WORKSHEET -1 CLASS: X –A&B SUB-{BIO} [ SA – I ] MAX: 10 MARKS CHAPTER-1: LIFE PROCESS 2: CONTROL&CORDINATION Q1: what is the mode of nutrition in fungi ? [1] ANS: Fungi have a heterotrophic mode of nutrition.---1 Q2:Write the functions of the liver& pancreas ?[2] ANS: FUNCTION OF LIVER: Liver secretes bile which contains bile pigments & bile salts. The bile is stored in the gall bladder & secreted into the duodonum through common duct .----1 FUNCTIONS OF PANCREAS: The pancreas is both endocrine & exocrine gland. The region secretes sodium bicarbonate and many digestive enzymes. The endocrine region of pancreas secrete hormones like insulin & glucagon.----1 Q3: “RESPIRATION “ is a vital function of the body . justify?[3] ANS: We know that the respiration involves catabolism or oxidative break down of digested food to release energy in the form of ATP----1 This energy is required to carry out all the vital biochemical activities of the body such as beating of heart ,function of brain ,movement,Reproduction & almost all the function of the organism. Thus ,respiration is a vital function of the body .-----2 Q4: Name the largest artery in our body ? [1] ANS: Aorta-----1 Q5: Name the part of the body responsible for excretion in the following:[1] 1: amoeba 2: earthworm? ANS: 1: AMOEBA: cell membrane & contractile vacuole .---1/2 EARTHWORM : Nephridia ----1/2 Q6: What is “ translocation “ ? why is it essential for plants? Where in plants are the following synthesised ?[2] [1] Sugar [2] Hormones ANS: TRANSLOCATION : Transport of organic nutreints prepare in the leaves to other parts of the plants is known as translocation.----1/2 TRANSLOCATION IS NECESSARY : For plants in oder to supply food materials to all parts of the plants . Non green cells which do not synthesise food get organic nutrients by the process of translocation. The food is oxidised to release energy which is needed by all parts of the plants to do their activities:----1/2 Sugar:-sugar are synthesised in green leaves. ---1/2 Hormones :- Hormones aren synthesised in meristemetic cells of stem tips & root tips . ---1/2