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Question 1011 Mark
Why is diffusion insufficient to meet the oxygen requirements of multicellular organisms like humans?
Answer
As in multicellular organisms, all the cells are not in direct contact with environment, simple diffusion does not meet the requirement of all the body cells to get sufficient oxygen.
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Question 1021 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 1041 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 1051 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 1061 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 1071 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 1081 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 1091 Mark
In which type of respiration, aerobic or anaerobic, more energy is released?
Answer
Aerobic respiration.
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Question 1101 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 1111 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 1121 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 1131 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 1201 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 1211 Mark
Name two inorganic substances which are used by autotrophs to make food.
Answer
Carbon dioxide and Water.
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Question 1221 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 1231 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 1251 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 1271 Mark
Name the following:
The process in plants which converts light energy into chemical energy.
Answer
Photosynthesis.
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Question 1281 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 1291 Mark
Which organelle acts as the site of photosynthesis?
Answer
In plants, photosynthesis takes place in chloroplasts, which contain the chlorophyll. Chloroplasts are surrounded by a double membrane and contain a third inner membrane, called the thylakoid membrane, that forms long folds within the organelle.
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Question 1311 Mark
Name the two types of transport systems in the human beings.
Answer
Blood circulatory system and lymphatic system.
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Question 1331 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 1361 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 1381 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 1391 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 1411 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 1421 Mark
In following situation what happens to the rate of photosynthesis?
Cloudy days.
Answer
Cloudy Days: Photosynthesis is reduced due to low light intensity.
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Question 1431 Mark
Name the instrument used to measure blood pressure.
Answer

Sphygmomanometer, device used to measure blood pressure, It has a cuff which is tied on the arm of the patient and then the blood pressure is monitored by observing the rise and fall in the mercury level.
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Question 1441 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 1451 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 1461 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 1471 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 1481 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 1491 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 1501 Mark
Name one substance which is produced in anaerobic respiration by an organism but not in aerobic respiration.
Answer
Ethanol.
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