Worksheet-Life Process
Worksheet-Life Process
Worksheet-Life Process
Biology Class X
Life Processes
Photosynthesis in plants
1. What is meant by life process?
2. How do the guard cells regulate opening and closing of stomatal pores.?
3. Give any two functions of stomata.
4. Mention the major events during photosynthesis.
5. Differentiate between light and dark reaction.
6. In each of the following situations what happens to the rate of photosynthesis?
(a) Cloudy days (b) No rainfall in the area
(c) Good manuring in the area (d) Stomata get blocked due to dust
7. Explain why the rate of photosynthesis in plant is low both at lower and higher temperatures.
8. Leaves of a healthy potted plant were coated with Vaseline. Will this plant remain healthy for
long? State three reasons for your answer.
9. Two green plants are kept separately in oxygen free containers, one in the dark and the other
in continues light. Which one will live longer? Give reasons.
10. Describe an activity to show that chlorophyll is necessary for photosynthesis in plants.
Nutrition
1. ‘All living organisms are dependent on light for their nourishment.’ Justify the statement.
2. List down the steps in holozoic nutrition discussing them in brief.
3. How does Amoeba engulf its food?
4. List down the associated glands of human digestive system.
5. Draw a labelled diagram to show the various step of nutrition in Amoeba.
6. What is the function of salivary glands? Where are these glands located in the digestive system
of man?
7. What is the role of hydrochloric acid in human digestive system?
8. What are the functions of the liver and the pancreas?
9. What is emulsification? Name the organ where fat is emulsified in the alimentary canal of
human beings.
10. How is small intestine designed to absorb digested food?
11. Why do the herbivores have longer whereas carnivores have a shorter small intestine?
12. What are dental carries?
13. Draw a diagram of Human Digestive System.
Label — Alimentary Canal, Oesophages, Gall bladder, Liver, Pancreas & Small intestine.
Respiration
1. Why is diffusion insufficient to meet the oxygen requirement of multicellular organisms like
us?
2. What is the name of respiration which utilises oxygen? Write its over all equation where does
this process occur inside the cells?
3. Write equation for lactic acid fermentation.
4. When we blow exhaled air into the solution of lime water, it turns milky. What actually happens
in the solution?
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5. Write differences between aerobic and anaerobic respiration.
6. Why rate of breathing increases during vigorous physical activity?
7. After a vigorous exercise, you may experience muscular pain in your skeletal muscles. Why
does this happen?
8. State the function of epiglottis.
9. What is the function of C shapes cartilage ring in the trachea?
10. How is thoracic cavity separated from abdominal cavity?
11. How are alveoli designed to maximize the exchange of gases?
12. Draw the respiratory system of human beings and describe the mechanism of breathing in
human beings.
13. Using only flow chart, write the path of O2 from trachea to respiring tissue cell.
14. How does respiration occur in plants.
15. Which part of roots is involved in exchanges of respiratory gases?
16. A farmer floods his field everyday thinking that watering in this manner will result a better
yield of his wheat crop. What will be the result of this action of the farmer?
17. Give two points of difference between respiration in plants and respiration in animals.
18. Why rate of respiration in plants is lower than in animals?
19. What advantage terrestrial organism have over aquatic organism with regard to obtaining
oxygen?
Circulation
1. Name the gas transporting protein molecule present in the blood. Why this molecule is employed
to transport oxygen, but not CO2?
2. What is the function of blood capillaries?
3. What would be the consequence of deficiency of haemoglobin in our body?
4. (a) Differentiate between Artery and a Vein.
(b) Differentiate between Systolic Pressure and Diastotic Pressure
5. What is lymph? Write its important functions?
6. How is oxygen and carbon dioxide transported in human beings?
7. Explain the process of circulation in pisces and amphibians.
8. Why is it necessary to separate oxygenated and deoxygenated blood in mammals and birds?
9. (a) Name the blood vessel that brings deoxygenated blood to the human heart.
(b) Which chamber of human heart receives deoxygenated blood?
(c) Describe how deoxygenated blood from this chamber is sent to lungs for oxygenation.
10. Why is circulation of blood in man known as double circulation?
Transpotation in plants
1. How does transpiration help in upward movement of water from roots to leaves?
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2. What is ‘translocation’? Why is it essential for plants? Where in plants are the following
synthesised? (i) sugars (ii) hormones.
3. Explain how water and minerals transported in plants?
Excretion
1. Name the excretory unit of a kidney.
2. Name the two major components of normal human urine.
3. Where are the two kidneys located in human beings?
4. What is the function of blood capillaries surrounding the nephrons?
5. What is meant by osmoregulation? Explain the importance of osmoregulation for body cells.
6. Assign the specific functions to the following organs in relation with excrtion in human beings.
(a) Kidney (b) Glomerulus and Bowman’s Capsule
(c) Tubular part of nephron (d) Ureter
(e) Urinary bladder (f) Urethra
7. Draw a neat labelled diagram of human urinary system. Give the structure and functions of
nephrons.
8. Name the procedure used in the working of an artificial kidney.
9. How do leaves of plants help in excretion?
10. Compare the functioning of alveoli in the lungs and nephrons in the kidneys with respect to
their structur and functioning.
11. Name the excretory products of plants.
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