Biology

Life Processes

Question:

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

Answer:

(i) Digestive enzymes – Foods need to be broken into their small or simpler
molecules so that they can be absorbed into the bloodstream. However, the physical breakdown of food is not enough. Enzymes are hence needed for the chemical breakdown of food and speeding up the digestive process. The products of digestion can hence be small enough to be absorbed.
(ii) Hydrochloric acid – Hydro chloric acid helps to kill the germs which might have entered in to the system through food. It creates acidic medium for the pepsin to act on food to breakdown proteins.
(iii) Villi – Villi are finger like projections in the small intestine. They help to increase the surface area for absorption of the digested food. Villi are richly supplied with blood vessel which help to absorb digested food in to the blood stream.

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Life Processes

Q 1.

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

Q 2.

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

Q 3.

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

Q 4.

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

Q 5.

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

Q 6.

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

Q 7.

(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 8.

What is compensation point?

Q 9.

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

Q 10.

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

Q 11.

What will happen if platelets were absent in the blood?

Q 12.

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

Q 13.

(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 14.

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

Q 15.

Name the biological catalysts which bring about chemical digestion of food.

Q 16.

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 17.

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

Q 18.

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

Q 19.

Describe in brief the function of kidneys, ureters, urinary bladder and urethra.

Q 20.

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

Q 21.

Name the process by which plant parts like roots, stems, and leaves get oxygen required for respiration.

Q 22.

Which gases are exchanged in your lungs ?

Q 23.

Why do fishes die when taken out of water ?

Q 24.

Name the two stages in photosynthesis.

Q 25.

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

Q 26.

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

Q 27.

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

Q 28.

List three characteristics of lungs which make it an efficient respiratory surface.

Q 29.

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

Q 30.

(a) List the three events that occur during the process of photosynthesis.
Explain the role of stomata in this process.
(b) Describe an experiment to show that "sunlight is essential for photosynthesis."

Q 31.

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 32.

How does Amoeba engulf the food particle ?

Q 33.

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

Q 34.

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

Q 35.

Define breathing. State the differences between breathing and respiration.

Q 36.

Which part of the roots is involved in exchange of respiratory gases?

Q 37.

Mention the major events during photosynthesis.

Q 38.

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

Q 39.

(a)Explain how does the exchange of gases occur in plants across the surface of stems, roots and leaves.
(b) How are water and minerals transported in plants ?

Q 40.

In human alimentary canal, name the site of complete digestion of various components of food. Explain the process of digestion.

Q 41.

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

Q 42.

(a) Draw a diagram to show open stomatal pore and label on it:
(i) guard cells
(ii) chloroplast
(b) State two functions of stomata.
(c) How do guard cells regulate the opening and closing of stomatal pore?

Q 43.

Draw a neat diagram of excretory system of human beings and label the following:
(i) Kidney
(ii) Ureter
(iii) Urinary Bladder
(iv) Urethra

Q 44.

(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 45.

Name the green dot like structures in some cells observed by a student when a leaf peel was viewed under a microscope. What is this green colour due to?

Q 46.

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

Q 47.

Which is the basic requirement of living organisms for obtaining energy ?

Q 48.

Name two inorganic substances which are used by autotrophs to make food.

Q 49.

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

Q 50.

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