SHREE KRISHNA INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL, VALSAD

WORKSHEET 2023–2024
Chap. 2 Nutrition in Animals
Name: _____________________________________ Grade: VII
Roll No: ____________________ Subject: Science
Date: _______________________

SUBTOPIC : DIFFERENT WAYS OF TAKING FOOD

 Multiple Choice Questions

1. ……………get their food from plants either directly by eating plants or indirectly by eating animals that
eat plants and animals.
(A) Animals (B) Plants (C) Both A and B (D) None of the above
2. ………………..includes nutrient requirement, mode of intake of food and its utilization in the body.
(A) Animal Nutrition (B) Plant Nutrition (C) Both A and B (D) None of the above
 Very short answer type questions.

1. Do all animals have the same mode of nutrition?

2. Name the mode of nutrition in which solid whole food particles is ingested.
 Short answer type questions.
1. What does animal nutrition include?
2. What do you mean by animal nutrition?
3. What are the different modes of feeding in animals?
SUBTOPIC : DIGESTION IN HUMANS

 Multiple Choice Questions

1. The component of food which is complex is
(a) protein (b) carbohydrate (c) fat (d) all of these
2. The breakdown of complex components of food into simpler substances is called
(a) ingestion (b) egestion (c) assimilation (d) digestion
3. Enzymes present in saliva converts
(a) starch into simple sugars (b) proteins into amino acids
(c) complex sugars into simple sugars (d) fats into fatty acids and glycerol
4. .From where do we take in food?
(a) Anus (b) Mouth (c) Stomach (d) Oesophagus.
5. The digestive tract and the associated glands together constitute the
(a) digestive system (b) oesophagus (c) alimentary canal (d) nutrition system
6. The teeth of first set fall off at the age between
(a) 10 – 20 (b) 6 – 8 (c) 9 – 11 (d) 0 – 2
7. The teeth of the first set that grew during infancy are called
(a) permanent teeth (b) milk teeth (c) starting teeth (d) all of these
8. .The teeth of the second set that replace the milk teeth are known as
(a) permanent teeth (b) temporary teeth (c) milk teeth (d) hard teeth
9. .The process of taking food in the body is known as
(a) egestion (b) ingestion (c) digestion (d) assimilation
10. How many types of teeth are there?
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3(d) 4

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 11. The glands of mouth which secrete saliva are
(a) salivary glands (b) pancreas (c) lungs (d) liver
12. Starch is broken down into sugars by the action of
(a) saliva (b) bile juice (c) hydrochloric acid (d) all of these
13. Which gland secretes bile juice?
(a) Liver (b) Pancreas (c) Bladder (d) All of these
14. The bile plays an important role in the digestion of
(a) carbohydrates (b) fats (c) sugar (d) starch
15. The finger-like outgrowths of human intestine helps to
(a) make the food soluble (b) absorb the digested food
(c) absorb the undigested food (d) digest the fatty food substances
 Directions:
The question below consists of an assertion and a Reason. Use the following key to choose the appropriate
answer.
(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.
Q1. Assertion (A) : Tongue is fleshy muscular organ.
Reason (R) : Tongue is used for talking.
Q2. Assertion (A) : Food pipe runs through neck and chest.
Reason (R) : When food is not accepted by our stomach it is vomited out.
Q3. Assertion (A) : The small intestine is about 7.5m long and highly coiled.
Reason (R) : It is smaller as compared to large intestine.
Q5. Assertion (A) : Liver secretes a juice called bile juice.
Reason (R) : Bile juice is stored in liver.
Q6. 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.
Q8. Assertion (A) : Food is pushed down the food pipe which runs through the neck and chest Reason
(R) : The peristaltive movement of the wall of the food pipe is a continuous process.
 Very short answer type questions.
1. What is the total number of teeth in an adult human?
2. Name the parts of the alimentary canal where
(a) water gets absorbed from undigested food
(b) digested food gets absorbed
(c) taste of the food is perceived
(d) bile juice is produced [NCERT Exemplar]
3. What is the organ that stores bile?
4. Which part of the digestive canal is involved in killing bacteria?
5. Name the part of digestive canal involved in chewing of food.
6. Where are fats digested in the body?
7. Where is the water from undigested food absorbed in the body?
8. What kills bacteria that enter along with the juices to act?
9. Where food is completely digested?
10. Where are faeces formed in the human body?
11. Which glands secrete saliva?
12. Where food is absorbed in our body?
13. Which gland in our body secretes bile?
14. Which is the largest gland in the human body?
15. What is ingestion?
16. What are the different types of teeth?
17. What does saliva do to food in our mouth?
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18. . How does food pass from the mouth to the stomach?
 Short answer type questions.

1. Why do we get instant energy from glucose?

2. What are the main parts of the alimentary canal?
 Long answer type questions
1. Discuss the various associated glands of digestive system and their role in digestion.
2. Label the following parts of given figure 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. [NCERT Exemplar]

SUBTOPIC :DIGESTION IN GRASS-EATING ANIMALS

 Multiple Choice Questions
1. The way of taking food by bees is
(a) swallowing(b) sucking (c) filtering (d) none of these
2. .Which of the following animals swallow its prey?
(a) Human beings (b) Snakes (c) Humming birds (d) Ant
3. Cellulose is a type of
(a) fats (b) carbon dioxide (c) carbohydrate (d) all of these\
4. The removal of faeces through the anus from time to time is called
(a) rumination (b) micturition (c) ingestion (d) egestion
Assertion and Reasoning.
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.
 Very short answer type questions.

1. What is rumen?
 Short answer type questions.
What are ruminant animals?
 Long answer type questions
1. Why we cannot digest cellulose like the cattle do?
2. Discuss the various associated glands of digestive system and their role in digestion.
SUBTOPIC :FEEDING AND DIGESTION IN AMOEBA
 Multiple Choice Questions
1.The false feet of Amoeba are used for
(a) movement only (b) capturing food only
(c) capturing food and movement (d) exchange of gases only

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 Assertion and Reasoning.
Assertion (A) : Digestion in amoeba is intracellular.
Reason (R) : In the food vacuole the food becomes trapped and is digested by the action of digestive juices
secreted into food vacuole.
 .Short answer type questions.
1. How does an amoeba move?
2. What is the finger like projections present in the inner wall of the small intestine?
3. How does an amoeba capture its food?
 Long answer type questions
1. Draw a labelled diagram of amoeba.
2. Differences between nutrition in Amoeba and human beings:
 Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow it.
1. 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?
(b) Why is digestion of fats difficult as compared to that of other nutrients?
(c) How does bile juice help in digestion of that of other nutrients?
(d) Where is the digestion of fat completed?
(e) Does bile juice digest fat completely? [NCERT Exemplar]
2. Normally bacteria are present in our mouth but they are not harmful to us. However, if we do not
clean our teeth and mouth after eating, many harmful bacteria also begin to live and grow in it.
These bacteria break down the sugars present from the leftover food and release acids. The acids
gradually damage the teeth. This is called tooth decay. If it is not treated in time, it causes severe
toothache and in extreme cases results in tooth loss. Chocolates, sweets, soft drinks and other
sugar products are the major culprits of tooth decay. Therefore, one should clean the teeth with a
brush or datun and dental floss (a special strong thread which is moved between two teeth to take
out trapped food particles) at least twice a day and rinse the mouth after every meal. Also, one
should not put dirty fingers or any unwashed object in the mouth.
1. Normally Bacteria that are present in human mouth are …………to the human teeth.
(a) Harmful (b) Not harmful (c) Good (d) None of the above
2. The bacteria breakdown…………substances present in the leftover of food.
(a) Sugars (b) Acids (c) Protein (d) All of the above
3. One should not put…………………in the mouth.
(a) Dirty fingers (b) Dirty food (c) Plastic (d) Germs
4. What are the major culprits of tooth decay?
5. How many times the teeth should be cleaned and why.?
NEWS PAPER ARTICLE

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Industrial societies losing healthy gut microbes
Fiber is good for us, but a new study finds that humans are losing the microbes that turn fiber into food for a
healthy digestive tract

March 18, 2024

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
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Our eating habits in industrialized societies are far removed from those of ancient humans. This is impacting
our intestinal flora, it seems, as newly discovered cellulose degrading bacteria are being lost from the human
gut microbiome, especially in industrial societies.
Everyone knows that fiber is healthy and an important part of our daily diet. But what is fiber and why is it
healthy? Fiber is cellulose, the stringy stuff that plants are made of. Leaves, stems, roots, stalks, and tree-
trunks (wood) are made of cellulose. The purest form of cellulose is the long, white fibers of cotton. Dietary
fiber comes from vegetables or whole grain products.
Why is fiber healthy? Fiber helps to keep our intestinal flora (scientists call it our gut microbiome) happy
and balanced. Fiber serves as the starting point of a natural food chain. It begins with bacteria that can digest
cellulose, providing the rest of our microbiome with a balanced diet. But our eating habits in industrialized
societies are far removed from those of ancient humans. This is impacting our intestinal flora, it seems, as
newly discovered cellulose degrading bacteria are being lost from the human gut microbiome, especially in
industrial societies, according to a new report published in Science late last week.

The study comes from the team of Prof. Itzhak Mizrahi at Ben-Gurion University (BGU) of the Negev in
Israel, with support from the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot and international collaborators in the
US and Europe.
"Throughout human evolution, fiber has always been a mainstay of the human diet," explains lead
investigator Sarah Moraïs from BGU, "It is also a main component in the diet of our primate ancestors. Fiber
keeps our intestinal flora healthy." Moraïs and team identified important new members of the human gut
microbiome, cellulose-degrading bacteria named Ruminococcus. These bacteria degrade cellulose by
producing large and highly specialized extracellular protein complexes called cellulosomes.
"It's no easy task to degrade cellulose, few bacteria can do it." explains Prof. Edward Bayer, from the
Weizmann Institute, a world-leader on cellulosomes and coauthor of the study. "Cellulose is difficult to
digest because it is insoluble. Fiber in the gut is like a tree-trunk in a swimming pool, it gets wet, but it does
not dissolve."
Cellulosomes are engineered by bacteria to attach to cellulose fibers and peel them apart, like the individual
threads in a piece of rope. The cellulosomal enzymes then break down the individual threads of fiber into
shorter chains, which become soluble. They can be digested, not only by Ruminococcus, but also by many
other members of the gut microbiome
 Answer the following questions from the given news paper article
1. What is cellulose?
2. What is fibre?
3. Name the cellulose degrading bacteria?
4. Why is fiber healthy?
 Lets discuss:
1. Which does not have Central Nervous System?
2. Where does the formation of Urea takes place in our body ?
3. Any disease which has a name with a suffix encephalitis is a disorder of ______?
4. Which is the smallest Human Chromosome?
5. What is morbid fear or Phobia?
6. Which is the correct meaning of Phyllotaxy?
7. Beta-Keratin is found in which among the following in abundance?
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