Stepping Stones Sr. Sec.
School
Sector 37D, Chandigarh
ASSIGNMENT 1 BIOLOGY
Class 10 - Science
Time Allowed: 1 hour Maximum Marks: 48
1. Choose the correct path of urine in our body [1]
a) Kidney → Ureter → Urethra → Urinary b) Urinary bladder → Kidney → Ureter →
bladder Urethra
c) kidney → Urinary bladder → Urethra → d) Kidney → Ureters → Urinary bladder →
Ureter Urethra
2. During vigorous exercise, the occurrence of cramps in the outer muscles of an athlete is due to the conversion of [1]
pyruvate to:
a) Glucose b) Lactose
c) Ethanol d) Lactic acid
3. Seeds taken in the conical flask during respiration experiment must be [1]
a) Dry gram seeds b) Wet gram seeds
c) Boiled gram seeds d) Germinating gram seeds
4. i. State the role played by the following in the process of digestion. [2]
a. Enzyme trypsin
b. Enzyme lipase
ii. List two functions of finger-like projections present in the small intestine.
5. Why is diffusion insufficient to meet the oxygen requirements of multicellular organisms like humans? [2]
6. Study the fig (a) and (b). What difference you observe in the figure (b)? Give a justified reason for your answer. [3]
7. Name the following [3]
i. The process in plants that links light energy with chemical energy.
ii. Organisms that can prepare their own food.
iii. The cell organelle where photosynthesis occurs.
iv. Cells that surround a stomatal pore.
v. Organisms that cannot prepare their own food.
vi. An enzyme secreted from gastric glands in the stomach that act on proteins.
8. i. Define excretion. [5]
ii. Name the basic filtration unit present in the kidney.
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iii. Draw excretory system in human beings and label the following organs of excretory system which perform
the following functions:
a. forms urine
b. is a long tube which collects urine from the kidney.
c. Store urine until it is passed out.
9. Read the following text carefully and answer the questions that follow: [4]
The green plants make their food, through photosynthesis and are therefore called autotrophs. All other
organisms depend upon green plants for food and are referred to as heterotrophs. Green plants carry out
photosynthesis by using light energy of sun. The first phase of reactions are directly light driven therefore called
light reactions. The second phase of reactions are not directly light driven but are dependent on the products of
light reactions and are called dark reactions.
i. What is produced during the light phase of photosynthesis? (1)
ii. How many sugar molecules are produced in the overall process of photosynthesis? (1)
iii. A plant is provided with ideal conditions for photosynthesis and supplied with isotope 14CO2. When the
products of the process are analysed carefully, what would be the nature of products? (2)
OR
What are the accurate functions corresponding to parts X, Y, and Z as depicted in the provided diagrammatic
representation of an electron micrograph of a section of a chloroplast? (2)
10. Assertion (A): Blood takes up oxygen from the alveolar air and release CO2 during exchange. [1]
Reason (R): The concentration of O2 is more in alveolar air.
a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct b) Both A and R are true but R is not the
explanation of A. correct explanation of A.
c) A is true but R is false. d) A is false but R is true.
11. Assertion (A) : Presence of HCl in stomach is necessary for the process of digestion. [1]
Reason (R): HCl kills and inhibits the growth of bacteria in the stomach.
a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct b) Both A and R are true but R is not the
explanation of A. correct explanation of A.
c) A is true but R is false. d) A is false but R is true.
12. Select the mis-matched pair [1]
a) Estrogen - Ovary b) Testosterone - Testes
c) Adrenaline - Pituitary gland d) Thyroxin - Thyroid gland
13. Which of the following is not the function of Auxins [1]
A. Cell enlargement
B. Induces dormancy
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C. Root formation
D. Overcome apical dominance secreted by the posterior lobe
a) A and D b) B and D
c) B and C d) All of these
14. Which part of the brain is concerned with muscular coordination in the body? [1]
a) Temporal lobe b) Cerebellum
c) Pons d) Parietal lobe
15. What are plant hormones? Name the plant hormones responsible for the following: [2]
i. Growth of stem
ii. Promotion of cell division
iii. Inhibition of growth
iv. Elongation of cells
16. Name the hormones secreted by the following endocrine glands and specify one function of each: [2]
a. Thyroid
b. Pituitary
c. Pancreas
17. Nervous and hormonal system together performs the functions of control and coordination in human beings. [3]
Justify the statement.
18. Male cats which are castrated behave differently afterwards. What do these differences tell you about some of [3]
the effect of testosterone?
19. Some situations in our day to day life require quick response from our body. Illustrate the sentence with the help [5]
of suitable diagram and common examples.
20. Read the following text carefully and answer the questions that follow: [4]
Animals have a nervous system for controlling and coordinating the activities of the body. But plants have
neither a nervous system nor muscles. So, how do they respond to stimuli? When we touch the leaves of a chui-
mui (the ‘sensitive’ or ‘touch-me-not’ plant of the Mimosa family), they begin to fold up and droop. When a
seed germinates, the root goes down, the stem comes up into the air. What happens? Firstly, the leaves of the
sensitive plant move very quickly in response to touch.
There is no growth involved in this movement. On the other hand, the directional movement of a seedling is
caused by growth. If it is prevented from growing, it will not show any movement.
i. Write the types of movement. (1)
ii. Give an example of a plant hormone that promotes growth. (1)
iii. What is the function of the nervous system? (2)
OR
How is the movement of leaves of the sensitive plant different from the movement of a shoot towards light?
(2)
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21. Assertion (A): Males have more stature than females during puberty. [1]
Reason (R): This is because of presence of thyroxin in the blood of females.
a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct b) Both A and R are true but R is not the
explanation of A. correct explanation of A.
c) A is true but R is false. d) A is false but R is true.
22. Assertion (A): The brain allows us to think and take actions based on that thinking. [1]
Reason (R): The hind brain is the main thinking part of the brain which has regions which receive sensory
impulses from various receptors.
a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct b) Both A and R are true but R is not the
explanation of A. correct explanation of A.
c) A is true but R is false. d) A is false but R is true.
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