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Animal nutrition - class-X

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Sundew is also known as 

  1. Dionaea

  2. Nepenthes

  3. Drosera

  4. Striga


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

A. Dionaea, also called as venus fly trap is an insectivorous parasitic plant native to the USA.

B. Nepenthes is known as pitcher plant which has a pitcher like structure to trap insects. 
C. Drosera is known as sundew plant is insectivorous plants with mucilaginous substance covering the leaf surfaces that resemble drops of morning dew.
D. Striga is known as witchweed is also a parasitic plant native to Africa and Asia.
So, the correct answer 'Drosera'.

Which one is not correctly matched?

  1. Mucor- Autotroph

  2. Orobanche- Root parasite

  3. Cuscuta- Stem parasite

  4. Drosera- Insectivore


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Mucor is a type of fungi, which is not an autotroph but is a saprophyte. It feeds on the dead and decaying matter.

So, the correct option is 'Mucor- Autotroph'.

A plant which manufactures its own food is

  1. Autotrophic

  2. Symbiotic

  3. Heterotrophic

  4. Saprophytic


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

A. The name autotroph is derived as "auto" means self and "troph" means feeding. so, the plants which can manufacture its own food are called as autotrophs. 

B. Symbiotic organisms are organisms which produce food by depending upon others for substances.
C. Heterotrophs are organisms which cannot produce their own food and depend on others for it.
D. Saprophytes are plants which obtain energy from dead and decaying matter.
So, the correct answer is 'Autotrophic'.

Which hormone is not found in plants?

  1. Gibberellin

  2. Auxin

  3. Cytokinin

  4. Glucagon


Correct Option: D

A plant that prepares its own food is

  1. Autotroph

  2. Parasite

  3. Epiphyte

  4. Saprophyte


Correct Option: A
Explanation:
  • Autotrophs are organisms, that can prepare their own food through the process of photosynthesis such as plants.
  • An epiphyte is used to refer to a plant, that grows on another plant but is not dependent on that plant for its nutrition. 
  • When an organism is nutritionally dependent on another organism, it is called parasitism. 
  • Saprophytes are organisms, that feed on dead organic matter.
  • Thus, option A is correct.

Plants which are unable to prepare their food wholly or partially are

  1. Autophytes

  2. Heterotrophs

  3. Halophytes

  4. Holophytes


Correct Option: B
Explanation:
  • Heterotrophs are unable to prepare their food wholly or partially and obtained food from the plant, called herbivores and from other animals, called as carnivores
  • Autophytes are the plants that can manufacture their own food. Halophytes are plants that grow in extremely saline conditions. 
  • Holophytes are the organism that prepares their food by photosynthesis.

Detritivores are the animals which obtain nutrients from the 

  1. Dead and decomposed matter in the soil

  2. Plants

  3. Animals

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

A detritivore is a heterotrophic organism, which obtains its nutrition by feeding on detritus. Detritus is the organic matter made up of dead plant and animal material. So, the correct option is 'Dead and decomposed matter in the soil'.

Various steps of human nutrition are in the order 

  1. Ingestion, egestion, digestion, absorption and assimilation

  2. Ingestion, egestion, assimilation, absorption and assimilation

  3. Ingestion, assimilation, digestion, absorption and egestion

  4. Ingestion, digestion, absorption, assimilation and egestion


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

  • There are five steps in the process of Nutrition in animals. 
  1. Ingestion: The process of taking in food into the body is called Ingestion.
  2. Digestion- It involves the break down of nutrients such as proteins into amino acids, carbohydrates into starch and fats into fatty acids and glycerol.
  3. Absorption- It involves the absorption of nutrients from the food by blood.
  4. Assimilation- It involves the process of transporting nutrients and water to all parts of the body by blood.
  5. Egestion- It involves the disposal of waste food out from the body. Hence, Various steps of human nutrition are in the order are  Ingestion, digestion, absorption, assimilation and egestion.
So, the correct answer is 'Ingestion, digestion, absorption, assimilation and egestion'.

In single celled animals the food is taken

  1. By the entire body surface

  2. Mouth

  3. Teeth

  4. Vacuoles


Correct Option: A

Which mode is used by snakes for taking food?

  1. Swallowing

  2. Chewing

  3. Sucking

  4. Biting


Correct Option: A
Explanation:
Snakes are carnivores. They eat their food by mechanism of swallowing. it is the process that allows for a substance to pass from the mouth, to the pharynx and into esophagus. Swallowing is done by raking with the lower jaw until the prey is far enough back to be helped down by body undulations.
So, the correct answer is 'Swallowing'.

The animals that consume plants as food are called as

  1. Herbivores.

  2. Saprophytes.

  3. Carnivores.

  4. Omnivores.


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Herbivores are animals that consume plants as their food. Herbivores are at second level of food chain and are considered primary consumers.

The breakdown of complex components of food into simple ones is called as

  1. Respiration

  2. Digestion

  3. Excretion

  4. Absorption


Correct Option: B
Explanation:
Digestion is the process of conversion of complex food substances into simpler absorbable substances. It is carried out by our digestive system by mechanical and biochemical methods.
So, the correct answer is 'Digestion'.

Animal nutrition does not include which of the following?

  1. Mode of intake

  2. Cooking of food

  3. Nutrient requirement

  4. Utilization in the body


Correct Option: B
Explanation:
Animal nutrition include mode of intake of food, nutrient requirement of the body, and its utilization in the body. Cooking of food is not included in animal nutrition. Food is cooked on flame outside the body of the animal. Human being consume cooked food. 
So, the correct answer is 'Cooking of food'.

The process of expelling of food in amoeba 

  1. Egestion

  2. Digestion

  3. Nutrition

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: A
Explanation:
When a sufficient amount of undigested food gets collected in the food vacuole, it is thrown out of the body by rupturing cell membrane. The process of removal of undigested food from the body is called egestion.
So, the correct option is 'Egestion'.

 The animals that feed by straining suspended matter and food particles from water is known as

  1. Filter feeders

  2. Detritivores

  3. Fungivores

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Suspended food (phytoplankton, zooplankton, algae and other water-borne nutrients and particles) are trapped in the mucus of a gill, and from there are transported to the mouth, where they are eaten, digested and expelled as faeces or pseudofeces.


So, the correct option is 'Filter feeders'.

Which of the following animals are involved in the fluid feeding mode?

  1. Honey bees

  2. Amoeba

  3. Cow

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Fluid-feeding insects, such as butterflies, moths, and flies (20% of all animal species), are faced with the common selection pressure of having to remove and feed on trace amounts of fluids from porous surfaces. 

So, the correct option is 'Honey Bees".

Which of the following phenomena helps in the degradation of complex substances of food into simpler ones?

  1. Digestion

  2. Ingestion

  3. Excretion

  4. Assimilation


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The process in the alimentary canal by which food is broken up physically, as by the action of the teeth, and chemically, as by the action of enzymes, and converted into a substance suitable for absorption and assimilation into the body.


So, the correct option is 'Digestion'.


Animals that feed discontinuously

  1. exhibit extremely rapid digestion

  2. must have digestive tracts that permit storage

  3. are able to avoid predators by limiting their feeding time

  4. both (b) and (c)


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

  • Continuous feeders: That must "eat" constantly because the food is taken in and then pushed out soon afterwards are called continuous feeders. Most of these animals either are permanently attached to something (such as clams or mussels) or are very slow moving.
  • Discontinuous feeders: Consume larger meals and store the ingested food for later digestion. These animals generally are more active and can avoid predators. Hence, the animals that feed discontinuously must have digestive tracts that permit storage and are able to avoid predators by limiting their feeding time.
So, the correct answer is 'both (b) and (c).

Which functional feeding groups are involved in the process of in-stream physical breakdown of coarse material into fine particulate organic matter?

  1. Collector filterers

  2. Shredders

  3. Grazers

  4. Collector gatherers


Correct Option: B

Birds take nectar by ________

  1. Chewing

  2. Swallowing

  3. Sucking

  4. Biting


Correct Option: C
Explanation:
Birds take nectar by sucking it from the flowers. Birds that suck have slender, curved bills whose tongue are long and slender. When bird pokes its bills into the flower and extends its tongue, the straw-like tip will automatically take up some of the nectar through capillary action.
So, the correct answer is 'Sucking'.
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