Living World

Question 1

What is ‘living’ conventionally?

Answer 1

Distinctive characteristics exhibited by living organisms

Question 2

In unicellular organism like bacteria,unicellular algae n Amoeba reproduction is synonymous with growth ie

Answer 2

Increase in number of cells

Question 3

Twin characteristics of growth

Answer 3

Increase in mass n increase in number of individuals

Question 4

In higher animals and plants

Answer 4

Growth and reproduction are mutually exclusive events

Question 5

In planaria - flat worms

Answer 5

True regeneration

Question 6

Fragmentation examples

Answer 6

Fungi,protonema of mosses, filamentous algae

Question 7

Budding examples

Answer 7

Yeast and hydra

Question 8

Fungi multiply and spread easily due to

Answer 8

Asexual spores

Question 9

In multicellular organisms reproduction refers to

Answer 9

Production of progeny possessing features more or less similar to those of parents - sexual reproduction

Question 10

What is metabolism?

Answer 10

Sum total of all the chemical reactions occurring in the body

Question 11

Chemical reactions or

Answer 11

Metabolic reactions