Selina solutions concise biology class 9 icse Solutions for Chapter 3 tissues plant and animal tissues

What are the two basic types of plant tissues?

Give the technical terms for the following:

(i) The category of plant tissues that have lost their ability to multiply

(ii) The kind of plant cells with thin walls and usually a single large vacuole.

(iii)Elongated cells which are thickened at the corners

(iv) The two types of tissues which provide the upward movement of water and dissolved

materials from the roots to other parts of the plant

Mention if the following statements are true (T) or false (F)

(i) Phloem cells carry manufactured food from leaves to other parts.

(ii) Veins of leaves have both xylem and phloem

(iii)The older xylem tissue does not participate in transport

(iv) The sclerenchyma consists of actively dividing cells.

Name the kind of animal tissue in which

(i) Cells are flat, cuboidal or columnar, forming protective layer.

(ii) Cells produce and pour out chemical substance

(iii) Cells can contract and relax

(iv) Cells can conduct impulses.

Give one example of each of the following tissues where they are located.

(i) Ciliated columnar epithelium

(ii) Elastic cartilage

(iii)Unstriated muscles

Write one specialty of each one of the following:

(i) Cartilage

(ii) Bone

(iii) Striated muscle

(iv) Cardiac muscle

Mention if the following statements are true (T) or false (F)

(i) Axons of nerve cells are very long.

(ii) Dendrons bundled together form a nerve.

(iii) Cardiac muscles get tired soon.

(iv) Epithelial cells leave space in between.

(v) Perikaryon is the nucleus of a nerve cell.

(vi) Muscles of the iris of the eye are of voluntary type.

(vii) Cartilage has no blood vessels or the nerves in it.

In potato, starch is stored in:

(a) Sclerenchyma

(b) Collenchyma

(c) Parenchyma

(d) Chlorenchyma

Tendons and ligaments are examples of (a) Fibrous connective tissue (b) Cartilage (c) Muscular tissue (d) Adipose tissue

Which one of the following pairs in correctly matched?

(a) Meristem – Actively dividing cells

(b) Xylem – Transport of food

(c) Phloem – Transport of water

(d) Sclerenchyma – storage of starch

Parenchyma containing chloroplasts is known as: (a) Parenchyma (b) Aerenchyma (c) Collenchyma (d) Chlorenchyma

Annual rings are the number of: (a) Internodes in a stem (b) Rings of vascular bundles in a monocot stem (c) Barks layers in a woody stem (d) Layers of xylem in a stem

Which of the following cells in plants are said to be nonliving? (a) Meristem (b) Parenchyma (c) Collenchyma (d) Sclerenchyma

Which of the following connects a muscle to a bone?

(a) Cartilage

(b) Ligament

(c) Tendon

(d) Interstitial fluid

Cardiac muscle is: (a) Involuntary (b) Smooth (c) Striated (d) Involuntary and striated

Name the kind of tissue found

(a) At the tip of plant roots.

(b) At the lower surface of leaf.

(c) In the inner lining of intestine

(d) At the joint between two long bones

(e) In the walls of the veins of leaves

(f) As gritty masses in the skin of pears.

Where is the least specialized tissue located in plants?

Give one word for each of the following:

(a) A group of similar cells performing a specific function.

(b) Cells least specialized in the plants.

(c) Cells responsible for increase in diameter of the stem and root of dicot plants.

Name one place each in living organisms where the following tissues are located:

(a) Meristematic tissue

(b) Cartilage

(c) Squamous epithelium

(d) Sclerenchyma

(e) Ciliated epithelium

(f) Ligament

Name the kinds of cells found in the following places:

(a) Surface of the human skin

(b) Salivary gland

(c) Brain

(d) Inner lining of the wind pipe

Name any one body part where ciliated epithelium is found in humans? What is its function?

What is the difference between the nervous tissue and the nervous system?

List the tissues found in the human heart?

Can you consider a cluster of eggs as a tissue? Why?

Name the three kinds of muscles found in the human body. In each case, name one region in the body where they are found.

What is the difference between a. Cell and tissue? b. Organ and organism? c. Organ and organelle? d. Organ and organ system?

Differentiate between cells of: (a) Parenchyma and collenchyma (b) Meristematic tissue and permanent tissue (c) Sclerenchyma and parenchyma (d) Cells of involuntary and voluntary tissue (e) Fibers of voluntary muscle and cardiac muscle

Study the diagram given below and then answer the questions that follow: (a) Identify the tissue and give a reason to support your answer.

(b) Name the parts labeled 1,2,3 and 4.

(c) Where is this tissue likely to be found in the plant?

(d) State the function of the parts labeled 1,2,3 and 4.

Study the diagram given below and the answer the questions that follow: (a) Identify the cell.

(b) Name the parts labeled 1,2,3,4,5, and 6.

(c) Where is this cell likely to be found in the human body and what is its function?