1. Distinguish between a parasite and a saprophyte.

2. Give a brief description of the process of synthesis

of food in green plants.
3. Fill in the blanks:
(a) Green plants are called _________________ since they
synthesise their own food.
(b) The food synthesised by plants is stored as
_________________.
4. Name the following:
i) A plant that is partially autotrophic.
ii) The pores through which leaves exchange gases.

5. Why do farmers grow many fruits and vegetable

crops inside large greenhouses? What are the
advantages to the farmers?
6. Fill in the blanks:
(a) The largest gland in the human body is __________.
(c) The stomach releases hydrochloric acid and
___________ juices which act on food.
(d) The inner wall of the small intestine has many
finger-like outgrowths called _________.
7. Mark ‘T’ if the statement is true and ‘F’ if it is false:
(a) The tongue helps in mixing food with saliva. (T/F)
(b) The ruminants bring back swallowed grass into their
mouth and chew it for some time. (T/F)
 8. Match the items of Column I with those given in
Column II:
Column- I Column- II
Food components Product(s) of digestion
Carbohydrates Fatty acids and glycerol
Proteins Sugar
Fats Amino acids

9. Where is the bile produced? Which component of

the food does it help to digest?
10. Name the type of carbohydrate that can be
digested by ruminants but not by humans. Give the
reason also.
11. Write one similarity and one difference
between nutrition in amoeba and human beings.
12. Match the items of Column I with suitable
items in Column II
Column-I Column-II
a) Salivary gland (i) Bile juice secretion
b) Stomach (ii) Storage of undigested
food
c) Liver (iii) Saliva secretion
d) Rectum (iv) Acid release
e) Small intestine (v) Digestion is completed
f) Large intestine (vi) Absorption of water
(vii) Release of faeces

13. What is meant by the following terms? (i)

Rearing (ii) Shearing (iii) Sericulture
14. Match the words of Column I with those given
in Column II:
Column-I Column-I
1. Scouring (a) Yields silk fibres
2. Mulberry leaves (b) Wool yielding animal
3. Yak (c) Food of silkworm
4. Cocoon (d) Reeling
(e) Cleaning sheared skin
15. State similarities and differences between the
laboratory thermometer and the clinical
thermometer.
16. Fill in the blanks :
(a) The hotness of an object is determined by its
__________.
(b) Temperature of boiling water cannot be measured
by a _____________ thermometer.
(c) Temperature is measured in degree ______________.

17. Match the following : (d) night

Column-I Column-II
(i) Land breeze blows during (a) summer
(ii) Sea breeze blows during (b) winter
(iii) Dark coloured clothes (c) day
are preferred during
(iv) Light coloured clothes (d) night
are preferred during
18. In places of hot climate it is advised that the
outer walls of houses be painted white. Explain.
19. Discuss why wearing more layers of clothing
during winter keeps us warmer than wearing just
one thick piece of clothing.
20. Tick the correct answer:
(a) Cuscuta is an example of:
(i) autotroph
(ii) parasite
(iii) saprotroph
(iv) host
(b) The plant which traps and feeds on insects is:
(i) Cuscuta
(ii) china rose
(iii) pitcher plant
(iv) rose