Here are 10 One-Word Answer Type Questions from the chapter Nutrition in Animals (from your provided PDF), with answers and explanations after each question as requested:
One-Word Answer Type Questions
Topic: Nutrition in Animals
1. Question: What is the process of taking food into the body called?
• Answer: Ingestion
• Explanation: Ingestion is the process by which an organism takes in food through the mouth.
2. Question: Which enzyme in saliva breaks down starch?
• Answer: Amylase
• Explanation: Amylase is an enzyme present in saliva that helps in breaking down starch into sugar.
3. Question: What is the rhythmic movement of food in the oesophagus called?
• Answer: Peristalsis
• Explanation: Peristalsis is the wave-like muscular movement that pushes food down the foodpipe.
4. Question: Which gland produces bile juice?
• Answer: Liver
• Explanation: The liver is the largest gland in the human body and secretes bile juice, which helps in digestion of fats.
5. Question: What is the process of breaking down complex food into simpler substances called?
• Answer: Digestion
• Explanation: Digestion is the process by which complex food is broken down into simpler, absorbable forms.
6. Question: What is the finger-like projection in the small intestine that absorbs digested food?
• Answer: Villi
• Explanation: Villi are small, finger-like projections in the small intestine that increase the surface area for absorption of food.
7. Question: Name the last part of the digestive system where faeces are stored.
• Answer: Rectum
• Explanation: The rectum is the last part of the large intestine where undigested waste is stored before egestion.
8. Question: What is the partially digested food in the rumen of ruminants called?
• Answer: Cud
• Explanation: Cud is the food that is partially digested and stored in the rumen of grass-eating animals like cows.
9. Question: What is the process of removing undigested food from the body called?
• Answer: Egestion
• Explanation: Egestion is the process by which undigested food is expelled from the body through the anus.
10. Question: What is the temporary set of teeth in humans called?
• Answer: Milk teeth
• Explanation: Milk teeth are the first set of teeth that appear in children and fall off as they grow older.
If you want, I can prepare the next set from Digestion in Humans in the same pattern.
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