Nutrition in Plant and Animals Worksheet-6

Nutrition in Plant and Animals Worksheet-6

1. The organisms which obtain food from the sources other than the self are called:

(a) Autotrophs                              (b) Producers

(c) Plants                                        (d) Heterotrophs

2. Process of conversion of carbon dioxide and water into starch and release of oxygen in the presence of sunlight is called:

(a) Respiration                              (b) Photosynthesis

(c) Digestion                                  (d) Peristalsis

3. The majority of digestion occurs in the first part of the small intestine called the _______. The second part is called the _____ and the third part is called the _______.

(a) Duodenum, jejunum, ileum

(b) Duodenum, ileum, jejunum

(c) Jejunum, duodenum, ileum

(d) Ileum, Jejunum, duodenum

4. I have many jobs. I make bile to help your stomach breakdown food. I also store nutrients your body needs. I also make antibodies to help you fight disease. What am I?

(a) Liver                                         (b) Pancreas

(c) Gall bladder                            (d) Rectum

5. I absorb the nutrients that your body needs from your food and I put it in your bloodstream so that your body can use it. What am I?

(a) Large intestine                        (b) Pancreas

(c) Small intestine                        (d) Appendix

6. Your body can't use every part of the food you eat. The waste comes to me, and I dry it out so it can leave your body. What am I?

(a) Large intestine                        (b) Pancreas

(c) Small intestine                        (d) Gall bladder

7. The regulation of water (osmoregulation) in amoeba takes place by :

(a) Vacuole                                    (b) Pseudopodium

(c) Tentacles                                  (d) None of these

8. Cows can digest grass which is rich in cellulose but animals can’t because:

(a) Cellulase enzyme is present in the stomach of cow which breaks down cellulose into simple carbohydrates

(b) The cellulose is digested in their intestine where cellulase is present which breaks down cellulose into simple carbohydrates

(c) Bacteria present in rumen of cows which helps them in digesting cellulose

(d) All of these

9. Part of our balance diet which is neither body building nor energy providing but still important for proper functioning of our body is

(a) Protein                                     (b) Carbohydrate

(c) Vitamin                                    (d) Fat

10. Ravi poured alcohol on a plant continuously for a long time. The plant could not prepare food on its own. What has happened?

(a) Alcohol dissolved the carbohydrates prepared by the plant

(b) Alcohol does not let the plant to absorb carbon dioxide from the air

(c) Alcohol dissolved all the minerals present in the plant

(d) Alcohol dissolved chlorophyll present in the plant

Answer Key:

1. (d)
2. (b)
3. (a)
4. (a)
5. (c)
6. (a)
7. (a)
8. (c)
9. (c)
10. (d)