Ch-1- Nutrition in Plants

1. The process involved in taking food and its utilization by an organism is

known as ______.
(a) Nutrition
(b) Photosynthesis
(c) Respiration
(d) Digestion

2. Which energy is stored in the food material?

(a) Solar energy
(b) Chemical energy
(c) Physical energy
(d) Light energy

3. _____ is the ultimate source of energy for all living organisms.

(a) land
(b) Sun
(c) Water
(d) Food

4 Which of the following nutrients is a component of food?

(a) Water
(b) Protein
(c) Vitamin
(d) All of these

5. ______ is a source of energy for all living organisms?

(a) Water
(b) Food
(c) Wood
(d) Both a and b

6. We all need _____ to perform various activities.

(a) Fruits
(b) Water
(c) Energy
(d) Sunlight

7. Food is broken down into _____ and _____ molecules inside our bodies.
(a) Smaller and insoluble
(b) larger and soluble
(c) Smaller and soluble
(d) Large and insoluble
8. What is released when smaller molecules react with oxygen inside the cell?
(a) Hydrogen
(b) Light
(c) Energy
(d) Methane

9. _____ is the primary source of energy.

(a) Water
(b) Oxygen
(c) Sunlight
(d) Food

10. By which of the following ways does food helps living organisms?
(a) Helps in growth
(b) By providing energy
(c) Helps in reproduction
(d) All of these

Topic 2 – Modes of nutrition

1. What does auto means in autotrophs?

(a) Other
(b) Self
(c) Light
(d) Nourishment
2. What does troph means in heterotrophs?
(a) Starvation
(b) Nourishment
(c) Other
(d) Self

3. The green plant or the animal which provides the food is called_______.
(a) Insect
(b) Host
(c) Parasite
(d) Picher plant
4. Which of the following can be included under the mode of saprophytic
nutrition?
(a) Mistletoe
(b) Mushroom
(c) Lichen
(d) Fungi

5. Which of the following food items is not derived from plants?

(a) Rice
(b) Wheat
(c) Cheese
(d) Fruits

6. Which one of the following cannot be categorized under heterotrophs?

(a) Lion
(b) Non-green plants
(c) Human beings
(d) None of these

7. Which one of the following is the largest flower in the world?

(a) Rafflesia
(b) Iris
(c) Daffodils
(d) Orchid

8. Which of the following is the category of the nutrition mode used by most
green plants?
(a) Autotrophic nutrition
(b) Saprophytic nutrition
(c) Heterotrophic nutrition
(d) Insectivorous nutrition

9. Which of the following is not a nutrition mode in most of green plants?

(a) Parasitic nutrition
(b) Heterotrophic nutrition
(c) Autotrophic nutrition
(d) Both a and b

10. Autotrophs are known as _____ of food.

(a) Eliminators
(b) Producers
(c) Abolishers
(d) Eradicators

11. The mode of nutrition in heterotrophs is known as _______.

(a) Parasitic nutrition
(b) Insectivorous nutrition
(c) Heterotrophic nutrition
(d) Autotrophic nutrition

12. Which of the following is a type of heterotroph?

(a) Carnivores
(b) Herbivores
(c) Omnivores
(d) All of these

13. Which of the following comes under the category of herbivores?

(a) Grasshopper
(b) Jackal
(c) Hawk
(d) None of these

14. Which of the following is an example of carnivores?

(a) Sparrow
(b) Mynah
(c) beer
(d) Hawk

15. Which of the following is an example of Omnivores?

(a) Ant
(b) Lizard
(c) Camel
(d) Jackal
16. Which of the following is obtained from plants?
(a) Cheese
(b) Pulses
(c) Curd
(d) None of these

17. Cuscuta (Amarbel) is an example of ______.

(a) Partially parasitic
(b) Totally parasitic
(c) Autotrophs
(d) heterotrophs

Ch-2 Nutrition in Animals

1. Fill in the blanks

(a)The main steps of nutrition in humans are __________, __________,

__________, _________ and __________.
(b) 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 _________.

(e) Amoeba digests its food in the ____________.

2. Given below from (i) to (iv) are some food items.

(i) Boiled and mashed potato

(ii) Glucose solution

(iii) A slice of bread

(iv) Mustard oil

3. Which of the above will give a blue-black colour when tested with iodine?

(a) (i) and (ii)

(b) (i) and (iii)

(c) (ii) and (iii)

 (d) (iii) and (iv)

4. Mark ‘T’ if the statement is true and ‘F’ if it is false

(a) Digestion of starch starts in the stomach. (T/F)

(b) The tongue helps in mixing food with saliva. (T/F)

(c) The gall bladder temporarily stores bile. (T/F)

(d) The ruminants bring back swallowed grass into their mouth and chew it
for some time. (T/F)

5. Read carefully the terms given below. Which of the following sets is the
correct combination of organs that do not perform digestive functions?

(a) Oesophagus, Large Intestine, Rectum

(b) Buccal cavity, Oesophagus, Rectum

(c) Buccal cavity, Oesophagus, Large Intestine

(d) Small Intestine, Large Intestine, Rectum

6. Which part of the digestive canal is involved in:

(a) absorption of food ________________

(b) chewing of food ________________

(c) killing of bacteria ________________

(d) complete digestion of food ________________

(e) formation of faeces ________________

7. Read the following statements about the villi of the small intestine.

(i) They have very thin walls.

(ii) They have a network of thin and small blood vessels close to the surface.

(iii) They have small pores through which food can easily pass.

(iv) They are finger-like projections.

Identify those statements which enable the villi to absorb digested food.

(a) (i), (ii) and (iv)

(b) (ii), (iii) and (iv)

(c) (iii) and (iv)

(d) (i) and (iv)

8. Fill in the blanks using the words listed below. water, front, intestinal, salts,
pseudopodia, back, vacuole

(a) The digestion of all food components is completed by the ____________

juice.

(b) Large intestine absorbs ___________ and some __________from the

undigested food.

(c) Tongue is attached at the _____________ to the floor of the mouth cavity
and is free at the _____________

(d) Amoeba pushes out _____________ around the food and traps it in a
food _____________.
9. Choose the odd one out from each group and give reasons.

(a) Liver, salivary gland, starch, gallbladder

(b) Stomach, liver, pancreas, salivary gland

(c) Tongue, absorption, taste, swallow

(d) Oesophagus, small intestine, large intestine, rectum

10. Tick (√) mark the correct answer in each of the following:

(a) Fat is completely digested in the

(i) stomach (ii) mouth (iii) small intestine (iv) large intestine

(b) Water from the undigested food is absorbed mainly in the

(i) stomach (ii) food pipe (iii) small intestine (iv) large intestine

11. Choose the correct order of terms that describes the process of

nutrition in ruminants.

(a) Swallowing → partial digestion → chewing of Cud →

complete digestion

(b) Chewing of Cud → swallowing → partial digestion →

complete digestion

(c) Chewing of Cud → swallowing → mixing with digestive

juices → digestion

(d) Swallowing → chewing and mixing → partial digestion

→ complete digestion

12. The false feet of Amoeba is used for

(a) Movement only.

 (b) Capture of food only.

(c) Capture of food and movement.

(d) Exchange of gases only.

13. The false feet of Amoeba is used for

(a) Movement only.

(b) Capture of food only.

(c) Capture of food and movement.

(d) Exchange of gases only.