Chp-6 Life processes Flashcards
How do we distinguish between living things and An non living thing
On the basis of reproduction, growth, senses, respiration, movement, consumption, stimuli, evaluation and homoeostasis
Define homoeostasis
The definition of homeostasis is the ability or tendency to maintain internal stability in an organism to compensate for environmental changes.
Why is molecular movements needed for life
Living organisms have well organised structures; we can have tissues, tissues can have some, and cells have smaller components. Because of the effects of the environment, this organised, order nature of living structure is likely to keep breaking down over time. If order breaks down, the, organism will no longer be alive. So living creatures must keep repairing and maintaining their structures. Since all the structures are made up of molecules, they must move molecules around all the time.
Explain Parasitic nutrition
The parasitic nutrition is that nutrition in which an organism derives its food from the body of another living organism called host without killing it.
_ Parasite: an organism which feeds on another living organism
_Host: the organism from whose body food is obtained by a parasite
_Parasite receives its food from the host but gives no benefit to the host in return. Parasite usually has the host. The host will be a plant or animal.
_Parasitic mode of nutrition is a observed in several fungi, bacteria, a few plans like cuscuta and mistletoe and some animals like Plasmodium, round warm, ticks , leeches, lice, etc
_ Most of the diseases which affect mankind domestic animals and his crops a cost of parasites.
_ The micro organism plasmodium causes. Malaria and round warm live inside the body of man and domestic animals
Define life processes and all the important life processes
The processes which together perform job of maintenance and repairing and prevent damage and Break down of body and its function, using the energy are called life processes.
Nutrition is the process of transfer of source of energy from outside the organisms body to inside. It is the process that involves intaking of food and utilising it for various metabolic activities
Transportation is the process in which food is transported to Every cell of the body through blood by the circulatory system
The process of acquiring oxygen from outside body, and using it in the process of breakdown of food sources for the cellular means, is called respiration. In this oxidation of food takes place inside every cell of the body
The process in which the waste products are removed from the body and discarded outside is called excretion
How is life on the earth depend on carbon-based molecules
Food is made up of carbon-based molecules such as carbohydrates fats and proteins. Carbohydrates and fats provide energy while proteins are required for bodybuilding, repair and maintenance
Why do single felled organism not require specific organs for taking in the food, or exchange of the gases
In unicellular organisms like amoeba, all the life processes take place through the entire surface of the cell because the entire surface is in the contact with the environment and life process can take place by simple diffusion while in multi cellular organisms all the cells man not been the direct contact with the surrounding medium And so the required specific organs.
What is the branch of Biology that deals with the study of life processes are vital activities
Physiology
Why is molecular movement absent in virus when it is outside the host cell
When outside the living cells, virus is behave as a nonliving do not show any molecular movement. But when it enters inside a living cell It takes over the metabolic machinery of the host cell for the synthesis of proteins, multiplication of genetic material that had all the information, necessary to produce new viruses
Define nutrients
Nutrients Are organic or in organic materials which organism Obtains from its surrounding and use it it as a source of energy or for biosynthesis of its body constituents like tissues and organs
What are enzymes and hormones
Enzymes are biocatalyst Which break down complex Organic compounds into simpler ones. The release through Exocrine gland
Hormones are chemical messengers that she leaves messages directly into bloodstream through endocrine gland
Define autotrophic nutrition, autotrophs heterotrophs and heterotrophic nutrition
It is the process by which organisms takein simple inorganic substances lik CO2 and H2O and use them to synthesise organic molecules and then convert them into stored forms of energy.
- For eg Corn is a food because corn cob has been made by corn plants by process of photosynthesis (extra starch)
- Organism which can make their own food from inorganic substances present in the environment called autotrophs(producers) , For eg green plants and autotrophic bacteria.
_Heteros - other and trophe- nutrition
_The mode of nutrition in which organisms Cannot synthesise its own food from simple in organic materials and THUSderive the nutrition by taking ready-made food, from other dead plants and animal is heterotrophic. (Consumers)
-The organisms which cannot make their own food from simple in organic substances like carbon dioxide and water and depend on other other organism for food are called heterotrophs. For example yeast.
Define photosynthesis
Photosynthesis is the process of preparing organic food, carbohydrates, by combining carbon dioxide and water using solar energy by chlorophyll pigments
Describe holozoic mode of nutrition
Holozoic nutrition means feeding on solid food. The holozoic nutrition is that nutrition in which an organism takes the complex organic food material into its body by the process of ingestion, the ingested food is digested into simpler substances and then absorbed into the blood cells of the organism. The undigested and unabsorbed the part of the food is thrown out by egestion
For eg- Venus fly trap and pitcher plant
Where does the first true and the oxygenic photosynthesis start
Cyanobacteria (blue green algae). 90% of the total photosynthesis is carried out by hydrophytes ; mostly marine algae
What are the requirements for photosynthesis
Sunlight, photosynthetic pigment, carbon dioxide, water
Why is leaf first boiled in hot water n then dip in warm be denatured spirit
boiled- to kill, and to break the cell membranes of leaf cells and make the leadf more permeable to iodine soln, so that it reach the starch present inside the leaf cells.
Denatured spirit-Remove chloro Phil that interferes in the test for starch it with green colour
Explain saprophytic mode of nutrition
_Saprophytic nutrition is that nutrition in which an organism obtains its food from decaying organic matter of dead plants, dead animals and rotten bread, etc.
_Sapro means rotten, so saprophytes are the organisms which obtain their food from dead plants, dead and decaying animal bodies and other decaying organic matters.
_Fungi like bread mould, mushrooms, yea teaAnd many bacteria as a call saprophytes.
_ Saprophytes break down the complex organic material present in dead and decaying matter and convert them into simpler substances outside the body and then absorbed the simpler substances
True or false- Photosynthetic pigments absorb all the lights.
Falls; photosynthetic pigments absorb only white light from electromagnetic spectrum which consist of Vibgyor
What are variegated leaves
The leaves containing both green and non-green parts. For example croton or money plant
Why is potassium hydroxide used during the experiment of demonstration that carbon dioxide is necessary for photosynthesis
It is because potassium hydroxide is used to absorb carbon dioxide
True or false
Desert plants take up carbon dioxide at night
True; desert plants take up carbon dioxide at night and prepare an intermediate which is acted upon by the energy absorbed by the chlorophyll during the day and forms glucose
How do aquatic plants obtain carbon dioxide
An aquatic plants, carbon dioxide is obtained from the water where it remains present in the dissolved form. Such plants absorb carbon dioxide in the dissolved form to diffusion, all over the surface from the surrounding water
What are stomata and what are it’s functions
Stomata is a tiny pores or microscopic aperture On the surface of leaves Guarded by two kidney shaped or bean shaped shaped guard cells
Massive amount of gas exchange takes place in leaves through stomata. Exchange of gases also occurs across the surface of stem and roots. Transpiration also takes place through stomata.