SHARJAH INDIAN SCHOOL, JUWAIZA

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GRADE: 9 SUB: BIOLOGY

CH: 5 - FUNDAMENTAL UNIT OF LIFE

CH: 6 – TISSUES

LEVEL (EASY)

1. “A cell is a building unit of an organism” Justify the statement.

2. Why does the simple squamous tissue form the lining of the alveoli?
3. In desert plants, how does the rate of loss of water get reduced?
4. a) Why are xylem and phloem called complex tissues?
b) How are they different from one other ?
5. Name the scientists
a) The discovery of cell
b) Discovered nucleus in the cell
c) Proposed the Cell theory

6. Identify the following tissues:

a) Tissue that forms the inner lining of our mouth.

b) Tissue that connects muscle to bone in humans.
c) Tissue that stores fat in our body.
d) Connective tissue with a fluid matrix.

LEVEL 2 (AVERAGE)

7. How does fungi and bacteria withstand much greater changes in the surrounding medium
than animal cells?
8. A person met with an accident in which two long bones of the hand were dislocated. What
could be the reason?
 9. Why do plant cells have big-sized vacuoles as compared to the animal cells?
10. In the following questions, a statement of assertion (A) is followed by a statement of
reason (R). Mark the correct choice as:
(a) Both assertion (A) and reason (R) are true and reason (R) is the correct explanation of
assertion (A).
(b) Both assertion (A) and reason (R) are true but reason (R) is not the correct
explanation of assertion (A).
(c) Assertion (A) is true but reason (R) is false.
(d) Assertion (A) is false but reason (R) is true.
a) Assertion: A cell swells up when present in a hypotonic solution.
Reason: More water molecules enter the cell than they leave.
b) Assertion: Most of plant tissues are dead
Reason: Due to sedentary existence of plants, dead cells provide mechanical strength
more easily than live ones and need less maintenance.
c) Assertion: Surface of skin is impervious to water.
Reason: Surface of skin is covered by stratified cuboidal epithelium.

11. A plant tissue cells are elongated and thickened with cellulose strips at the corners.
i) Name the tissue having these features.
ii) How is it involved in storing starch?
iii) How does it help young stems and leaves to bend without breaking?

LEVEL 3 (DIFFICULT)

12. Vasu was helping his mother in laying the table when they had some guest for dinner.
Vasu was about to sprinkle salt on salad for dressing. His mother stopped him from doing
so and told him that it is too early to sprinkle salt on the salad, he should do so only when
they are seated for having the dinner.

(a) What would happen if salt is sprinkled on the salad?

(b) Which process occurs when adding salt to the salad?

13. Mention the process observed in the below diagrams and Explain
 a) b)

14. To test the effect of the concentration of the solution on the cell a student placed some
plant cell and animal cell (RBC) for 15 minute in the hypertonic solution and then shifted
them into hypotonic solution. Answer the following question:
a) What is hypotonic solution.
b) What will the expected observation in the above situation.
c) what is the role of cell wall in the cell in above situation.

15. Observe the diagram given and answer the following questions.

a. Label the given parts of the nerve cell

b. What will happen if the part „a‟ is not present in the nerve cell?