cell is placed in distilled water, water molecules will move from
the distilled water to the cell, the cell swells up and becomes turgid but it will never burst
because plant cells are surrounded by cell walls, which are made of cellulose and is
elastic, it will stretch but never break, the cell becomes turgid.
If we place a plant cell in a concentrated salt solution with low water potential, water will
move from the cell to the solution causing the cell to become plasmolysed as in the
diagram.