Life Processes

4. Name the cartilaginous flap which closes the glottis to check the entry of food into it during swallowing.
8. Bile juice is secreted by
9. Temporary finger like extensions on amoeba are called
10. Name the pigment present in plants, which can absorb sunlight
11. When a few drops of iodine solution are added to rice water, the solution turns blue- black in colour. This indicates that rice water contains
12. Blood consist of what fluid medium
14. Amoeba shows ______ kind of nutrition
15. Carbohydrates in the plants are stored in the form of

1. a thin, waxy protective layer above and below a leaf which helps to reduce the loss of water from the leaf.
2. Which pancreatic enzyme is effective in digesting protein
3. Name the plant tissue through which water and minerals are transported in plants.
5. what food componemt turns into amino acids
6. Opening and closing of pores is a function performed by
7. In amoeba, food is digested in the
13. Where does digestion of starch begin in human body?