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Cell Cycle and Cell Division — BIOLOGY STD 11 Science — Question

Gujarat BoardEnglish MediumSTD 11 ScienceBIOLOGYCell Cycle and Cell Division3 Marks
Question
Amrita's biology teacher taught in biology class that food helps in building the body and alsoprovides us energy to work. However, she was not able to understand the mechanisms involved. So, she discussed it with his father who is a professor of biology in a college. He answered that in living organisms certain structures, present in the cells and known as power houses of cells, which are responsible for conversion of food into energy. Read the above passage and answer the following questions.
  1. Which cell organelles are known as power house of cell? Why?
  2. List major components of mitochondrion.
  3. What values are displayed by Amrita's father?
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Answer

  1. Mitochondria is known as the power house of the cell. It is called so, because it forms the cellular energy in the from of ATP.
  2. The major components of mitochondria are membranes, i.e., (inner and outer), cristae, oxysomes and matrix.
  3. He wanted to help his daughter in developing scientific aptitude and knowledge about structure and function of different organelles present in the cell.

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