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Fire to fabric

What is meant by the following terms? (i) Rearing (ii) Shearing (iii) Sericulture

Nutrition in animals

Can we survive only on raw, leafy vegetables/grass? Discuss.

Nutrition in animals

Write one similarity and one difference between nutrition in amoeba and human beings.

Nutrition in animals

Why do we get instant energy from glucose?

Nutrition in animals

Name the type of carbohydrate that can be digested by ruminants but not by humans. Give the reason also.

Nutrition in animals

Where is the bile produced? Which component of the food does it help to digest?

Nutrition in animals

What are villi? What is their location and function?

Nutrition in plants

Why do farmers grow many fruits and vegetable crops inside large greenhouses? What are the advantages to the farmers?

Nutrition in plants

Which part of the plant takes in carbon dioxide from the air for photosynthesis?

Nutrition in plants

Name the following.

i) A parasitic plant with a yellow, slender and branched stem.

ii) A plant that is partially autotrophic.

iii) The pores through which leaves exchange gases.