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Question Bank
Subject: Science (Biology)
Grade: IX Topic: Tissues
Answer the following question:
1. What are the utility tissues in multicellular organisms?
2. What is the name given to a group of cells? Are these group of cells same for
plants and animals? What is the difference between them?
3. Which tissue is responsible for growth in plants? Why growth of plant takes
place only in specific regions.
4. What are the various types of tissues in plants?
5. State the functions of
a) parenchyma
b) collenechyma
c) sclerenchyma
6. State the functions and location of the following meristems.
a) apical meristem
b) intercalary meristem
c) lateral meristem
7. What are complex tissues? What constitute them and why are they called so?
8. What are the functions of xylem and phloem?
9. Name the different types of tissues found in you.
10. Name the tissues which is found on the surface of your skin and what is it
composed of?
11. Which type of muscles/tissues are found in the
a) Iris of the eyes.
b) Viscera
c) Ureters/Kidney tubule of excretory system
d) nose, ear
e) aquatic plants for buoyancy.
12. Why are smooth muscles called involuntary muscles?
13. Which tissue makes up the husk of coconut? What is the function of this tissue
in the plant body?
14. Give reasons.
a) Meristamatic cells have a prominent nucleus and dense cytoplasm but they
lack vacuole.
b) Intercellular spaces are absent in sclerenchymatous tissue.
c) We get a crunchy and granular feeling, when we chew pear fruit.
d) Blood is a fluid connective tissue.
15. Name the following tissues:
a) Tissue that forms the inner lining of mouth.
b) Tissue that connects muscles to bone in human.
c) Tissue that transports food in plants.
d) Tissue that stores fat in our body.
e) Connective tissue with a fluid matrix.
f) Tissue present in the brain.
g) The plant tissues used for making ropes.
h) Bark of a tree.
16. Differences between striated, smooth and cardiac muscle.
17. Growth in plants is restricted to certain regions. Give reason for this fact.
Mention two growth regions in plant.
18. Do the roots of a plant continue growing after their tips are removed? Explain
giving reason.
19. How are meristematic tissues different from permanent tissues?
20. What are the small pores present in the epidermis of leaf called as? What are
the functions performed by such pores?
21. Draw a neat labeled diagram of location of the meristematic tissues in the
plant body.
22. Draw a well labeled diagram of a neuron.
23. What is the specific function of cardiac muscle?
24. How does the cork act as a protective tissue?
25. Give the schematic diagram/flowchart for the classification of plant tissues.
26. Animal of colder region and fishes of cold water have thicker layer of
subcutaneous fat? Describe why?
27. If a potted plant is covered with a glass jar, water vapours appear on the wall
of glass jar? Explain why?
28. Water hyacinth floats on water surface. Explain.
29. Which structure protects the plant body against the invasion of parasites?
30. What are the characteristic features to identify a nerve cell?
31. Write one word for the following.
a) Tissue present in soft parts of the plant like cortex and pith of stem.
b) Long and unbranched extension of a neuron.
c) A component of phloem formed by end to end fusion of cells with
perforated transverse walls.
d) Thickenings present in sclerenchyma cells.
e) Water proof layer present on the outer wall of epidermal cells.
f) Zig-zag thickenings in cardiac muscles.
32. What will happen if the phloem at the base of a branch is removed?
33. Name the tissue that smoothens bone surface at joints. Describe its structure
with the help of a diagram.
34. Name three different types of blood cells and give their functions. Draw a
diagram of any one of them.
35. Draw a neat diagram of leaf epidermal peel showing stomata label any two
parts.

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