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2 NUTRITION IN ANIMALS
Worksheet 1
Different Ways of Taking Food
PART A
1.Various modes of feeding are present in various animals. Interesting among them
is “Siphoning”, in which an animal uses a tube to draw liquid into its mouth. Tick
the following methods with their names.

Chewing/
Siphoning/Sucking/Swallowing

Chewing/
Siphoning/Sucking/Swallowing

Chewing/
Siphoning/Sucking/Swallowing

Chewing/
Siphoning/Sucking/Swallowing

2. The way of taking food by bees is

a) swallowing b) sucking
c) filtering d) none of these
3. Which of the following animals swallow its prey?
a) Human beings b) Lizards
c) Humming birds d) Ant
4. Identify the animal and label part A.

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 Starfish . A-Mouth

5. Ingestion is
a) the mode of chewing and cutting food in mouth.
b) the process of taking food into the body.
c) both the above are correct.
d) none of these is correct.

6. Complete the following table, from the options given below:

(Scraping, chewing, siphoning, capturing and swallowing, sponging, sucking, etc.)

Name of animal Kind of food Mode of feeding

Snail Leaves and Scraping

insects
Lice Blood Sucking
Humming bird Nectar of flower Sucking
Eagle Small animals Capturing and
swallowing

7. Sort the steps involved in the nutrition of a starfish.

a) Opens the shell of prey

b) Pops out its stomach

c) Stomach goes back
a) Opens the shell of prey
d) Food is slowly digested
b) Food is slowly digested
c) Stomach goes back
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d) Pops out its stomach
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PART B
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1. Explain the process of nutrition in star fish.
Ans. Starfish feeds on animals _______________________________________
covered by hard shells of calcium carbonate.
After opening the shell, the starfish pops out its stomach through its mouth to
eat the soft animal inside the shell. The stomach then goes back into the body
and the food is slowly digested
2. Why digestion is important?
Ans. Digestion is important for breaking down food into simpler substances that
can be absorbed by the blood and body uses it for energy, growth, cell repair
etc.
Worksheet 2
Digestion in Humans
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 PART A

1.Which of the following sequences correctly represents the flow of food from
mouth to anus?
a) Oesophagus → Stomach → Small intestine →Large intestine.
b) Large intestine → Oesophagus→ Stomach → Small intestine.
c) Small intestine→ Large intestine→ Oesophagus→ stomach.
d) Stomach → Small intestine →Large intestine → Oesophagus.
2. The breakdown of complex components of food into simpler substances is called
a) ingestion b) egestion
c) assimilation d) digestion
3. The component of food which is complex is
a) protein b) carbohydrate
c) fat d) all of these
4.(i) The mode of taking in food into the body varies for different organisms.
(ii) Complex components of food cannot be digested as such.
(iii) Digestion of food begins in the mouth.
a) Statements (i) and (iii) are incorrect but (ii) is correct.
b) Statements (i) and (ii) are incorrect but (iii) is correct.
c) All statements are correct.
d) All statements are incorrect.
5.Which one of the following organ does not manufacture digestive juices?

a) b)

c) d)
6. Assertion- the digestive tract and the associated glands together constitute the
digestive system.

Reason- the digestive juices convert complex substances of food into simple ones.

a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.

b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
c) A is true but R is false.
d) A is false but R is true.
7. Label the Diagram of digestive system:

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 PART B
1. Case study
The food passes through a continuous canal which begins at the buccal cavity and
ends at the anus. The canal can be divided into various compartments: (1) the
buccal cavity, (2) food pipe or oesophagus, (3) stomach, (4) small intestine, (5)
large intestine ending in the rectum and (6) the anus. Is it not a very long path.
These parts together form the alimentary canal (digestive tract). The food
components gradually get digested as food travels through the various
compartments. The inner walls of the stomach and the small intestine, and the
various glands associated with the canal such as salivary glands, the liver and the
pancreas secrete digestive juices. The digestive juices convert complex substances
of food into simpler ones. The digestive tract and the associated glands together
constitute the digestive system.

1.The food passes through an alimentary canal which is a continuous_type of canal

2.Which parts or glands of the human body secretes the digestive juices which are
required for the breakdown of food in the body?
Pancreas
3. The canal can be divided into how many compartments?
Ans. The canal can be divided into various compartments:
(1) the buccal cavity, (2) foodpipe or oesophagus, (3) stomach, (4) small intestine, (5)
large intestine ending in the rectum and (6) the anus.

4.Name the glands which are associated with the canal?

Salivary glands, liver and pancreas
5. Draw neat and labeled diagram of human digestive system.

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 6. Glands associated with the alimentary canal are necessary for digestion. Why?
Ans. This is because glands secrete digestive juices which convert complex substances of
food into simpler ones.

Worksheet 3
The Mouth and Buccal Cavity
PART A
1.Where does digestion of food start in the human digestive system?
a) Mouth b) Stomach
c) Oesophagus d) Small intestine
2.The enzymes present in the saliva convert
a) fats into fatty acids and glycerol b) starch into simple sugars
c) proteins into amino acids d) complex sugars into simple sugars
3.A new born baby has no teeth. Teeth begin to appear when the baby is six to
seven months old. By the age of three year children have 20 teeth. Which teeth are
called tearing teeth.
a) Incisors b) canines
c) Premolars d) molars
4.Which option correctly shows the function of the different types of teeth in
Man?

5.Match the column I with column II

Column-I Column-II
(A) Incisors (p) Grinding teeth
(B) Canines (q) Cracking teeth
(C) Premolars (r) Cutting teeth
(D) Molars (s) Tearing teeth

A-r, B-s ,C-q ,D-p

6.When you eat chewing gum which of the following teeth are used the most?

R-Molars

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 PART B
1. Understanding the use of various sets of teeth.
A. Mark the set of teeth used for the given purpose while eating a sugarcane.
Tearing the skin – Canine/Incisor/Molar
Chewing the pulp - Canine/Incisor/Molar

2. Where is saliva produced? Write about its main functions.

Ans. Saliva is produced in the mouth by salivary glands.The saliva breaks down
the starch into sugars. Saliva also helps in making the food moist and easy to
swallow
3. Rice tastes sweet after chewing for some time. Why?
Ans. This is because saliva in the mouth breaks down starch in the rice to sugar.
4. “While eating, you should not talk or laugh”. You may have heard this
statement from your elders. Do you agree with this statement? Give reasons for
your answer.
Ans. Yes, because sometimes when we eat in a hurry, talk or laugh while eating,
we may cough, get hiccups or a choking sensation. This happens when food
particles enter the windpipe.
Worksheet 4
Tongue/ Milk teeth and Permanent Teeth

1.When the jaw becomes large enough to hold the permanent teeth, the milk teeth
fall and permanent teeth appear. In the image, mark milk teeth and permanent
teeth.

Upper one is milk teeth and the other one is permanent

2. The teeth of first set fall off at the age between

a) 10 – 20 b) 6 – 8 c) 9 – 1 d) 0 – 2
3. Read the following two statements carefully and choose the correct options.
(i) Permanent teeth last throughout life
(ii) It is the first set of teeth.
(iii) There are 32 milk teeth
a) Statements (i) and (iii) are incorrect but (ii) is correct.
b) Statements (i) and (ii) are incorrect but (iii) is correct.
c) All statements are correct.
4. Assertion A: Tongue is a fleshy muscular organ.
Reason R: Tongue is used for talking.
a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
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 b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
c) A is true but R is false.
d) A is false but R is true.
5.The diagram shows various parts of a human tongue. Which labelled part of
tongue is sensitive to the sweet taste? ____________________

S tip of the tongue

6. Mark the set of teeth used for the given purpose while eating a sugarcane
Taking a bite of banana – Canine/Incisor/Molar
Chewing the pulp - Canine/Incisor/Molar

PART B
1.You were blindfolded and asked to identify the drinks provided in two different
glasses. You could identify drink A as lime juice and B as bitter gourd juice. How
could you do it in spite of being blindfolded?

In the tongue different types of taste buds are present These taste buds help to identify the
various types of tastes such as spicy, salty, sweet or bitter, etc. We can taste the two drinks
and identify the juices.
3. Tongue is a muscular organ present in our mouth. List its functions.
Ans. Tongue mixes saliva with the food during chewing and helps in swallowing food.
We taste food with our tongue. It helps in talking.
4. There are no taste buds for spicy flavor then how is it possible to call certain
foods as spicy.
Ans. The tongue tastes bitter, salty, sweet and sour, not spiciness. However, the
tongue is capable of sensing hot, cold and pain. The spicy "taste" is actually a
combination of a hot and pain sensation.
5. Draw the diagram to show regions of taste on a tongue.

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 Worksheet 5
Food pipe/ Oesophagus, Digestion in Stomach
PART A
1.What happens to the food when it enters the stomach from oesophagus?
a) Food mixes with juices and digestion of carbohydrate starts.
b) Food mixes with juices and digestion of protein starts.
c) Food quickly moves into small intestine.
d) Food quickly moves into large intestine.
2.It is a J shaped structure containing mucous, hydrochloric acid etc. Identify it.

stomach
3. Which among the following protects the inner lining of the stomach?
a) Mucous b) Hydrochloric acid
c) Bile juice d) Saliva
4. Assertion (A): Food is pushed down the food pipe which runs through the neck
and chest
Reason (R): The peristaltic movement of the wall of the food pipe is a continuous
process.
a) Both A and R is true and R is the correct explanation of A.
b) Both A and R is true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
c) A is true but R is false.
d) A is false but R is true.
5.Read the following two statements carefully and choose the correct options.
(i) At one end stomach receives food from food pipe (ii) At one end stomach opens
into small intensives. (iii) Stomach releases HCl acid.
a) Statements (i) and (iii) are incorrect but (ii) is correct.
b) Statements (i) and (ii) are incorrect but (iii) is correct.
c) All statements are correct.
d) All statements are incorrect.
6. Assertion- the inner lining of the stomach secretes mucus HCl and digestive
juices.
Reason- the stomach is thick walled bag having S shape.
a) Both A and R is true and R is the correct explanation of A.
b) Both A and R is true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
c) A is true but R is false.
d) A is false but R is true.
PART B
1.Windpipe runs adjacent to the food pipe. What will happen if food particles enter
the windpipe?
If, by chance, food particles enter the windpipe, we feel choked, get hiccups or
cough.
2. The stomach's inner lining secretes mucus, hydrochloric acid, and digestive
juices. Write their functions.
The mucous protects the inner lining of the stomach from hydrochloric acid
The acid kills many bacteria that enter along with the food and makes the medium
in the stomach acidic. An acidic environment is needed for the digestive juice
having enzyme pepsin to act.
The digestive juice breaks down the proteins into simpler substances.
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 5. Acids are corrosive but hydrochloric acid produced in the stomach is
necessary. Why?
Ans. Acidic medium in stomach triggers the enzymes in digestive juices for
digestion of proteins
Worksheet 6
Small Intestine
PART A
1. Which of the following juices are secreted by a large cream-colored gland
situated just below the stomach called the pancreas that breaks down the complex
substances?
a) Bile juice b) Pancreatic juice
c) Hydrochloric acid d) Mucous
2.Suggest the organ of digestive system where the digestive juices from liver and
pancreas is poured.
Small intestine
3.Assertion (A): Digestion of carbohydrates, like starch, begins in buccal cavity.
Reason (R): The digested food is absorbed in the blood vessels from small
intestines.
a) Both A and R is true and R is the correct explanation of A.
b) Both A and R is true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
c) A is true but R is false.
d) A is false but R is true.
4.Identify and name the parts of the alimentary canal shown below.

Villi
5.Label the following parts in Figure 2.2 and name them.
a) The largest gland in our body. ________________________
b) The organ where protein digestion starts._____________________
c) The organ that releases digestive juice into the small intestine._____________
d) The organ where bile juice gets stored. _____________________
a) Liver b) Stomach c) pancreas d) Gall bladder

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 6.A patient’s small intestine is directly connected to the anus. What problem will
this person have?
a) The person will often feel thirsty b) The person will often feel hungry

PART B
1.Mihir got his gall bladder removed as he was diagnosed with stones in it. After
the surgery, he faced some problems in digestion of certain food items when
consumed in bulk. Can you tell which kind of food items would they be and why?
Ans. The food items would be rich in fats because bile juice of the gall bladder helps
in the digestion of fats. Removal of gall bladder leads to difficulty in digestion of
fatty substances.
2. Name the finger like projections in small intestine. What role do they play in
small intestine?
The thousands of finger-like outgrowths in the inner walls of small intestine are
called villi. Villi increase the surface area for absorption of digested food.
3. Why glucose drip is given to a patient who has just been operated?
Ans. This is because the patient cannot digest the food and glucose being the
simplest form, get easily absorbed and provide necessary energy to patient
4.Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follows it.
Bile juice is stored in a sac called, gall bladder, located near its organ of secretion,
liver. The gall bladder releases the bile juice into the small intestine whenever food
reaches there. Though bile juice is devoid of any digestive enzymes, it is required
for the digestion of fats. The fats cannot be digested easily because they are
insoluble in water and are present as large globules.
Bile juice breaks down big fat droplets into smaller droplets. These are then easily
digested by the enzymes released from the pancreas.
(a) Which organ secretes the bile juice?
Liver
(b) Why is digestion of fats difficult as compared to that of other nutrients?

The reason behind this is insolubility of fat in water. For the digestion of fat, first bile
juice is required to dissolve fat and helps its digestion.

(c) How does bile juice help in digestion of fat?

Bile salts break down larger fat globules in food into small droplets of fat.
(d) Where is the digestion of fat completed?
Small intestine
(e) Does bile juice digest fat completely?
No, bile juice does not digest fat completely.

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 Worksheet 7
Large Intestine

PART A
1.Which of the following is the correct description of assimilation?
a) The process of breaking large food molecules into simpler molecules.
b) The process by which undigested food is ejected out of the body.
c) The process by which the digested food carried by the blood is taken in by the
cells of the body.
d) Process of inter-exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide between haemoglobin
and the cells of the body.
2.Read the following two statements carefully and choose the correct options. (i)
Length of large intestine is more than small intestine. (ii) Pancreas is the largest
gland in human body. (iii) Gall Bladder secretes juice into small intestine
a) Statements (i) and (iii) are incorrect but (ii) is correct.
b) Statements (i) and (ii) are incorrect but (iii) is correct.
c) All statements are correct.
d) All statements are incorrect.
3. Choose the incorrect statement.
a) Nutrition is a complex process involving ingestion, digestion, absorption,
assimilation and egestion.
b) salivary glands, liver and pancreas are the main digestive glands which secretes
digestive juice.
c) Chocolate, sweets, soft drinks are the major culprits of tooth decay.
d) The removal of faeces through anus is called ingestion.

4. A baby passed watery stool for two days. The doctor suggested oral rehydration
solution (ORS) for the baby. How would the ORS help the baby?
a) It would help in digesting food
b) It would kill the bacteria that caused the infection
c) It would prevent water from moving out of the body
d) It would replace the fluids and minerals lost from the body
5.Match Column-I with Column-II
Column-I Column-II

(A) Small intestine (p) Process of

taking food into the
body
(B) Large intestine (q) Part of
alimentary canal
(C) Buccal cavity (r) 1.5 m

(D) Ingestion (s) 7.5 m

A-s, B-1.5,C-q,D-p

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 6.Case study
Jaya returned from school and found that grandmother was scolding her maid, Rani
as she did not come yesterday. The maid told that his son was passing watery
stools frequently that’s why she didn’t come. Jaya’s mother who was listening the
discussion came to them and told Rani not to come for coming 3-4 days. She also
suggested her to give his son a solution of sugar and salt in clean water, many
times a day for fast recovery. Jaya was surprised. She rushed to her mother and
asked the scientific reason for it. Her mother smiled and explained her the
importance of this solution.
(a) Name the term used to describe the condition in which a person passes out
watery stools: Diarrhoea
(b) Name the solution of sugar and salt in water. Why is it given to a person
suffering from diarrhoea? Oral Rehydration Solution (ORS).
(c) What are the values shown by Jaya?
She is sincere, curious and has interest in science.
PART B
1.Following statements describe the five steps in animal nutrition. Read each
statement and give one word for each statement. Write the terms that describe
each process.
(a) Transportation of absorbed food to different parts of body and their utilisation.
Assimilation
(b) Breaking of complex food substances into simpler and soluble substances.
Digestion
(c) Removal of undigested and unabsorbed solid residues of food from the body.
Egestion
(d) Taking food into the body.
Ingestion
(e) Transport of digested and soluble food from the intestine to blood vessels.
Absorption
2. Raman is suffering from diarrhoea. What should be the first step taken before
taking him to doctor? Why?
Ans. He should be given plenty of boiled and cooled water with a pinch of salt and
sugar dissolved in it (ORS). This is done to overcome excessive loss of water and
salts from the body.
3. No digestion happens in large intestine, yet its role is important. Justify.
Ans. It is important because large intestine function is to absorb water and some
salts from the undigested food material and throw out the remaining waste.

Worksheet 8
Digestion in Grass eating Animals
Part-A
1.Ruminants can
a) digest the cellulose b) not digest the cellulose
c) may or may not digest cellulose d) all of these
2.Which is the largest chamber in the stomach of ruminant?
a) Omasum b) Rumen c) Abomasum d) Reticulum
3. Passage - We can easily see cows, buffaloes and other grass- eating animals
chewing continuously even when they are not eating. In fact, such animals quickly
swallow the grass and store it in a part of stomach called rumen. Here the food

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 gets partially digested and is called cud. Later the cud returns to the mouth in small
lumps and the animals chew it. Select the part of body of ruminants in which the
cellulose of their food is digested.
a) Small intestine b) Large intestine
c) Caecum d) None of these
4. Carefully observe pictures given below and answer the following questions. In
the figure is shown the digestive system of a grass eating animal. The part? P?
shown in figure is called
a) Rumen
b) Cud
c) Stomach
d) None of these
5. Assertion (A): Rumen is the first of four chambers of stomach of ruminants
Reason (R): In rumen the food gets partly digested and is called cud.
a) Both A and R is true and R is the correct explanation of A.
b) Both A and R is true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
c) A is true but R is false.
d) A is false but R is true.
6.The arrow shown in the image denotes the movement of which substance?
Partially chewed food called Cud
PART B

1.Given is an image of an internal part of a cow. Identify which part is it? Give
reason
Stomach/ Rumen/ Small intestine

Rumen because the food on it looks undigested.

2. Ruminants such as cow and buffalo swallow their food hurriedly then sit restfully
and chew their food. Give reason
Ans. This is done for complete digestion of the food. When the food is swallowed by
ruminants, it is only partially digested. It is then again chewed for its complete
digestion
3. Name the type of carbohydrate that can be digested by ruminants but not by
humans. Give reason also.
Cellulose, Humans cannot digest cellulose because they do not have bacteria
which produce cellulase to digest cellulose.

Worksheet 9
Feeding and Digestion in Amoeba

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 PART A

1.The false feet of Amoeba are used for:

a) movement only b) capture of food only
c) capture of food and movement d) exchange of gases only
2.The finger-like outgrowths of Amoeba helps to ingest food. However, the finger-
like outgrowths of human intestine helps to:
a) digest the fatty food substances b) make the food soluble
c) absorb the digested food d) absorb the undigested food
3. Given below are a set of steps via which amoeba obtains nutrition. Arrange these
steps in the correct sequence.
I. Complex substances are broken down into simpler ones.
II. Formation of a food vacuole.
III. Undigested material is moved to the surface of the cell and thrown out.
IV. Temporary finger-like projections of the cell surface fuse over the food particle.
a) IV → I → II → III b) IV → II → I → III
c) I → IV → II → III d) I → II → IV → III
4. If you compare an amoeba’s digestion to ours. Which part of an amoeba will be
similar to that of our stomach?
Pseudopodia/Food Vacuole

5.Amoeba uses finger-like projections to capture food particles. The picture shows
the first step of the process

a. Which of these is the next step of capturing food?

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 b) What are the finger-like projections called?
Pseudopodia
6. Assertion (A) : Digestion in amoeba is intracellular (occurring within the cell).
Reason (R): In the food vacuole the food becomes trapped and is digested by the
action of digestive juices secreted into food vacuole
a) Both A and R is true and R is the correct explanation of A.
b) Both A and R is true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
c) A is true but R is false.
d) A is false but R is true.

PART B
1. A unicellular animal P having no fixed shape ingests a food particle by forming
temporary finger like projections Q. The food particle is engulfed with a little
surrounding water to form a temporary stomach R inside it. The chemicals S from
surrounding cytoplasm enter R and break down food into small and soluble
molecules by chemical reactions. The digested food is absorbed directly into
cytoplasm by the process T. The undigested food is thrown out of the body by the
rupture of a cell organelle U in a process called V.
a. Name the unicellular animal.
Amoeba
b. What are Q and R and its function?
Q-Pseudopodia R-vacuole
c. Name chemicals S and process T.
S-Digestive juices T-diffusion
d. Name organelle U and process V.
U – Cell membrane, V- Egestion
2. Explain the process of nutrition in Amoeba with the help of a labeled diagram.
Ans. Amoeba feeds on some microscopic organisms. When it senses food, it pushes
out pseudopodia around the food particle and engulfs it. The food becomes trapped
in a food vacuole. Digestive juices are secreted into the food vacuole. They act on
the food and break it down into simpler substances. Gradually the digested food is
absorbed. The absorbed substances are used for growth, maintenance and
multiplication. The undigested residue of the food is expelled outside by the vacuole

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