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Life Processes
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A parrot is green in colour yet it is not an autotroph like green plants. What is the reason?

Answer

Like green plants, a parrot does not contain chlorophyll pigment which can absorb and convert light energy into chemical energy that can be used to prepare their own food. The green color of parrot is not due to chlorophyll.

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Some More Questions From Life Processes Chapter

Why are life processes needed?

 

Name the life processes needed to maintain life.

What exactly do life processes need to do?

Why does a single-celled organism not need specific organs for taking in food, exchange of gases or removal of wastes?

Why is diffusion insufficient to meet the oxygen requirements of multicellular organisms like humans?

What criteria do we use to decide whether something is alive?

What are outside raw materials used for by an organism?

What processes would you consider essential for maintaining life?

From where do you get the energy to do work from?

Name the main modes of nutrition.