The fundamental unit of life Worksheet-1

The fundamental unit of life Worksheet-1

Fill in blanks:

1. ____ is the study of living organisms.

2. ___ is the basic structural and functional unit of life.

3. ____ is commonly called the physical basis of life.

4. When a living plant cell loses water through osmosis, there is shrinkage of the contents of the cell away from the cell wall. This phenomenon is known as ____.

5. _____ protects the cells against pathogens.

6. Organisms having nuclear membrane are called _____.

7. The fluid part of the cell between the cell membrane and the nucleus is the____.

8. The nucleoplasm possesses a mass of genetic material known as_____.

9. The ____ initiates cell division in animal cells.

10. In plants, golgi bodies are called ______.

Answer Key:

1. Biology

2. Cell

3. protoplasm

4. Plasmolysis

5. Cell wall

6. Eukaryotes

7. cytoplasm

8. chromation

9. Centrosome

10. dictyosomes