പ്ലാസ്റ്റിഡ്സ്, വർണ്ണവസ്തുക്കൾ, ജീവശാസ്ത്രത്തിലെ പ്രധാന പുസ്തകങ്ങൾ, പോഷകങ്ങൾ, കാർബോഹൈഡ്രേറ്റ്സ് എന്നിവയുമായി ബന്ധപ്പെട്ട ചോദ്യങ്ങളാണ് ഇന്ന് ഉൾപ്പെടുത്തിയിരിക്കുന്നത്.
- Flat circular organelle found in plant cells which is not present in animal cells
Plastids
- Three types of plastids
Chloroplasts, Leucoplasts, and Chromoplasts
- Site of Photosynthesis
Chloroplasts
- Plastids which give colours to flowers and leaves of plants
Chromoplasts
- Yellow colour of turmeric is due to
Curcumin
- Orange colour of Carrot is due to
Carotene
- Red colour of tomato is due to
Lycopene
- Light energy is converted into chemical energy in the presence of
Chloroplasts
- Element present in Chlorophyll
Magnesium
- White coloured or colourless plastids are called
Leucoplasts
- Plant that does not contain chlorophyll
Fungi
- Pigment in Chloroplasts which gives green colour to the plants
Chlorophyll
- Pigment which gives purple and blue colour to the flowers
Anthocyanin
- Pigment which gives yellow colour to the leaves, fruits and flowers
Xanthophyll
- Which book is called as Physician’s Handbook
Charaka Samhitha
- Author of Ashtanga Hridayam
Vagbhadacharya
- Author of Micrographia
Robert Hooke
- Author of The origin of species
Charles Darwin
- Author of History of Animals
Aristotle
- Author of ‘Interpretation of Dreams’
Sigmund Freud
- Author of The geographical distribution of Animals
Alfred Russel Wallace
- Author of Systema Naturae
Carl Linnaeus
- Organisms which prepare food their own are called as
Autotrophs (Eg: Green plants)
- Organisms which cannot prepare food their own and is mainly dependent on green plants are called as
Heterotrophs
- Organisms which derive their food from dead and rotten materials are called as
Saprophytes
- Examples of Saprophytes
Bacteria, mushrooms, yeast, bread mould etc
- Organisms that live on or inside other living organisms to derive their food are called
Parasites
- Authority which testifies the purity and quality of bottles of juice, squash, soap etc
Fruit Product Order (FPO)
- Examples of balanced diets
Milk, Soybean
- Carbohydrates are made up of
Carbon, Hydrogen and Oxygen
- Ratio of Hydrogen and Oxygen in Carbohydrates
2:1
- Examples of Carbohydrates
Glucose, Cellulose, Sugar starch etc
- Major function of Carbohydrates
Production of energy
- Sources of Carbohydrates are
Rice, wheat, honey, sugar, potato, carrot etc
- In plants, carbohydrate is stored as
Starch
- In animals, carbohydrate is stored as
Glycogen
- Carbohydrate required for an adult person per day
400-500gm
- Sugar present in high concentration in liver
Glycogen
- Maximum starch content in rice is
70-80%
- The basic unit of starch is
Glucose
- Deficiency of carbohydrate cause
Weight loss and tiredness
(To be Continued…)