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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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