...How Nutituous is Your Food?

Question 1 to 20  Nutrituous Food

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1.  Nutrition includes the study of _____________.      the organism food      process of digestion      all of the above

2.  Organisms that synthesise their own food are called _________________.      sulphur bacteria      green plants      purple-sulphur bacteria      autotrophs

3.  Amoeba feeds with the help of _______________.      pseudopodia      tentacles      food vacuole      none of the above

4.  Example of chemosynthetic bacteria are _____________.      nitrobacter      sulphur bacteria      cyanobacteria

5.  An example of a fluid feeder is __________________.      earthworm      aphid      amoeba

6.  In saprophytes, food is digested ______________.      within the cells      in the digestive tract      outside the cells

7.  Parotid gland is a /an_______________.      gastric gland      intestinal gland      salivary gland

8.  An enzyme that acts only in an acidic medium is ______.      pepsin      trypsin      amylase

9.  Coprophagy refers to feeding on ________________.      decomposing matter      dead matter      faeces

10.  Absorption is maximum in the small intestine because of ___________.      the presence of villi      its thin walls      All of the above

11.  Pyloric valve is present in the _____________.      liver      stomach      intestine

12.  In the mouth the food is formed into __________.      chyme      bolus      pellets

13.  An example of a herbivore is ___________.      hydra      amoeba      grasshopper

14.  Appendix is a part of _________.      ileum      duodenum      caecum

15.  The three portions of the small intestine, in the correct order, are       _____________.      duodenum, jejunum, ileum      colon, caecum, rectum      rectum, colon, jejunum

16.  The enzyme that is secreted in an inactive form is _______.      ptayalin      trypsin      lipase      rennin

17.  Exchange of gases in higher plants takes place through _____________.      Stem      Lenticels      Roots      Stomata

18.  Insectivorous plants grow in soil deficient in _________.      Calcium      Phosphorous      Water      Nitrogen

19.  Photosynthesis is _______________.      a carbolic reaction      an energy releasing reaction      a catabolic reaction      an anabolic reaction

20.  The molecules known as the energy currency of the cell are       ________________.      NAD      ATP      NADP      ADP

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