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•  List the major differences between a plant cell and an animal cell.
• State the difference between: Cytoplasm and protoplasm
• Briefly discuss the importance of chromosomes to an organism.
• Fill in the blanks. 1. Organisms which are made up of a single cell are called ...................  organisms. 2. Muscles cells are  .........................  and contractile. 3. The jelly-like fluid that surrounds the nucleus of a cell is called  ...............................4. ................................  membrane is a selectively permeable membrane. 5. The .................................  contains a network of thread-like structures called chromatin network. 6. Golgi bodies are also called .................................... 7. A plant cell gets shape and support from its ......................8. In a plant cell food is manufactured in ...................... 9..................................  give colour to flowers and fruits. 10. Fluid-filled cell organelles that are usually larger in a plant cell than in an animal cell are called ..............................
• Fill up the blanks with the terms given below in the box. Pigments, wall, pre-existing, cell, vacoules 1. The ................ is the structural unit of all living things. 2. All cells arise from .................................  cells. 3. Animal cells have no cell ...............4. Plastids contain .........................5. ................... are filled with water and dissolved substance
• A cell that is spherical in shape is: (a) white blood cell (b) nerve cell (c) red blood cell (d) amoeba
• Briefly describe the three essential basic parts of a cell.
• State the difference between:  Nucleus and nucleolus
• The organelle that controls all activities in(a) nucleus(b) vacoule(c) plastids(d) cytoplasm
• Write true or false for each statement. Rewrite the false statements correctly. 1. The size of a cell is usually measured in centimetres.2. The nuclear membrane encloses a colourless, dense fluid called nucleoplasm.3. At the time of cell division the chromatin network changes into small thread-like structures called genes.4. Ribosomes are the sites of respiration in a cell.5. A mitochondrion is bound by two membranes.6. Golgi bodies form a network of tubes which run throughout the cytoplasm.7. Every cell is bound by a cell wall.8. Chromoplasts are the kitchen of the cell.9. Vacuoles are filled with a fluid called nucleoplasm.10. Growth and reproduction are based on cell division.