Biology

Life Processes

Question:

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

Answer:

  • Take a healthy leaf from the potted plant.
  • Remove a part of the peel from the lower surface of the leaf. You can do this by folding the leaf over and gently pulling the peel apart using forceps. Keeps the peel in a watch glass containing water.
  • Put a few drops of safranin stain in a watch glass.
  • After 2-3 minutes take out the peel and place it on a clean glass slide.
  • Put a drop of glycerin over the peel and place a clean covers lip gently over it with the help of a needle.
  • Remove the excess stain and glycerin with the help of blotting paper.
  •  Observe the slide under magnifications of the compound microscope.
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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.

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

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.

(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.

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

Q 8.

Name the red pigment which carries oxygen in blood.

Q 9.

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

Q 10.

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

Q 11.

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

Q 12.

What will happen if platelets were absent in the blood?

Q 13.

What is the mode of nutrition in human beings?

Q 14.

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 15.

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

Q 16.

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

Q 17.

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

Q 18.

(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 19.

What is the other name of wind-pipe ?

Q 20.

What is the mode of nutrition in fungi?

Q 21.

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

Q 22.

(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 23.

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

Q 24.

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

Q 25.

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

Q 26.

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

Q 27.

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 28.

(a) Name the raw materials required for photosynthesis. How do plants obtain these raw materials ?
(b) What are the various conditions necessary for photosynthesis ?
(c) Name the various factors which affect the rate of photosynthesis in plants.

Q 29.

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

Q 30.

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

Q 31.

Why do fishes die when taken out of water ?

Q 32.

What is compensation point?

Q 33.

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

Q 34.

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

Q 35.

Why is small intestine in herbivores longer than in carnivores?

Q 36.

What is the advantage of having four chambered heart?

Q 37.

Why is transpiration important for plants?

Q 38.

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

Q 39.

Name the pigment which can absorb solar energy.

Q 40.

Where is chlorophyll mainly present in a plant ?

Q 41.

From which part of the body, undigested food is egested in Amoeba ?

Q 42.

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

Q 43.

Which of the organs perform the following functions in humans ?
(i) Absorption of food
(ii) Absorption of water

Q 44.

What is the other name of food pipe ?

Q 45.

(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 46.

(a) What criteria can be used to decide whether something is alive ?
(b) What is meant by life processes ? Name the basic life processes common to all living organisms which are essential for maintaining life.

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.

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

Q 49.

(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 50.

(a) Leaves of a healthy potted plant were coated with vaseline. Will this plant remain healthy for long ? Give reason for your answer.
(b) What will happen to the rate of photosynthesis in a plant under the following circumstances ?

  1. cloudy day in morning but bright sunshine in the afternoon
  2. no rainfall in the area for a considerable time.
  3. gathering of dust on the leaves