Class 9 Science - Chapter The Fundamental Unit of Life NCERT Solutions | Why are lysosomes known as suicide bags?

Carry out the following osmosis experiment:

Take four peeled potato halves and scoos each one out to make potato cups. One of these potato cups should be made from a boiled potato. Put each potato cup in a trough containing water. Now,

(a) Keep cup A empty
(b) Put one teaspoon sugar in cup B
(c) Put one teaspoon salt in cup C
(d) Put one teaspoon sugar in the boiled potato cup D.

Keep these for two hours. Then observe the four potato cups and answer the following:

(i) Explain why water gathers in the hollowed portion of B and C.
(ii) Why is potato A necessary for this experiment?
(iii) Explain why water does not gather in the hollowed out portions of A and D.

How does an Amoeba obtain its food?

Fill in the gaps in the following table illustrating differences between prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells.

Why is the cell called the structural and functional unit of life?

Where do the lipids and proteins constituting the cell membrane get synthesised?

How is a prokaryotic cell different from a eukaryotic cell?

Make a comparison and write down ways in which plant cells are different from animal cells.

How do substances like CO2 and water move in and out of the cell? Discuss.

Where are proteins synthesised inside the cell?

Who discovered cells, and how?

Which of the following has more inertia: (a) a rubber ball and a stone of the same size? (b) a bicycle and a train? (c) a five-rupees coin and a one-rupee coin?

State the universal law of gravitation.

Which of the following are matter?

Chair, air, love, smell, hate, almonds, thought, cold, cold-drink, smell of perfume.

A force of 7 N acts on an object. The displacement is, say 8 m, in the direction of the force (Fig. 11.3). Let us take it that the force acts on the object through the displacement. What is the work done in this case?

What is meant by a pure substance?

How does the sound produced by a vibrating object in a medium reach your ear?

In a reaction, 5.3 g of sodium carbonate reacted with 6 g of ethanoic acid. The products were 2.2 g of carbon dioxide, 0.9 g water and 8.2 g of sodium observations are in agreement with the law of conservation of mass.

sodium carbonate + ethanoic acid → sodium ethanoate + carbon dioxide + water

What are canal rays?

State any two conditions essential for good health.

How is our atmosphere different from the atmospheres on Venus and Mars?

Why are we normally advised to take bland and nourishing food when we are sick?

Rutherford’s alpha-particle scattering experiment was responsible for the discovery of

     (a) Atomic Nucleus      (b) Electron
     (c) Proton                     (d) Neutron

Convert the following temperatures to the Kelvin scale.

(a) 25°C              (b) 373°C.

How are simple tissues different from complex tissues in plants?

Name the tissue responsible for movement in our body.

Give reasons

(a) A gas fills completely the vessel in which it is kept.
(b) A gas exerts pressure on the walls of the container.
(c) A wooden table should be called a solid.
(d) We can easily move our hand in air but to do the same through a solid block of wood we need a karate expert.

In the hierarchy of classification, which grouping will have the smallest number of organisms with a maximum of characteristics in common and which will have the largest number of organisms?

Why should preventive measures and biological control methods be preferred for protecting crops?

How are living organisms dependent on the soil? Are organisms that live in water totally independent of soil as a resource?

A ball is thrown vertically upwards with a velocity of 49 m/s. Calculate
(i) the maximum height to which it rises,
(ii) the total time it takes to return to the surface of the earth.