Transportation

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Transportation: Overview

This topic covers concepts, such as, Transportation System in Organisms, Circulatory System in Human Beings, Companion Cells & Comparison of Xylem and Phloem etc.

Important Questions on Transportation

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Assertion: RBC plays an important role in the transport of respiratory gases.
Reason: RBC does not have cell organelles and nucleus.

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All the reptiles have a three-chambered heart.

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Which of the following animals possess a heart with two atria and a partially divided ventricle?

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Fill in the blank with the correct answer from the bracket.

Most of the reptiles have a _____ chambered heart. (two, three, four)

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Phloem cell wall is composed of _____ (lignin/cellulose).

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Xylem has a thick wall, having parenchyma as only living cell. 

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Which one of the following is correct for xylem and phloem?

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Write one difference between the transportation through the xylem and phloem.

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Companion cells facilitate loading of sucrose into sieve elements.

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Sieve elements are living cells that conduct the starch in vascular plants.

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Mature sieve elements lack _____ (nucleus/mitochondria).

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'X' have valves that allow blood to flow only in one direction. These also have wide lumen. 'Y' do not have valves. Name the blood vessel 'X'.

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The right auricle receives deoxygenated blood through _____.

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Activated partial _____ time is the test to detect cause of excess bleeding or lack of clotting of blood.

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Fill in the blank with the options provided in the bracket.

The right side of the heart contains _____ (pure, oxygenated, deoxygenated) blood.

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Give reasons for the following statements.

Mature RBC in mammals does not have cell organelles.

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What are the different types of blood vessels? Explain with the help of a diagram.

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Give one word for the following.
Instrument used to measure blood pressure.

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Blood in veins flow with _____ pressure. (high/ low)

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Auricles are also known as _____ (aorta/atrium).