Explain the process of nutrition in Amoeba.
Amoeba is a unicellular organism which has the ability to alter its shape by extending pseudopods. They show a holozoic type of nutrition in which the food is taken in by the entire surface. But when the organism becomes complex, special parts of the body get developed to perform different functions. Holozoic nutrition involves following steps:
1. Ingestion:- They take in food by using a temporary finger-like extension of the cell surface called pseudopodia, which fuses over the food particles by forming food vacuole.
2. Digestion:- Inside the food vacuole, complex substances get broken down into the simpler ones by enzymes for the digestion which then diffuses into the water.
3. Absorption:- After the digestion process, nutrients enter into the cytoplasm through the osmosis process.
4. Assimilation:- These nutrients are utilized by the cells for performing various activities.
5. Egestion:- The remaining undigested material is moved to the surface of the cell and thrown out.
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Why is diffusion insufficient to meet the oxygen requirements of multi-cellular organisms like humans?
How is the amount of urine produced regulated?
What criteria do we use to decide whether something is alive?
What are the different ways in which glucose is oxidised to provide energy in various organisms?
The breakdown of pyruvate to give carbon dioxide, water and energy takes place in
(a) cytoplasm. (c) chloroplast.
(b) mitochondria. (d) nucleus.
What are the differences between autotrophic nutrition and heterotrophic nutrition?
What are outside raw materials used for by an organism?
What would be the consequences of a deficiency of haemoglobin in our bodies?
What are the components of the transport system in highly organised plants?
What advantage over an aquatic organism does a terrestrial organism have with regard to obtaining oxygen for respiration?
Did Döbereiner’s triads also exist in the columns of Newlands’ Octaves? Compare and find out.
What is a good source of energy?
What are trophic levels? Give an example of a food chain and state the different trophic levels in it.
What changes can you make in your habits to become more environment-friendly?
What is the difference between a reflex action and walking?
What is the importance of DNA copying in reproduction?
If a trait A exists in 10% of a population of an asexually reproducing species and a trait B exists in 60% of the same population, which trait is likely to have arisen earlier?
Why should a magnesium ribbon be cleared before burning in air?
Define the principal focus of a concave mirror.
You have been provided with three test tubes. One of them contains distilled water and the other two contain an acidic solution and a basic solution, respectively. If you are given only red litmus paper, how will you identify the contents of each test tube?
Which of the following pairs will give displacement reactions?
(a) NaCl solution and copper metal
(b) MgCl2 solution and aluminium metal
(c) FeSO4 solution and silver metal
(d) AgNO3 solution and copper metal.
What precaution should be taken to avoid the overloading of domestic electric circuits?
Name two energy sources that you would consider to be renewable. Give reasons for your choices.
How many 176 Ω resistors (in parallel) are required to carry 5 A on a 220 V line?
What effect does the concentration of H+(aq) ions have on the nature of the solution?
Draw a schematic diagram of a circuit consisting of a battery of three cells of 2 V each, a 5 Ω resistor, an 8 Ω resistor, and a 12 Ω resistor, and a plug key, all connected in series.
A positively-charged particle (alpha-particle) projected towards west is deflected towards north by a magnetic field. The direction of magnetic field is
(a) towards south (b) towards east
(c) downward (d) upward
Write one equation each for decomposition reactions where energy is supplied in the form of heat, light or electricity.
What are the advantages and disadvantages of using a solar cooker? Are there places where solar cookers would have limited utility?
Why is variation beneficial to the species but not necessarily for the individual?