Cell - The Unit of Life

Genes are ________________

• Found in the chromosomes

• made up of DNA

• carry hereditary characteristics from the parents to offspring

• All of the above

Ripe tomatoes are red due to the presence of ___________

• carotene

• Xanthophyll

• chlorophyll

• red blood cells

The outer membrane of the vacuole is called a ____________.

• cell membrane

• plasma membrane

• tonoplasm

• tonoplast

Prokaryotic cells have a _____________ in the central region of the cell.

• nucleus

• nucleolus

• nucleoid

• nucleocoil

Which of the following is an organelle of the animal cell only?

• nucleus

• centrosome

• cell wall

• vacuole

The organelle involved with the synthesis of respiratory enzymes is _____________

• ribosomes

• lysosomes

• mitochondria

• golgi complex

Stacks of flattened membrane sacs is associated with _________ in plants.

• golgi apparatus

• lysosomes

• ribosomes

• dictyosomes

The function of the lysosomes is as follows__________

• destroys foreign substances

• intracellular digestion

• digests the cartilage during the formation of the bones

• all of the above

The largest cell organelle is the ______________

• endoplasmic reticulum

• nucleus

• lysosomes

• chloroplasts

Granules are in the form of __________________ in the animal cells.

• glucose

• glycogen

• starch

• proteins