Biology 1

ജീവശാസ്ത്രത്തിലേക്ക് കടക്കുമ്പോൾ പ്രധാന ശാസ്ത്രജ്ഞന്മാരും കോശങ്ങളുമായി ബന്ധപ്പെട്ട ചോദ്യങ്ങളാണ് ഉൾപ്പെടുത്തിയിട്ടുള്ളത്.

• The branch of science that deals with the study of living things

                   Biology

• The term 'Biology' was coined by

                   Lamarck

• The term 'species' was coined by

                   John Ray

• Father of Biology

                   Aristotle

• Father of Zoology

                   Aristotle

• Father of Botany

                   Theophrastus

• Father of Modern Botany

                   Carl Linnaeus

• Father of Indian Botany

                   William Roxburgh

• Scientist who discovered that the body of plant is made up of cells

                   MJ Schleiden

• Scientist who discovered that the body of animal is made up of cells

                   Theodor Schwann

• Nucleus was discovered by

                   Robert Brown

• Structural and functional unit of life

                   Cell

• The word 'cell' was derived from the Latin word 'cellula' meaning

                   Small room

• Study of cells

                   Cytology

• Cell was discovered by

                   Robert Hooke

• A group of cells form a

                   Tissue

• Study of tissue

                   Histology

• Scientist who formulated the cell theory

                   MJ Schleiden and Theoder Schwann

• Scientist who suggested that all new cells are derived from pre-existing cells by division (Modify cell theory)

                   Rudolf Virchow

• Outermost covering of a plant cell is made up of

                   Cell wall

• Outermost covering of an animal cell is made up of

                   Cell membrane

• Cell wall is made up of

                   Cell wall

• Cell wall is  

                   Hardest and undigestable sugar, Abscent in animal cells

• Liquid found inside the cell is

                   Cytosol (Cytoplasm)

• Fluid living content of a cell that consist of Ctoplasm and Nucleoplasm

                   Protoplasm

• Physical basis of life is

                   Protoplasm

• Cell without nucleus is called

                   Prokaryotic Cell

• Cell with nucleus is called

                   Eukaryotic Cell

• Cell organalle which converts oxygen and nutrients into energy

                   Mitochondria

• Power house of a cell

                   Mitochondria

• In mitochondria, energy is stored in the form of 

                   ATP (Adenosine Triphosphate)

• Energy currency of a cell 

                   ATP

• Kreb's cycle takes place in

                   Mitochondria

• Cell organalle which helps in protein synthesis

                   Ribosomes

• Suicidal bags in cells

                   Lysosome

• Enzyme present in lysosome

                   Hydrolytic enzymes

• Sectertory of the Cell

                   Golgi Complex

• Cell organalle present in animal cells and not in Plant cell is

                   Centrioles

• Skeltal system of the cell

                   Golgi Bodies

• Genetic material of the cell

                   DNA

• Brain of the cell

                   Nucleus

• Kitchen of the cell

                   Chloroplast

• Cell division that take place in plant and animals for growth

                   Mitosis

• Cell division that take place in grem cells for the formation of gametes

                   Meiosis

• Largest Cell

                   Egg of Ostrich

• Smallest Cell

                   Mycoplasma

• Largest Cell in human

                   Ovum

• Smallest Cell in human

                   Sperm

• Longest Cell in human

                   Neuron

• Largest no of Cells in human body

                   Red Blood Cells (RBC)

• Blood cell having longest lifespan in human

                   Red Blood Cells
                                                                             (To be Continued...)