Science : Ch 06 – Life Processes

The process of digestion begins in the mouth. The mouth contains a digestive enzyme, salivary amylase. This enzyme breaks the starch molecules in the food, into maltose. The absence of amylase in the saliva thus afects the breakdown of starch into simpler sugar molecules.

Valves prevent backward fow of blood as they are located at each end of two ventricles and act as one way inlet.

The lime water turns milky on passing carbon dioxide gas into it due to formation of insoluble calcium carbonate. When the exhaled air rich in carbon dioxide is blown from mouth into test tube, it reacts with lime water (calcium hydroxide) to produce calcium carbonate and water

Digestion of food starts in mouth by salivary amylase. From here it enters into the stomach via oesophagus The simpler substances formed by chemical digestion are then absorbed by small intestinal villi.

During inhalation, the air is drawn through the nostrils into the nasal passage. From there, air enters into pharynx, larynx, trachea (windpipe), bronchi, lungs and fnally to the alveoli.

Amylase is the enzyme which helps in primary digestion of starch only.Digestion of starch by salivary amylase into maltose starts in mouth. Oesophagus then pushes the food into stomach.

The anterior vena cava collects deoxygenated blood from the head, chest, and arms and enters the right atrium while the inferior vena cava collects blood from the lower body regions_x000D__x000D_Left atrium receives oxygenated blood from diferent parts of body while right atrium receives deoxygenated blood from lungs_x000D_Left ventricle pumps oxygenated blood to diferent body parts while right ventricle pumps deoxygenated blood to lungs_x000D_Left atrium transfers oxygenated blood to right ventricle which sends it to diferent body parts_x000D_Right atrium receives deoxygenated blood from diferent parts of the body while left ventricle pumps oxygenated blood to diferent parts of the body

The oxygen during photosynthesis comes from split water.

Xylem tissues include tracheids, vessels, fbres and parenchyma and serve in the ascent of sap/water and minerals.

Living organisms are well organised structures; they can have tissues, tissues have cells, cells have smaller components in them, and so on. Living creatures keep repairing and maintaining their structures