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Answer to: What is the difference between chromatin, chromosomes and gene?

(1) Chromatin: It is a fine network of thread-like structure made up of DNA or RNA. It gets condense to form chromosomes. (2) Chromosome: The chromo...

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Answer to: What are ribosomes? Where are they located in the cell? What is their function?

Ribosomes are spherical organelles present in the cell which are either freely distributed in the cytoplasm or may be attached to the endoplasmic reti...

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Answer to: Explain the structure and function of Golgi bodies.

Structures: Golgi bodies consist of a system of membrane-bound vesicles arranged in stacks parallel to each other called cisterns. These membranes hav...

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Answer to: Do vacuoles store some material? If yes, name them.

Yes, vacuoles also store some important substances required in life of the plant cell. These are amino acids, sugars, various organic acids and some p...

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Answer to: What is the Junction of plastids?

Plastids are present only in plant cells. There are two types of plastids chromoplasts (coloured plastids) and leucoplasts (white or colourless) ...

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Answer to: What is the function of nucleus in a cell?

The nucleus plays a very important role in the reproduction of cells. It also helps the single cell to divide and form two new daughter cells. It p...

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Answer to: What is the role, of cell organelles in the cell?

Each kind of cell organelles performs a specific function such as making new material, clearing of the waste, transporting material, etc.

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Answer to: What is nucleoid?

The nuclear region in some cells are poorly defined due to the absence of a nuclear membrane, it contains only nucleic acid. This undefined nuclear re...

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Answer to: Why are lysosomes called suicidal bags?

Lysosomes contain digestive enzymes in it and helps in the cleaning of cell by digesting any foreign materials entering the cell, such as bacteria, fo...

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Answer to: When we put raisins in water, why do they swell?

Raisins are dry with less water inside, when they are kept in water, osmosis takes place, water flows through the cell wall, cell membrane of the rais...

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Answer to: What is the function of vacuoles?

Vacuoles are storage sacs for solid or liquid content. In plant cells it provides turgidity and rigidity to the cell. In single-celled organisms vacuo...

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Answer to: What is endocytosis?

The cell membranes flexibility allows the cell engulf in food and other material from its external environment. This process is known as endocytosis. ...

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Answer to: State the difference between smooth endoplasmic reticulum and rough endoplasmic reticulum.

Smooth Endoplasmic Reticulum 1. It looks smooth. 2. SER helps in the manufacture of fat molecules or lipids. Rough Endoplasmic Reticulum 1. It...

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Answer to: Name the cell-organelles that have their own DNA and ribosomes.

The cell organelles with their own DNA and ribosomes are mitochondria and plastids.

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Answer to: Give the function of nuclear membrane.

The nuclear membrane present as outer covering in the nucleus allows the transfer of material inside and out of the nucleus to cytoplasm.

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Answer to: How does fungi and bacteria can withstand much greater changes in the surrounding medium than animal cells?

The cell wall present in fungi and bacteria permits these cells to withstand very dilute external medium without bursting. The cells take up water b...

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Answer to: What is plasmolysis?

When a living plant cell loses water through osmosis there is shrinkage or contraction of the contents of the cell away from the cell wall. This pheno...

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Answer to: State two conditions required for osmosis.

(i) The difference in the concentration of water, one should have higher concentration than the other. (ii) Semi-permeable membrane is also require...

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Answer to: What are cisterns?

The golgi bodies consist Of a system of membrane-bound vesicles arranged in stacks called cisterns.

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