Biology

Life Processes

Question:

State two differences between arteries and veins.

Answer:

Arteries

  1. Arteries carry oxygenated blood, away from the heart except pulmonary artery.
  2. These are thick-walled, highly muscular except arteries of cranium and vertebral column.
  3. Valves are absent.

Blood in arteries moves with pressure.Veins

  1. Veins carry deoxygenated blood, towards the heart except pulmonary veins.
  2. These are thin-walled.
  3. Valves are present which provide unidirectional flow of blood.
  4.  Blood in veins moves under very low pressure.
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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.

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

Q 7.

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

Q 8.

(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 9.

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

Q 10.

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

Q 11.

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

Q 12.

What is the other name of food pipe ?

Q 13.

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

Q 14.

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

Q 15.

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

Q 16.

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

Q 17.

Define nutrition? What are the different modes of nutrition?

Q 18.

Name the two stages in photosynthesis.

Q 19.

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

Q 20.

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

Q 21.

What are the adaptations of leaf for photosynthesis?

Q 22.

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

Q 23.

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

Q 24.

(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 25.

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

Q 26.

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

Q 27.

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

Q 28.

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

Q 29.

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

Q 30.

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

Q 31.

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

Q 32.

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 33.

Name the red pigment which carries oxygen in blood.

Q 34.

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

Q 35.

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 36.

Name the pigment, which can absorb solar energy.

Q 37.

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

Q 38.

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

Q 39.

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

Q 40.

What is the significance of emulsification of fats?

Q 41.

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

Q 42.

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

Q 43.

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

Q 44.

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 45.

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

Q 46.

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

Q 47.

Name the process by which plants make food.

Q 48.

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

Q 49.

Name the pigment which can absorb solar energy.

Q 50.

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