Biology

Life Processes

Question:

Name the pigment, which can absorb solar energy.

Answer:

Chlorophyll is the pigment, which can absorb solar energy.

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Life Processes

Q 1.

(a) What are heterotrophs ? Give one example of heterotrophs.
(b) What is the difference between autotrophic nutrition and heterotrophic nutrition ?

Q 2.

Name the parts of the digestive system of a grasshopper.

Q 3.

State the function of epiglottis.

Q 4.

In the experiment "Light is essential for photosynthesis", why does the uncovered part of the leaf turn blue-black after putting iodine solution?

Q 5.

Where is digested food absorbed into blood in human body ?

Q 6.

In the lungs :
(a) what substance is taken into the body ?
(b) what substance is removed from the body ?

Q 7.

Name the final product/products obtained in the anaerobic respiration, if it takes place :
(a) in a plant (like yeast).
(b) in an animal tissue (like muscles).

Q 8.

What are enzymes? Name any one enzyme of our digestive system and write its function.

Q 9.

Name the acid presents in the following:
(i) Tomato (ii) Vinegar (iii) Tamarind

Q 10.

Write correct sequence of four steps of method for the preparation of temporary mount of a stained leaf peel.

Q 11.

(a) What is meant by breathing? What happens to the rate of breathing during vigorous exercise and why?
(b) Define translocation with respect to transport in plants. Why is it essential for plants? Where in plants are the following synthesised?
(i) Sugar (iii) Hormone

Q 12.

(a) Name the pigment in leaves which absorbs sunlight energy.
(b) What is the colour of this pigment ?

Q 13.

What substances enter into the food vacuole in Amoeba to break down the food ?

Q 14.

Name the enzyme present in human saliva. What type of food material is digested by this enzyme ?

Q 15.

What is the other name of food pipe ?

Q 16.

Define (i) saprophytic nutrition (ii) parasitic nutrition, and (iii) holozoic nutrition. Give one example of each type.

Q 17.

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 18.

Name the substance whose build up in the muscles during vigorous physical exercise may cause cramps.

Q 19.

Name the areas in a woody stem through which respiratory exchange of gases takes place.

Q 20.

Name the red pigment which carries oxygen in blood.

Q 21.

What would be the consequences of deficiency of haemoglobin in our bodies ?

Q 22.

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

Q 23.

Define nutrition? What are the different modes of nutrition?

Q 24.

Name the two stages in photosynthesis.

Q 25.

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

Q 26.

What is the role of saliva in the digestion of food?

Q 27.

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

Q 28.

What are the adaptations of leaf for photosynthesis?

Q 29.

What are the functions of gastric glands present in the wall of the stomach?

Q 30.

State the role of the following in human digestive system :
(i) Digestive enzymes (ii) Hydrochloric acid (iii) Villi

Q 31.

In mammals and birds why is it necessary to separate oxygenated and de-oxygenated blood ?

Q 32.

(a) Draw a diagram of human respiratory system and label the following:
(i) part where air is filtered by fine hair and mucus
(ii) part which terminates in balloon – like structures
(iii) balloon – like structures where exchange of gases takes place. (iv) part which separates chest cavity from abdominal cavity.
(b) Why is the rate of breathing in aquatic organisms much faster than in terrestrial organisms?

Q 33.

State any one difference between autotrophic and heterotrophic modes of nutrition.

Q 34.

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

Q 35.

Name one organism each having saprophytic, parasitic and holozoic modes of nutrition.

Q 36.

In addition to carbon dioxide and water, state two other conditions necessary for the process of photosynthesis to take place.

Q 37.

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

Q 38.

Name an animal whose process of obtaining food is called phagocytosis.

Q 39.

(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 40.

(a) How does carbon dioxide from the air enter the leaves of a plant to be used in photosynthesis ?
(b) How does water from the soil reach the leaves of a plant to be used in photosynthesis ?

Q 41.

What substances are contained in gastric juice ? What are their functions ?

Q 42.

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

Q 43.

What are the functions of liver and pancreas in the human digestive system ?

Q 44.

(a) Define nutrition. Why is nutrition necessary for an organism ?
(b) What are the different modes of nutrition ? Explain with one example of each mode of nutrition.
(c) Name the mode of nutrition in (i) roundworm, and (ii) Plasmodium.

Q 45.

Which gases are exchanged in your lungs ?

Q 46.

Explain why, a land plant may die if its roots remain water logged for a long time.

Q 47.

(a) What is meant by aquatic animals and terrestrial animals ?
(b) From where do the aquatic animals and terrestrial animals obtain oxygen for breathing and respiration ?

Q 48.

Name the pigment, which can absorb solar energy.

Q 49.

What are the functions of the liver and the pancreas?

Q 50.

Define breathing.