Biology

Life Processes

Question:

What is the advantage of having four chambered heart?

Answer:

In four chambered heart, left half is completely separated from right half by septa. This prevents oxygenated and deoxygenated blood from mixing. This allows a highly efficient supply of oxygenated blood to all parts of the body. This is useful in animals that have high energy needs, such as birds and mammals and maintain body temperature.

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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 the functions of the liver and the pancreas?

Q 3.

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

Q 4.

How are the alveoli designed to maximise the exchange of gases?

Q 5.

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

Q 6.

(a) Draw a diagram of excretory system in human beings and label the following parts. Aorta, kidney, urinary bladder and urethra.
(b) How is urine produced and eliminated ?

Q 7.

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

Q 8.

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

Q 9.

Do all cells use oxygen to produce energy ?

Q 10.

The trachea divides into two tubes at its lower end. What is the name of these tubes ?

Q 11.

Where does the blood absorb oxygen in the human body ?

Q 12.

Name the red pigment which carries oxygen in blood.

Q 13.

What type of respiration takes place in human muscles during vigorous physical exercise ? Give reason for your answer.

Q 14.

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

Q 15.

Define nutrition? What are the different modes of nutrition?

Q 16.

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

Q 17.

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

Q 18.

What are the necessary conditions for autotrophic nutrition and what are its byproducts?

Q 19.

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

Q 20.

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

Q 21.

Is nutrition' a necessity for an organism? Discuss.

Q 22.

What is the significance of emulsification of fats?

Q 23.

What is the advantage of having four chambered heart?

Q 24.

Explain the role of mouth in digestion of food.

Q 25.

Name the correct substrates for the following enzymes
(a) Trypsin (b) Amylase (c) Pepsin (d) Lipase

Q 26.

Why and how does water enter continuously into the root xylem?

Q 27.

Draw a diagram of human respiratory system and label on it :
(i) Diaphragm (ii) Larynx

Q 28.

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

Q 29.

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

Q 30.

All the animals can be divided into three groups on the basis of their eating habits. Name the three groups.

Q 31.

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

Q 32.

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

Q 33.

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

Q 34.

(a) What would happen if all the green plants disappear from the earth ?
(b) If a plant is releasing carbon dioxide and taking in oxygen during the day, does it mean that there is no photosynthesis occurring ? Justify your answer.

Q 35.

Name one substance which is produced in anaerobic respiration by an organism but not in aerobic respiration.

Q 36.

Name one organism which can live without oxygen.

Q 37.

Name an animal which absorbs oxygen through its moist skin.

Q 38.

Which gases are exchanged in your lungs ?

Q 39.

(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 40.

Name the factors, which affect photosynthesis.

Q 41.

Define a herbivore and a carnivore.

Q 42.

Define breathing.

Q 43.

In which kind of respiration is more energy released?

Q 44.

From where do the following take in oxygen?
(i) prawn (ii) rat.
Solution:

Q 45.

State the function of epiglottis.

Q 46.

What is compensation point?

Q 47.

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

Q 48.

Why is transpiration important for plants?

Q 49.

Explain the process of nutrition in Amoeba.

Q 50.

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