LIFE PROCESSES (2024-25)
PRACTICE WORK SHEET-1
PRACTICE WORKSHEET-1
JHPS
CLASS / SEC: 10/
SUBJECT: BIOLOGY Date: ______________
Name: _________________________
Roll no: ___________
I. Answer the following questions:
1. Name the processes essential for maintaining life.
2. What are life processes?
3. Define the term nutrients.
4. Define nutrition.
5. “Nutrition is necessary for an organism”. Comment.
6. What are the different modes of nutrition?
7. From where do plants get the raw materials for photosynthesis?
8. Explain the different types of heterotrophic nutrition.
9. Differentiate saprophytic nutrition and holozoic nutrition.
10. Give two examples of a) saprophytes b)parasites
11. What kind of nutrition takes place in Yeast?
12. Name the following: a) The kind of nutrition that occurs in Fungi
b) The pigment which absorbs solar energy
13. Explain the mode of nutrition in Amoeba.
14. What are the by-products of autotrophic nutrition?
15. What are the conditions for autotrophic nutrition?
NUTRITION IN PLANTS
1. Name the reserved food of plant cell.
2. Define photosynthesis.
3. Give the overall reaction taking place during photosynthesis.
4. What is chlorophyll?
5. How do plants absorb energy from sun?
6. Name the plant organelle which is the site of photosynthesis.
7. What does the cross section of leaves show?
8. What are mesophyll cells?
9. Define stomata.
10. What do you understand by the term „autotrophic‟?
11. Name the pigment that makes the plants autotrophic. Name the cell organelle in
which it is present.
12. What is the by-product of photosynthesis?
13. How is the byproduct of photosynthesis important for us?
14. What would happen if plants could not trap sun‟s energy?
15. Name the essential element required by the plant for synthesis of proteins.
16. In what form the essential element required for photosynthesis is taken up from
the soil?
17. Explain the process of photosynthesis.
18. What are the three steps that take place during photosynthesis?
19. What are the raw materials necessary for photosynthesis to take place?
20. What is the natural source of light?
21. Why do the plants growing under the shades have lower rate of photosynthesis?
22. What are the two major functions of light?
23. Explain an experiment to show that light is necessary for photosynthesis.
24. Explain an activity to show that carbon dioxide is important for photosynthesis.
25. Explain how the gaseous exchange takes place through stomata in plants.
26. How does water act as a limiting factor in the process of photosynthesis?
27. Why does water split into hydrogen and oxygen in presence of light?
NUTRITION IN ANIMALS
1. Name the stored food of animals.
2. What is the role of mucus in stomach?
3. Give three functions of saliva.
4. Why do herbivorous animals require a long small intestine?
5. Which is the longest part of alimentary canal?
6. Name two plants that eat insects.
7. In which part of the digestive system is water absorbed?
8. Define the steps involved in the process of nutrition in animals.
9. What do you understand by the term „peristaltic movement‟?
10. What does the gastric juice contain?
11. Name the two glands from which the small intestine receives secretion.
12. What are pseudopodia?
13. Explain how Paramecium obtains its food.
14. Draw a schematic representation of the process of digestion in Amoeba.
15. What is bile? Give its functions.
16. How do you prevent tooth decay?
17. How does dental caries take place?
18. What are villi? Give a brief description about their structure and function.
19. Name the enzymes in the pancreatic juice.
20. Define enzymes.
21. Give the functions of hydrochloric acid in our stomach.
22. State the function of digestive enzymes.
23. What are the final products after digestion of carbohydrates and proteins?
24. Bile juice does not contain any digestive enzymes, yet it is essential for
digestion, why so? Explain.
25. Why does absorption of digested food occur mainly in the small intestine?
RESPIRATION
1. Explain how exchange of gases takes place in leaves.
2. Schematically represent the breakdown of glucose by various pathways.
3. How energy is converted into ATP?
4. Differentiate respiration from breathing.
5. Differentiate aerobic and anaerobic respiration.
6. Explain the process of respiration in terrestrial organisms.
7. How do aquatic animals respire?
8. How does the process of gaseous exchange take place in Amoeba?
9. What organs are involved in the process of respiration in human beings?
10. Define bronchi and bronchioles.
11. Name the floor of chest cavity.
12. What is a rib cage?
13. Name the actual site of gaseous exchange in human beings.
14. Explain the process of inhalation and exhalation in human beings.
15. Why do we breathe faster after physical exercise?
16. How are the lungs designed in human beings to maximize the area for
exchange of gases?
17. Name the respiratory pigment of blood in mammals?
TRANSPORTATION
1. Why do veins have thin walls as compared to arteries?
2. Give the functions of blood.
3. Why is the colour of blood red?
4. What is meant by the vascular system?
5. Write a note on plasma.
6. Name the components of blood which transport:
a) Food, carbon dioxide and nitrogenous wastes b) Oxygen
7. What is a systole and diastole?
8. What is stethoscope?
9. What is meant by blood pressure?
10. What are the differences between the transport of materials in xylem and
phloem?
11. Describe circulation in human beings. Why is it necessary?
12. Why blood is called a liquid connective tissue?
13. What is translocation in plants?
14. What will happen to a plant if its xylem is removed?
15. State two differences between arteries and veins.
16. How is transport of water in xylem tissue different from translocation of food in
phloem tissue?
17. What are the functions of circulatory system?
EXCRETION
1. What is the main toxic waste, kidney filters from the blood?
2. Name any two substances which are selectively reabsorbed from the tubules of
a nephron.
3. Draw the structure of nephron with labeled parts.
4. In which part of the excretory system are the nephrons located?
5. Name the blood vessel that brings nitrogenous wastes to the kidneys for
removal.
6. Name the blood vessel that is taking the blood away from the kidneys after the
removal of nitrogenous wastes.
7. Which part of the nephron is connected to the ureters?
8. Explain the mechanism of urine formation with neat diagram.
9. Define excretion.
10. What is meant by osmoregulation? Give its function.
11. How does excretion take place in plants?
12. What are the methods used by plants to get rid of excretory products?
13. Name the structural and functional unit of kidney.
14. What is the function of kidney?
15. Why is urine formed in the body?
16. Name the three main parts of nephron.
17. How do unicellular organisms remove waste?
18. How is artificial kidney different from normal kidney?
19. How is the amount of urine produced regulated?
20. Name two excretory products other than O2 and CO2 in plants.
21. How do leaves of plants help in excretion?
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