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Class 7 Science Chapter 9 Life Processes in Animals Solutions | Curiosity NCERT Answers 2026-27 | Amresh Academy

 


🌟 Class 7 Science Curiosity – Chapter 9 Solutions

🫀 Life Processes in Animals | Amresh Academy


✍️ 🔹 Very Short Answer Type Questions


What are life processes?

👉 Answer:
🌱 Life processes are essential functions like nutrition, respiration, circulation, excretion, and reproduction
➡️ Needed for survival of living beings


What is the role of saliva in digestion?

👉 Answer:
💧 Saliva:

  • Breaks starch into sugar 🍞➡️🍬
  • Moistens food for easy swallowing

Name the organ where absorption of digested food occurs.

👉 Answer:
📍 Small intestine


What is egestion?

👉 Answer:
🚽 Removal of undigested waste through the anus


What is the function of alveoli in lungs?

👉 Answer:
🫁 Alveoli help in gas exchange
➡️ Oxygen enters blood & CO leaves


🧠 🔹 Short Answer Type Questions


What is rumination? Name animals that ruminate.

👉 Answer:
🐄 Rumination = food comes back to mouth for chewing again
Examples: cow, goat, buffalo


What happens to the food in the stomach during digestion?

👉 Answer:
🍽️

  • Food is churned
  • Mixed with digestive juices
  • Proteins broken down
  • Bacteria destroyed 🦠

What does the liver secrete and what is its function?

👉 Answer:
🧪 Liver secretes bile
➡️ Helps in fat digestion
➡️ Neutralises acid


What is the difference between breathing and respiration?

👉 Answer:
💨 Breathing = physical process
Respiration = chemical process (energy release)


What happens to undigested food in the large intestine?

👉 Answer:
💧 Water absorbed
➡️ Waste becomes stool
➡️ Removed through anus


📖 🔹 Descriptive Answer Type Questions


Explain the process of digestion in the mouth.

👉 Answer:
👄

  • Teeth crush food
  • Saliva breaks starch
  • Tongue mixes & pushes food

How is the small intestine adapted for absorption?

👉 Answer:
🧫

  • Has villi (finger-like projections)
  • Large surface area
    ➡️ Nutrients absorbed into blood

How does a bird digest food without teeth?

👉 Answer:
🐦

  • Uses gizzard
  • Food crushed with stones
    ➡️ Helps digestion

Describe the human respiratory system briefly.

👉 Answer:
🫁

  • Air enters through nose
  • Passes windpipe
  • Reaches lungs
  • Alveoli gas exchange

What is the role of the diaphragm in breathing?

👉 Answer:
⬇️ Inhalation diaphragm moves down
⬆️ Exhalation diaphragm moves up
➡️ Helps breathing


🚀 🔹 Exploring Questions


Why do we feel a sweet taste when we chew chapati for long?

👉 Answer:
🍞 Starch sugar (by saliva)
➡️ Sweet taste appears 😋


Why is fibre important for a healthy digestive system?

👉 Answer:
🥬

  • Helps bowel movement
  • Prevents constipation
  • Supports digestion

How is gas exchange affected during COVID-19 as per the chapter?

👉 Answer:
🦠 Virus damages alveoli
➡️ Less oxygen exchange
➡️ Breathing difficulty


Why do fish need gills and humans have lungs?

👉 Answer:
🐟 Fish gills (water breathing)
🧑 Humans lungs (air breathing)


How do frogs breathe in different stages of life?

👉 Answer:
🐸

  • Tadpole gills
  • Adult lungs + skin

 


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