Q1 . Answer the following questions in one/two sentences.
i. Howdoesthepresenceofacidinstomachhelpus? ii. Whatisthefunctionofsalivainourmouth?
iii. Whatisrumination?
iv. Howdoesafrogcatchitsprey?
v Which juice is secreted by the liver?On which side of body is the liver situated?
vi. What is HCl ?How does it help in digestion of food?
vii. What is the function of taste bud?
viii. What are the two main functions of pseudopodia in Amoeba?
ix. What is the mode of ingestion in spider?
x. What is assimilation?
Answers
Answer:
Cultural Assimilation is the process of a group's language and/or culture coming to resemble those of another group. A woman from the West, for example, might wear a head covering in an Eastern country to adapt to that culture
Explanation:
Taste buds are sensory organs that are found on your tongue and allow you to experience tastes that are sweet, salty, sour, and bitter.
Answer:
(i) acid in our stomach help in the digestion of food
(ii)function of saliva is to make the food soft and it also prevent bacterial growth
(iii)the action of chewing down the cud is called Rumination
(iv)frog catch it's prey by streching it's tongue
(v)bile juice
(vi)HCl is a strong mineral acid.
HCl converts pepsinogen which is not active into pepsin to metabolize proteins in our stomach.
(vii)taste bud is used to know or feel the taste of something that we eat
(viii)locomotion and food ingestion
(ix)Spiders have a sucking stomach that is the main pump for drawing food into the body.
(x)Assimilation is the process of absorption of vitamins, minerals, and other chemicals from food within the gastrointestinal tract, as part of the nutrition of an organism. In humans, this is always done with a chemical breakdown and physical breakdown.