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Chapter- 6 LIFE PROCESSES

Answer sheet-1

Try these questions:


1. Why is diffusion insufficient to meet the oxygen requirements of multicellular organisms like humans?
ANSWER: In multi-cellular organisms, all the cells may not be in direct contact with the surrounding
environment. Thus, simple diffusion will not meet the requirements of all the cells.
2. What criteria do we use to decide whether something is alive?
ANSWER: The living organism can be differentiated from the inanimate entities on various parameters of life
processes.
o Maintenance of living organism is essential even if they are moving, resting or even sleeping.
o The processes which together perform the function of maintenance of ‘life’ are called as life processes.
o Nutrition, respiration, circulation, excretion are examples of essential life processes.
o In unicellular organisms, all these processes are carried out by that single cell.
o In multicellular organisms, well-developed systems are present to carry out the processes.
3. What are outside raw materials used for by an organism?
ANSWER: If the body size of the organisms is to grow, additional raw material will also be needed from outside.
Since life on earth depends on carbon based molecules, most of these food sources are also carbon-based.
Depending on the complexity of these carbon sources, different organisms can then use different kinds of
nutritional processes. The outside sources of energy could be quite varied, since the environment is not under
the control of the individual organism. These sources of energy, therefore, need to be broken down or built up
in the body, and must be finally converted to a uniform source of energy that can be used for the various
molecular movements needed for maintaining living structures, as well as to the kind of molecules the body
needs to grow.
4. What processes would you consider essential for maintaining life?
ANSWER: Nutrition, respiration, circulation, excretion and control and co-ordination are the life processes
essential for maintaining life.
5. What are the differences between autotrophic nutrition and heterotrophic nutrition?
ANSWER:

In autotrophic nutrition, organisms prepare their In heterotrophic nutrition, organisms do not prepare
own food their own food
Autotrophs are the producers in the food chain Heterotrophs are the consumers in the food chain
Autotrophs use simple substances from surroundings Heterotrophs consume organic compounds
to produce food produced by the autotrophs
Example: Plants and some algae Example: Animals and some plants
6. Where do plants get each of the raw materials required for photosynthesis?
ANSWER: The following raw materials are required for photosynthesis:
i. Carbon Dioxide: Plants get CO2 from atmosphere through stomata.
ii. Water: Plants absorb water from soil through roots and transport to leaves.
iii. Sunlight: Sunlight, which is absorbed by the chlorophyll and other green parts of the plant.
7. Write the difference between saprophytic and parasitic mode of nutrition.
ANSWER:
Parasitic nutrition Saprophytic nutrition
The organism, which depends upon other organism for Grows on dead and decaying matter
its nourishment and growth, is known as parasite.
It has intracellular digestion. Shows extracellular digestion
It causes harm to the organism. Does not depend on living host
For eg: Cascutta, leech, For eg: Mushroom, yeast
8. What is the role of stomata in plant?
ANSWER: Stomata are tiny pores present on the surface of the leaves. Massive amounts of gaseous exchange
takes place in the leaves through these pores for the purpose of photosynthesis.
9. Define a) Parasite b) Host c) Saprophytes
ANSWER: a) Parasite: Some other organisms derive nutrition from plants or animals without killing them. Such
organism that derives their food from another host organism is called as parasite.
b) Host: The organism from which the nutrition is derived by the parasite is called the host.
c) Saprophytes: Some organisms break-down the food material outside the body and then absorb it. Such
organisms which derive their nutrition from dead and decaying matter are called as saprophytes.

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