Biology

Life Processes

Question:

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

Answer:

(i) Saprophytic nutrition: It is that nutrition in which an organism obtains its food from dead organic matter of dead plants, dead animals and rotten bread. Example: Fungi and many bacteria obtain food by saprophytic nutrition.
(ii) Parasitic nutrition: It is that nutrition in which an organism derives its food from the body of another living organism (called its host) without killing it.Example: Plasmodium and round worms obtain food by parasitic nutrition.
(iii) Holozoic nutrition: It is that nutrition in which an organism takes the complex organic food materials into its body by the process of ingestion; the ingested food is digested and then absorbed into the body cells of the organism.Example: Human beings obtain food by holozoic nutrition

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

Q 14.

(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 15.

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

Q 16.

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

Q 17.

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 18.

Why do fishes die when taken out of water ?

Q 19.

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

Q 20.

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

Q 21.

(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 22.

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

Q 23.

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 24.

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

Q 25.

Which gases are exchanged in your lungs ?

Q 26.

Define breathing. State the differences between breathing and respiration.

Q 27.

Name the two stages in photosynthesis.

Q 28.

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

Q 29.

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

Q 30.

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

Q 31.

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

Q 32.

(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 33.

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

Q 34.

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

Q 35.

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 36.

How does Amoeba engulf the food particle ?

Q 37.

Name the red pigment which carries oxygen in blood.

Q 38.

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

Q 39.

What organs are attached to the two bronchi ?

Q 40.

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

Q 41.

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

Q 42.

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

Q 43.

What are (i) stomata and (ii) lenticels?

Q 44.

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

Q 45.

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

Q 46.

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

Q 47.

What would happen if green plants disappear from earth?

Q 48.

Mention the major events during photosynthesis.

Q 49.

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

Q 50.

Why is transpiration important for plants?