Transportation in Animals and Plants

Here are 10 One-Word Answer Type Questions from the chapter Transportation in Animals and Plants (from your provided PDF), with answers and explanations after each question as requested:

One-Word Answer Type Questions

Topic: Transportation in Animals and Plants

1. Question: What is the red-coloured fluid that circulates in our body?

• Answer: Blood

• Explanation: Blood is a red-coloured fluid that transports nutrients, oxygen, and waste in the body.

2. Question: What is the muscular organ that pumps blood?

• Answer: Heart

• Explanation: The heart pumps blood throughout the body.

3. Question: What is the tissue that transports water in plants?

• Answer: Xylem

• Explanation: Xylem carries water and minerals from roots to other parts of the plant.

4. Question: What is the tissue that transports food in plants?

• Answer: Phloem

• Explanation: Phloem transports food prepared in leaves to different parts of the plant.

5. Question: What is the tiny blood vessel that connects arteries and veins?

• Answer: Capillary

• Explanation: Capillaries are small blood vessels that connect arteries and veins and help in exchange of substances.

6. Question: What is the process of removal of waste materials from the body called?

• Answer: Excretion

• Explanation: Excretion is the process of eliminating waste products from the body.

7. Question: What organ in humans filters blood to form urine?

• Answer: Kidney

• Explanation: Kidneys filter blood and remove waste in the form of urine.

8. Question: What is the main excretory product in humans?

• Answer: Urea

• Explanation: Urea is the major nitrogenous waste excreted in urine.

9. Question: What is the instrument used to hear heartbeat?

• Answer: Stethoscope

• Explanation: Stethoscope is used by doctors to listen to the heartbeat.

10. Question: What is the process by which plants lose water through leaves?

• Answer: Transpiration

• Explanation: Transpiration is the process of loss of water vapour from plant leaves.

If you want, I can now prepare the next set from the sub-topic Circulatory System in the same one-word format.

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