Biology

Life Processes

Question:

What are the functions of the liver and the pancreas?

Answer:

The liver secretes bile, which contains bile pigments and bile salts. The bile secreted by the liver cells is normally stored in the gall bladder, until needed in the duodenum. Pancreas lie parallel to and beneath the stomach. It is a large gland, which secretes digestive enzymes as well as the hormones, insulin and glucagons. Both bile and pancreatic juice enter duodenum through a common duct. Bile emulsifies fat present in the food. Pancreatic juice contains trypsin, for digesting proteins and pancreatic amylase for the breakdown of starch.

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Life Processes

Q 1.

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

Q 2.

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

Q 3.

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

Q 4.

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

Q 5.

(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 6.

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

Q 7.

Why do herbivores have longer, small intestine than carnivores ?

Q 8.

What is saliva? State its role in the digestion of food.

Q 9.

Which of the following is an autotroph ? Green plant or Man

Q 10.

Apart from carbon dioxide and water, name four other raw materials which are needed by the plants.

Q 11.

What is the name of the opening in the human body through which undigested food is thrown out ?

Q 12.

Name one organism which can live without oxygen.

Q 13.

Explain the process of nutrition in Amoeba.

Q 14.

a) Leaves of a healthy potted plant were coated with vaseline to block the stomata. Will this plant remain healthy for long? State three reasons for your answer.
(b) State any two differences between autotrophic nutrition and heterotrophic nutrition.

Q 15.

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

Q 16.

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

Q 17.

Where does digestion begin?

Q 18.

What is the name given to the process of using the absorbed food for producing energy?

Q 19.

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

Q 20.

What is the significance of emulsification of fats?

Q 21.

Draw a neat diagram of excretory system of human beings and label on it:
(i) Left kidney (ii) Urinary bladder

Q 22.

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

Q 23.

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

Q 24.

(a) Name a gas used in photosynthesis.
(b) Name a gas produced in photosynthesis.

Q 25.

Arrange the following processes involved in the nutrition in animals in the correct order (in which they take place):
Assimilation, Egestion, Ingestion, Absorption, Digestion

Q 26.

What is the other name of food pipe ?

Q 27.

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

Q 28.

Name two animals which breathe through gills.

Q 29.

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 30.

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

Q 31.

Describe the process of respiration in State whether it is anaerobic respiration or aerobic respiration.

Q 32.

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

Q 33.

(a) Explain how, the air we breathe in gets cleaned while passing through the nasal passage.
(b) Why do the walls of trachea not collapse when there is less air in it ?
(c) How are oxygen and carbon dioxide exchanged in our body during respiration ?
(d) How are lungs designed in human beings to maximise the exchange of gases ?

Q 34.

What are the differences between aerobic and anaerobic respiration? Name some organisms that use the anaerobic mode of respiration.

Q 35.

Mention the major events during photosynthesis.

Q 36.

(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 37.

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

Q 38.

Name the component of blood that helps in the formation of blood clot in the event of a cut.

Q 39.

Which of the following type of energy is used by living organisms to perform vital life processes ?
Kinetic energy, Chemical energy, Potential energy, Nuclear energy

Q 40.

Name the pigment which can absorb solar energy.

Q 41.

What is the scientific name of the animals which are :
(i) only meat eaters ?
(ii) only plant eaters ?
(iii) both, plant and meat eaters ?

Q 42.

Name the green pigment present in the leaves of a plant.

Q 43.

Name a unicellular animal which uses cilia to move food particles into its mouth.

Q 44.

What substance is mixed with food in the mouth during chewing by the teeth ?

Q 45.

Fill in the following blanks with suitable words :
(a) All green plants are…………..
(b) All non-green plants and animals are…………
(c) Heterotrophs depend on…….. and other……………… for food,
(d) Green plants use……… ,………… and………… to make food.
(e) Iodine turns blue-black on reacting with………………

Q 46.

(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 47.

(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 48.

(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 49.

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 50.

Do all cells use oxygen to produce energy ?