NCERT PRACTICE QUESTIONS
1. Why does an athlete breathe faster and deeper than usual after finishing the race?
Ans.- Athletes need a lot of energy during the race, and for the release of energy, they need a lot of oxygen, therefore they breathe faster than usual after finishing the race so that demand of extra oxygen can be fulfilled.
2. List the similarities and differences between aerobic and anaerobic respiration.
Ans.- Similarity- In both kinds of respiration, anabolic pathway occur.
Differences
Aerobic respiration | Anaerobic respiration |
Takes place in the presence of Oxygen | Takes place in the absence of Oxygen |
End products are CO2 and H2O | End products are CO2 and alcohol |
Produces a large amount of energy | The energy released is less when compared to aerobic respiration |
It occurs in most plants and animals | Occurs in yeast and some bacteria |
3. Why do we often sneeze when we inhale a lot of dust-laden air?
Ans.- When we inhale dust containing air, the dust irritates the nose and as a reflexive action, dust is thrown out of nose through sneezing.
4. Take three test-tubes. Fill ¾th of each with water. Label them A, B and C. Keep a snail in test-tube A, a water plant in test-tube B and in C, keep snail and plant both. Which test-tube would have the highest concentration of CO2 ?
Ans.- Test tube A will have the highest concentration of CO2 because test-tube A will have Snail which expels out CO2 into the tube. In tube C, there is a plant which will inhale CO2 to decrease CO2 concentration in the tube C.
5. Tick the correct answer:
(a) In cockroaches, air enters the body through
(i) lungs (ii) gills (iii) spiracles (iv) skin
(b) During heavy exercise, we get cramps in the legs due to the accumulation of
(i) carbon dioxide (ii) lactic acid (iii) alcohol (iv) water
(c) Normal range of breathing rate per minute in an average adult person at rest is:
(i) 9–12 (ii) 15–18 (iii) 21–24 (iv) 30–33
(d) During exhalation, the ribs
(i) move outwards (ii) move downwards (iii) move upwards (iv) do not move at all
Ans.- a) (iii) spiracles b) (ii) lactic acid c) (ii) 15–18 d) (ii) move downwards
6. Match the items in Column I with those in Column II:
Ans.-
Column I | Column II |
(a) Yeast | (iii) Alcohol |
(b) Diaphragm | (iv) Chest cavity |
(c) Skin | (i) Earthworm |
(d) Leaves | (v) Stomata |
(e) Fish | (ii) Gills |
(f) Frog | (vi) Lungs and skin |
7. Mark ‘T’ if the statement is true and ‘F’ if it is false:
(i) During heavy exercise the breathing rate of a person slows down. (T/F)
(ii) Plants carry out photosynthesis only during the day and respiration only at night. (T/F)
(iii) Frogs breathe through their skins as well as their lungs. (T/F)
(iv) The fishes have lungs for respiration. (T/F)
(v) The size of the chest cavity increases during inhalation. (T/F)
Ans.- i) False ii) False iii) True iv) False v) True
8. Given below is a square of letters in which are hidden different words related to respiration in organisms. These words may be present in any direction — upwards, downwards, or along the diagonals. Find the words for your respiratory system. Clues about those words are given below the square.
(i) The air tubes of insects
(ii) Skeletal structures surrounding chest cavity
(iii) Muscular floor of chest cavity
(iv) Tiny pores on the surface of leaf
(v) Small openings on the sides of the body of an insect
(vi) The respiratory organs of human beings
(vii) The openings through which we inhale
(viii) An anaerobic organism
(ix) An organism with tracheal system
Ans.- (i) Trachea (ii) Ribs (iii) Diaphragm (iv) Stomata (v) Spiracles (vi) Lungs (vii) Nostrils
(viii) Yeast (ix) Ant
9. The mountaineers carry oxygen with them because-
(a) At an altitude of more than 5 km there is no air.
(b) The amount of air available to a person is less than that available on the ground.
(c) The temperature of air is higher than that on the ground.
(d) The pressure of air is higher than that on the ground.
Ans.- (b). The amount of air available to a person is less than that available on the ground.
Junior Science Topic - Respiration In Organism. Chapter notes, video lectures, power point presentation and NCERT exercise solution. (Class 7, CBSE syllabus, chapter 10)
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