Green plants are called because they make their own food. (autotrophs/ heterotrophs)
Important Questions on Nutrition - Food Supplying System
Food is broken down in the alimentary canal into smaller molecules:
(a) What is the importance of HCl in the stomach of man?
(b) What is the role of Bile Salts in the Emulsification of Fats?
Answer the following:
A rabbit has a longer small intestine than a tiger. Give scientific reason.
Name the following:
The first enzyme to mix with food in the digestive tract
Hari had a problem with carbohydrate, protein and fat metabolism in his body:
a) Name the element he must include in his diet to overcome this problem.
b) Give one symptom of the deficiency disease caused in the above.
Answer the following:
Write a point of difference between parasites and saprophytes.
Assertion (A): No carbon dioxide is released during the day in plants.
Reason (R): Only photosynthesis occurs during the day.
Write the name of pigment found in leaf of green plants.
What is photosynthesis? Write any three factors that affect photosynthesis.
Draw the diagram of open and closed stomata and label:
a) chloroplast
b) guard cells
