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Question 11 Mark
Out of xylem and phloem, which one carries materials:
  1. Upwards as well as downwards?
  2. Only upwards?
Answer
  1. Phloem.
  2. Xylem.
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Question 41 Mark
Name the conducting tissue of plants which is made of sieve tubes alongwith companion cells.
Answer
Phloem.
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Question 51 Mark
What is meant by ‘heart beat’? What is the usual heart beat rate at rest?
Answer
Heart beat: One complete contraction and relaxation of the heart is called a heart beat. The usual heart beat rate at rest is 72 times/ minute.
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Question 71 Mark
Out of photosynthesis and respiration in plants, which process occurs:
  1. All the time?
  2. Only at daytime?
Answer
  1. Respiration.
  2. Photosynthesis.
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Question 81 Mark
What substance/ substances are transported in plants by:
  1. Xylem vessels and tracheids?
  2. Sieve tubes (or phloem)?
Answer
  1. Water.
  2. Food.
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Question 101 Mark
  1. Which simple food is prepared first in the process of photosynthesis?
  2. Name the food which gets stored in plant leaves.
Answer
  1. Glucose.
  2. Starch.
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Question 121 Mark
What are autotrophs? Give one example of autotrophs.
Answer
Autotrophs are those organisms which can make their own food from carbon-dioxide and water.
Example: Green Plants.
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Question 131 Mark
From which part of the body, undigested food is egested in Amoeba?
Answer
Amoeba has no fixed place for egestion. The undigested food gets collected inside amoeba, then its cell membrane suddenly ruptures and the undigested food is thrown out of the body of amoeba.
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Question 221 Mark
In the lungs:
  1. What substance is taken into the body?
  2. What substance is removed from the body?
Answer
  1. Oxygen.
  2. Carbon-dioxide.
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Question 241 Mark
What is trypsin? What is its function?
Answer
Trypsin: It is a pancreatic enzyme present in the pancreatic juice. Its function is to digest the proteins.
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Question 261 Mark
What is the process of obtaining food by Amoeba called? What does it mean?
Answer
The process of obtaining food is called phagocytosis, which means cell feeding.
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Question 281 Mark
What is the name of the extensions of the epidermal cells of a root which help in respiration?
Answer
Root hair.
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Question 301 Mark
What change occurs in heart beats if a person runs for a while? Why?
Answer
The heart beats faster when a person runs for a while because the body needs more energy under these conditions.
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Question 311 Mark
Why do some people need to use a dialysis machine? What does the machine do?
Answer
When there is a kidney failure then dialysis machine is used. Dialysis cleans the blood of a person by separating the waste substance (urea) from the blood.
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Question 361 Mark
Name the following:
An enzyme secreted by gastric glands in stomach which acts on proteins.
Answer
Pepsin.
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Question 421 Mark
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.
Answer
Plant kept in continuous light will live longer because it will be able to produce oxygen required for its respiration by the process of photosynthesis.
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Question 441 Mark
  1. Which side of the heart pumps blood into the lungs?
  2. Which side of the heart pumps blood into entire body (except the lungs)?
Answer
  1. Right side.
  2. Left side.
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Question 481 Mark
What will happen if mucus is not secreted by the gastric glands?
Answer
If mucus is not secreted, hydrochloric acid will cause the erosion of inner lining of stomach leading to the formation of ulcers in the stomach.
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Question 501 Mark
All the animals can be divided into three groups on the basis of their eating habits. Name the three groups.
Answer
  1. Herbivores.
  2. Carnivores.
  3. Omnivores.
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Question 541 Mark
Why does the heart need valves?
Answer
Heart needs valves to prevent the backflow of blood so that the blood flows only in one direction.
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Question 551 Mark
Name the substance whose build up in the muscles during vigorous physical exercise may cause cramps.
Answer
Lactic acid.
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Question 561 Mark
Why do the walls of trachea not collapse when there is less air in it?
Answer
Trachea does not collapse even when there is no air in it because it is supported by rings of soft bones called cartilage.
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Question 571 Mark
What is the special name of the contraction and expansion movement which pushes the food further in our digestive tract (or alimentary canal)?
Answer
Peristaltic movements.
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Question 581 Mark
Describe one way in which the small intestine is adapted for the absorption of digested food.
Answer
The walls of small intestine has finger like projections like villi which increases the surface area for absorption.
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Question 591 Mark
Name a waste gas released by the plants:
  1. Only during the day time.
  2. Only during the night time.
Answer
  1. Oxygen.
  2. Carbon-dioxide.
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Question 601 Mark
Which substance is used to remove chlorophyll from a green leaf during photosynthesis experiments?
Answer
Alcohol.
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Question 611 Mark
Name the areas in a woody stem through which respiratory exchange of gases takes place.
Answer
Lenticels.
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Question 621 Mark
What happens to the glucose which enters the nephron tubule alongwith the filtrate?
Answer
Glucose passes through the glomerulus alongwith the filtrate and gets collected in the Bowman’s capsule.
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Question 641 Mark
Name the final product/ products obtained in the anaerobic respiration, if it takes place:
In an animal tissue (like muscles).
Answer
Lactic acid.
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Question 661 Mark
Veins and arteries carry blood. Which of these carry blood:
  1. Away from the heart?
  2. Back to the heart?
Answer
  1. Arteries.
  2. Veins.
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Question 691 Mark
Why do we boil the leaf in alcohol when we are testing it for starch?
Answer
We boil the leaf in Alcohol to remove all its green pigment called chlorophy ll.
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Question 701 Mark
Name one animal having single circulation of blood and another having double circulation.
Answer
A fish has single circulation of blood and a frog has double circulation of blood.
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Question 711 Mark
What does the bladder in our body do?
Answer
Urinary bladder is a bag which stores the urine temporarily till it is excreted out.
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Question 721 Mark
The leaves of a plant first prepare food A by photosynthesis. Food A then gets converted into food What are A and B?
Answer
A is glucose and B is starch.
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Question 731 Mark
Define excretion. Name the excretory unit of a kidney.
Answer
The process of removal of toxic waste from the body of an organism is called excretion. The excretory unit of a kidney is called nephron.
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Question 751 Mark
Why is small intestine in herbivores longer than in carnivores?
Answer
Herbivores eat only plants so they need a longer small intestine to allow the cellulose present in the plants to be digested completely.
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Question 761 Mark
Apart from carbon-dioxide and water, name four other raw materials which are needed by the plants.
Answer
Nitrogen, phosphorus, iron and magnesium.
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Question 771 Mark
How are lungs designed in human beings to maximise the exchange of gases?
Answer
The human lungs have been designed to maximise the exchange of gases as there are millions of alveoli in the lungs which provides a large surface area for the exchange of gases.
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Question 781 Mark
What stops blood from flowing backwards through the heart?
Answer
Valves stop the blood from flowing backward through the heart.
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Question 791 Mark
In addition to carbon dioxide and water, state two other conditions necessary for the process of photosynthesis to take place.
Answer
Sunlight and chlorophy ll.
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Question 871 Mark
From the following terms, choose one term which includes the other four:
Plasma, Platelets, Blood, RBC, WBC.
Answer
Blood.
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Question 881 Mark
Name two inorganic substances which are used by autotrophs to make food.
Answer
Carbon dioxide and Water.
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Question 891 Mark
Explain how, the air we breathe in gets cleaned while passing through the nasal passage.
Answer
When air passes through the nasal passage, the dust particles and other impurities present in it are trapped by nasal hair and mucus so that clean air goes into the lungs.
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Question 901 Mark
Name one organism each having saprophytic, parasitic and holozoic modes of nutrition.
Answer
Saprophytic – Fungi. Parasitic – Plasmodium. Holozoic – Human Beings.
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Question 921 Mark
Which is the basic requirement of living organisms for obtaining energy?
Answer
Food is the basic requirement of living organisms for obtaining energy.
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Question 941 Mark
Name the following:
The process in plants which converts light energy into chemical energy.
Answer
Photosynthesis.
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Question 951 Mark
What are the conditions necessary for autotrophic nutrition?
Answer
The conditions necessary for autotrophic nutrition are sunlight, chlorophyll, carbon-dioxide and water.
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Question 971 Mark
Name the two types of transport systems in the human beings.
Answer
Blood circulatory system and lymphatic system.
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Question 991 Mark
Photosynthesis converts energy X into energy Y. What are X and Y?
Answer
X is sunlight energy and Y is chemical energy.
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Question 1021 Mark
What is the scientific name of the animals which are:
  1. Only meat eaters?
  2. Only plant eaters?
  3. Both, plant and meat eaters?
Answer
  1. Carnivores.
  2. Herbivores.
  3. Omnivores.
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Question 1041 Mark
What is urethra?
Answer
Urethra is a tube which passes out the urine from the body collected in the urinary bladder.
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Question 1051 Mark
Why does absorption of digested food occur mainly in the small intestine?
Answer
Absorption of digested foods occurs mainly in the small intestine due to the presence of a large number of finger like projections called villi.
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Question 1071 Mark
Name
  1. Largest artery.
  2. Largest vein, in our body.
Answer
  1. The largest artery in the human body is ‘Aorta’.
  2. The largest vein in the human body is ‘Vena Cava’.
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Question 1081 Mark
What is the name of tiny projections on the inner surface of small intestine which help in absorbing the digested food?
Answer
Villi.
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Question 1091 Mark
Which of the organs perform the following functions in humans?
  1. Absorption of food.
  2. Absorption of water.
Answer
  1. Small Intestine.
  2. Large Intestine.
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Question 1101 Mark
Which of the following type of energy is used by living organisms to perform vital life processes?
Kinetic energy, Chemical energy, Potential energy, Nuclear energy.
Answer
Chemical Energy.
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Question 1111 Mark
Name the enzyme present in human saliva. What type of food material is digested by this enzyme?
Answer
Salivary amylase is present in human saliva. It digests starch. Which of the organs perform the following functions in humans?
  1. Absorption of food.
  2. Absorption of water.
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Question 1121 Mark
Arrange the following processes involved in the nutrition in animals in the correct order (in which they take place):
Assimilation, Egestion, Ingestion, Absorption, Digestion.
Answer
Ingestion, digestion, absorption, assimilation, egestion.
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Question 1131 Mark
What is the name of tissues which transport:
  1. Food in a plant?
  2. Water and minerals in a plant?
Answer
  1. Phloem.
  2. Xylem.
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Question 1141 Mark
Name one substance which is produced in anaerobic respiration by an organism but not in aerobic respiration.
Answer
Ethanol.
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Question 1161 Mark
What is transpiration?
Answer
The evaporation of water from the leaves of the plants is called transpiration.
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Question 1191 Mark
Name the two parts of a plant through which its gaseous waste products are released into the air.
Answer
Stomata in the leaves and lenticels in the stems are two parts through which a plant releases its gaseous waste products into the air.
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Question 1201 Mark
What is the name of the opening in the human body through which undigested food is thrown out?
Answer
Anus.
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Question 1221 Mark
Name the process by which plant parts like roots, stems, and leaves get oxygen required for respiration.
Answer
Diffusion.
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Question 1241 Mark
What causes movement of food inside the alimentary canal?
Answer
The contraction and expansion movements of oesophagus also called peristaltic movements pushes the food down into the elementary canal.
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Question 1251 Mark
Name the final product/ products obtained in the anaerobic respiration, if it takes place:
In a plant (like yeast).
Answer
Ethanol and carbon-dioxide.
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Question 1261 Mark
What is the liquid part of the blood called? What is the function of platelets in the blood?
Answer
The liquid part of the blood is called plasma. Platelets help in the coagulation of blood in a cut or wound.
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Question 1271 Mark
What is meant by life processes? Name the basic life processes common to all living organisms which are essential for maintaining life.
Answer
The basic functions performed by living organisms to maintain their life on this earth are called life processes. The basic life processes common to all living organisms are?
Nutrition and Respiration; Transport and Excretion; Control and Coordination; Growth; Movement and Reproduction.
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Question 1281 Mark
Name the two waste products of the human body which are produced in the body cells.
Answer
Carbon-dioxide and urea.
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Question 1301 Mark
How does carbon-dioxide from the air enter the leaves of a plant to be used in photosynthesis?
Answer
The carbon-dioxide gas enters the leaves of the plants through the stomata present on their surface.
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Question 1311 Mark
Apart from sunlight and chlorophy ll, what other things are required to make food by photosynthesis?
Answer
Carbon-dioxide and water.
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Question 1321 Mark
Which process in a plant is accomplished by utilising energy from ATP: Transport of water and minerals or transport of food?
Answer
Transport of food.
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Question 1351 Mark
What do you mean by ‘Translocation’ with respect to transport in plants?
Answer
The transport of food from the leaves to the other parts of the plant is called translocation.
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Question 1371 Mark
What is the function of enzymes in the human digestive system?
Answer
Enzymes help in the breaking down of complex organic food materials into simpler forms.
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Question 1381 Mark
What is the name of those cells in the leaf of a plant which control the opening and closing of stomata?
Answer
Guard cells.
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Question 1391 Mark
How many types of blood vessels are there in the human body? Name them.
Answer
There are three types of blood vessels – arteries, veins and capillaries.
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Question 1411 Mark
What is the role of glomerulus in the kidney?
Answer
The function of glomerulus is to filter the blood passing through it and initiate urine formation.
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Question 1431 Mark
What criteria can be used to decide whether something is alive?
Answer
The criteria to decide whether something is alive is the movement.
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