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The thin, porous membrane present on the...

The thin, porous membrane present on the outer surface of a cell is called the

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plasma membrane

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nuclear membrane

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Cytoplasm

D

protoplasm

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The plasma membrane is a thin, porous membrane that separates cells from one another and also the cell from the surrounding medium.
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  1. Who discovered cell?

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  2. Which cell organelle store food and water in a plant ?

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  3. The thin, porous membrane present on the outer surface of a cell is ca...

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  4. Which is the longest single cell in the human body

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  5. Which of these is not a cell organelle ?

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  6. Which one of the following term is not a part of the nucleus?

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  7. Which of these organelles help in the production of proteins in a cell

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  8. Which of these organism's cells do not have a nucleolus ?

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  9. Identify the cell organelles present only in animals cells

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  10. Which of these cell organelles helps in the transport of proteins and ...

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  11. Which of these cell organelles exists in the from of a hollow sac, ins...

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  12. Which of these cell organelles is capable of digesting substances ?

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  13. Which of these cell organelles provide support and given shape to plan...

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  14. Carrot plants store the food that they produce in their roots. Which o...

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  15. Identify the organism that can prepare its own food through the proces...

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  16. You are observing a plant cell under a powerful microscope. Which of t...

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  17. Choose the incorrect sentence .

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  18. While observing slides of which of these cells would you not be able t...

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  19. Which of these parts of a cell is called the protoplasm ?

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  20. Which of these parts of a cell allows the transfer of substances betwe...

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