CLASS - 7 || SUBJECT - SCIENCE || Chapter 10 || Respiration in Animals and Plants ||
Chapter 10
Respiration in Animals and Plants
Q1. Why does an athlete breathe faster and deeper
than usual after finishing the race?
Answer:
During the run, the demand of energy is high but the supply of oxygen to
produce energy is limited. Therefore, anaerobic respiration takes places in the
muscle cells to fulfill the demand of energy. After finishing the race, an
athlete breathe faster and deeper than usual so that more oxygen is supplied to
the cells.
Q2. List the similarities and differences between
aerobic and anaerobic respiration.
Answer:
Similarity:
(i) In both aerobic and anaerobic respiration, food
is broken down to release energy.
(ii) Both takes place inside cells.
(iii) Both produces byproducts.
Differences:
Aerobic Respiration |
Anaerobic Respiration |
(i) It takes place in the presence of oxygen. |
(i) It takes place in the absence of oxygen. |
(ii) Energy is released in higher amount. |
(ii) Energy is released in lesser amount. |
(iii) Carbon dioxide and water are produced as byproducts. |
(iii) Carbon dioxide and water are produced as byproducts. |
(iv) It is a slow process. |
(iv) It is a fast process. |
(v) Examples: Animals and plants cells. |
(iv) Examples: Human cells, yeast, Bacteria etc. |
Q3.
Why do we often sneeze when we inhale a lot of dust-laden air?
Answer:
We often sneeze when we inhale a lot of dust-laden air to expel out these
foreign particles. These particles get past the hair in the nasal cavity and
irritate the lining of the cavity which results in sneezing.
Q4. Take three test-tubes. Fill each
of them 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 ?
Answer:
Test-tube A will have the highest concentration of CO2 because snail will take in oxygen and gives out CO2.
In test-tubes B and C, the CO2 will be utilized by the water
plant for synthesizing food and hence there will be less concentration of CO2 in these.
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