Biology

Life Processes

Question:

Define a herbivore and a carnivore.

Answer:

The animals that feed only on plants are called herbivores.
The animals that feed only on flesh are called carnivores.

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Life Processes

Q 1.

How does Amoeba engulf the food particle ?

Q 2.

What will happen if mucus is not secreted by the gastric glands?

Q 3.

Define (2) saprophyte, and (22) parasite. Name two saprophytes and two parasites.

Q 4.

Name two animals which breathe through gills.

Q 5.

Apart from sunlight and chlorophyll, what other things are required to make food by photosynthesis ?

Q 6.

State whether the following statements are true or false :
(a) During respiration, the plants take C02 and release 02.
(b) Energy can be produced in cells without oxygen.
(c) Fish and earthworm exchange gases during respiration in the same way.

Q 7.

Explain why, it is dangerous to inhale air containing carbon monoxide.

Q 8.

What would be the consequences of deficiency of hemoglobin in your body?

Q 9.

Where is chlorophyll mainly present in a plant ?

Q 10.

Name the following :
(a) The process in plants which converts light energy into chemical energy.
(b) Organisms that cannot prepare their own food.
(c) Organisms that can prepare their own food.
(d) The cell organelle where photosynthesis occurs.
(e) The cells which surround a stomatal pore.
(f) An enzyme secreted by gastric glands in stomach which acts on proteins.

Q 11.

Name one organism which can live without oxygen.

Q 12.

Name an animal which absorbs oxygen through its moist skin.

Q 13.

What is the name of tiny air-sacs at the end of smallest bronchioles in the lungs ?

Q 14.

State the three common features of all the respiratory organs like skin, gills and lungs.

Q 15.

Explain how, it would benefit deep sea divers if humans also had gills.

Q 16.

What is the mode of nutrition in fungi?

Q 17.

Name the two stages in photosynthesis.

Q 18.

In which kind of respiration is more energy released?

Q 19.

Is nutrition' a necessity for an organism? Discuss.

Q 20.

What is the advantage of having four chambered heart?

Q 21.

Name the energy currency in the living organisms. When and where is it produced?

Q 22.

List the three kinds of blood vessels of human circulatory system and write ¦ their functions in tabular form.

Q 23.

Name two excretory products other than 02 and  CO2 in plants.

Q 24.

(a) Draw a sectional view of the human heart and label on it – Aorta, Right ventricle and Pulmonary veins.
(b) State the functions of the following components of transport system:
(i) Blood (ii) Lymph

Q 25.

A Give one reason why multicellular organisms require special organs for exchange of gases between their body and their environment. :

Q 26.

Name the intermediate and the end products of glucose breakdown in aerobic respiration.

Q 27.

What is the mode of nutrition in human beings?

Q 28.

What is the other name of food pipe ?

Q 29.

What is the name of tiny projections on the inner surface of small intestine which help in absorbing the digested food ?

Q 30.

(a) What is chlorophyll ? What part does chlorophyll play in photosynthesis ?
(b) (i) Which simple food is prepared first in the process of photosynthesis ?
(ii) Name the food which gets stored in plant leaves.

Q 31.

(a) What are autotrophs ? Give one example of autotrophs.
(b) What are the conditions necessary for autotrophic nutrition ?

Q 32.

(a) Photosynthesis converts energy X into energy Y. What are X and Y ?
(b) State the various steps involved in the process of photosynthesis.

Q 33.

(a) What is the role of hydrochloric acid in our stomach ?
(b) What is the function of enzymes in the human digestive system ?

Q 34.

(a) Which part of the body secretes bile ? Where is bile stored ? What is the function of bile ?
(b) What is trypsin ? What is its function ?

Q 35.

(a) What is common for Cuscuta, ticks and leeches ?
(b) Name the substances on which the following enzymes act in the human digestive system :
(i) Trypsin (ii) Amylase (iii) Pepsin (iv) Lipase
(c) Why does absorption of digested food occur mainly in the small intestine ?

Q 36.

(a) How do guard cells regulate opening and closing of stomatal pores ?
(b) Two similar green plants are kept separately in oxygen free containers, one in dark and the other in continuous light. Which one will live longer ? Give reasons.

Q 37.

In which type of respiration, aerobic or anaerobic, more energy is released ?

Q 38.

Name the pores in a leaf through which respiratory exchange of gases takes place.

Q 39.

What is the name of the extensions of the epidermal cells of a root which help in respiration ?

Q 40.

Out of photosynthesis and respiration in plants, which process occurs :
(a) all the time ?
(b) only at daytime ?

Q 41.

Name the red pigment which carries oxygen in blood.

Q 42.

What are the different ways in which glucose is oxidised to provide energy in various organisms ? Give one example of each.

Q 43.

Explain why, when air is taken in and let out during breathing, the lungs always contain a residual volume of air.

Q 44.

How does amoeba engulf its food?

Q 45.

What are (i) stomata and (ii) lenticels?

Q 46.

Give two points of differences between respiration in plants and respiration in animals.

Q 47.

What are the living organisms that cannot make their own food called?

Q 48.

Other than chlorophyll, which other pigment is necessary for photosynthesis?

Q 49.

Describe double circulation in human beings. Why is it necessary?

Q 50.

How do the guard cells regulate opening and closing of stomatal pores?