LIFE PROCESSES

1) Define the following terms

a) Transpiration pull
b) Translocation
c) Osmotic pressure
d) Hemodialysis
e) Residual volume
f) Enzymes
g) Emulsification of fats
h) Peristalsis

2) Differentiate between the following
a) Saprophytic nutrition and parasitic nutrition
b) Pepsin and trypsin
c) Small intestine and large intestine
d) Anaerobic respiration in yeast and anaerobic respiration in the muscles
e) Single circulation and double circulation
f) Artery and vein
g) Blood and lymph

3) Give scientific reasons:
a) Large scale afforestation increases the oxygen level in the atmosphere
b) It is not advisable to breathe through your mouth.
c) The mammalian heart is four chambered, in comparison to an amphibian or a
reptilian heart, which is only three chambered.
d) In spite of the kidneys making 180 litres of filtrate each day, an average adult
secretes only 1.5 litres of urine per day.
e) In the human heart, the atrial wall is much thinner than the ventricular wall.

4) Draw flow charts to depict the following processes
a) The flow of air through the respiratory system
b) The flow of blood from the heart to the body
c) The process of purification of blood in the nephron.
d) The process of digestion of food.
e) transport of water in plant
f) transport of food through phloem


5) Draw neat labeled diagrams of the following:
a) Cross section of the leaf
b) Open stomata
c) Nutrition in amoeba
d) Human respiratory system
e) Sectional view of the human heart
f) Human excretory system
g) Nephron
i) Human digestive system