DNYANDA SCIENCE ACADEMY
SHIRUR
Test / Exam Name: Life Processes SET-2 Standard: 10TH Subject: SCIENCE
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Questions: 16 Time: 60 Mins Marks: 30
Q1. In which order do these events occur in human nutrition? 1 Marks
A. Digestion → ingestion → absorption → assimilation. B. Digestion → ingestion → assimilation → absorption.
C. Ingestion → digestion → absorption → assimilation. D. Ingestion → digestion → assimilation → absorption.
Ans: C Ingestion → digestion → absorption → assimilation.
Explanation:
Ingestion – consumption/ taking in of food.
Digestion – breaking up of food particles into small fragments.
Absorption – absorption of broken down food particles into the blood.
Assimilation – soluble food molecules move to different organs to provide energy through blood.
Q2. The breathing and respiration in woody stem of a plant takes place through: 1 Marks
A. Root hair. B. Lenticels. C. Closed stomata. D. Open stomata.
Ans: B Lenticels.
Explanation:
In woody stems, the bark (outer covering of the stem) has lenticels for gaseous exchange.
Q3. The autotrophic mode of nutrition requires: 1 Marks
A. Carbon dioxide and water B. Chlorophyll
C. Sunlight. D. All of the above.
Ans: D All of the above.
Q4. The mechanism of human body which facilitates the exchange of respiratory gases is called. 1 Marks
A. Exhalation. B. Breathing.
C. Circulation. D. All of these.
Ans: B Breathing.
Explanation:
This is movement of air into and out of the lungs. Breathing supplies oxygen to the alveoli, and eliminates
carbon dioxide. The main muscles involved in breathing are the intercostal muscles and the diaphragm.
Q5. Which of the following helps in the upward movement of water and dissolved minerals from the roots to 1 Marks
the leaves through the stem?
A. Transportation. B. Translocation.
C. Tropic movement. D. Transpiration.
Ans: D Transpiration.
Explanation:
Transpiration is the loss of water through the stomata of leaves and other aerial parts of the plants in the form
of water vapour. It provides a transpirational pull, which is responsible for the upward movement of water and
dissolved minerals from the roots to the leaves through the stem.
Q6. Internal respiration may be defined as: 1 Marks
A. Breathing in and releasing of oxygen in the tissue. B. The oxidation of food substances to release energy.
C. The building up (synthesis) of complex substances. D. Getting rid of carbon dixode that would accumulate in the
tissues.
Ans: B The oxidation of food substances to release energy.
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Explanation:
Internal respiration may be defined as the oxidation of food substances to release energy.
Q7. Which of the following is accomplished in a plant by utilising the energy stored in ATP? 1 Marks
A. Transport of food. B. Transport of water and minerals.
C. Transport of oxygen. D. Transport of water, minerals and food.
Ans: A Transport of food.
Explanation:
The translocation (transport of food) in phloem takes place by utilising the energy stored in the ATP molecules.
It takes place in the sieve tubes with the help of adjacent companion cells, both in upward and downward
direction.
Q8. Which of the following has a three-chambered heart? 1 Marks
A. Pigeon. B. Lizard.
C. Fish. D. Lion.
Ans: B Lizard.
Explanation:
Lizard is a reptile and it has a three-chambered heart. Birds (e.g. Pigeon) and mammals (e.g. lion) have a four
- chambered heart, while Pisces (e.g. fish) have a two - chambered heart.
Q9. Direction: In the following question, a statement of Assertion is given followed by a corresponding 1 Marks
statement of Reason. Of the statements, mark the correct answer as:
Assertion (A): The average number of heart beat of a person at rest is about 80 per minute.
Reason (R): One contraction and relaxation of the heart constitutes a complete heart beat.
A. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of B. Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation
A. of A.
C. A is true but R is false. D. A is false but R is true.
Ans: D A is false but R is true.
Q10. Direction: In the following question, a statement of Assertion is given followed by a corresponding 1 Marks
statement of Reason. Of the statements, mark the correct answer as:
Assertion (A): Arteries are thick-walled and elastic in nature.
Reason (R): Arteries have to transport blood away from the heart.
A. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of B. Both A and R are true but R is not the correct
A. explanation of A.
C. A is true but R is false. D. A is false but R is true.
Ans: B Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
Q11. a. In the process of respiration, state the function of alveoli. 3 Marks
b. Rate of breathing in aquatic organisms is much faster than that in terrestrial organisms. Give
reasons.
c. Complete the following pathway showing the breakdown of glucose:
Ans:
a. The alveoli are where the lungs and the blood exchange oxygen and carbon dioxide during the process of
breathing in and breathing out. Oxygen breathed in from the air passes through the alveoli and into the blood and
travels to the tissues throughout the body.
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b. Rate of breathing in aquatic organisms is much faster than that in terrestrial organisms because the amount of
dissolved oxygen in water is fairly low compared to the amount of oxygen in the air, the rate of breathing in
aquatic organisms is much faster due to the low concentration of oxygen in the environment than that seen in
terrestrial organisms.
c.
i. Pyruvate
ii. Carbon dioxide
Q12. What is haemoglobin? State the consequences of deficiency of haemoglobin in our 3 Marks
bodies.
Ans:
Respirator Pigment responsible for O2 transport.
Consequences:
Can affect the O2 supplying capacity of blood to the tissues.
Causes anaemia.
Q13. Draw a diagram of human excretory system and label the 3 Marks
following:
i. Urinary bladder.
ii. Left kidney.
iii. Left ureter.
Ans:
Diagram of the Human Excretory System:
Q14. List in tabular form three differences between blood and 3 Marks
lymph.
Ans:
Blood Lymph
It is red coloured fluid because it contains RBC It is colourless fluid that do not contain RBC
1. 1.
(haemoglobin) (haemoglobin)
2.It flows in arteries, veins and capillaries. 2.It flows in Lymph vessels.
It carries absorbed nutrients, O2, CO2 and nitrogenous
3. 3.It carries digested and absorbed fat from intestine.
waste etc.
4.It consists of Plasma, RBC, WBC, Platelets . 4.It consists of Plasma, Proteins and WBC.
Q15. i. How does Paramecium obtain its food? 3 Marks
ii. List the role of each of the following in our digestive
system:
a. Hydrochloric acid
b. Trypsin
c. Muscular walls of stomach
d. Salivary amylase
Ans:
a. Food enters through a specific spot with the help of movement of cilia.
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b.
a. Creates an acidic medium which facilitates the action of enzyme/ kills microorganisms ingested with the
food.
b. Digestion of proteins.
c. Mixing the food thoroughly with digestive juices./ pushes food forward by peristalsis.
d. Conversion of starch into sugar.
Q16. Read the following and answer any four questions from (i) to (v). 5 Marks
Given are the sections of two pipes, A and B. lf you need to represent blood vessels with these, which of the pipes would
correspond to the artery and which one to a vein. Identify it and answer the following questions.
i. B is best defined as the vessel which:
a. Always supply oxygenated blood to the different organs.
b. Always carry blood away from the heart to different organs.
c. Always break up into capillaries that reunite to form a vein.
d. Always carry blood from one visceral organ to another visceral organ.
ii. In A, valves are present to check backward flow of blood flowing at:
a. Atmospheric pressure.
b. High pressure.
c. Low pressure.
d. all of these.
iii. Which of the following statements is correct regarding A?
a. Carries blood from an organ towards the heart.
b. Always carry oxygenated blood with single exception.
c. Carries blood from heart towards the organ.
d. All of these.
iv. Which of the following statements is incorrect?
a. A has typically larger lumen than B.
b. Walls of Bare elastic enabling them to stretch and shrink during changes in blood pressure.
c. Flow of blood is slower in A than in B.
d. None of these.
v. Blood pressure in the pulmonary artery is:
a. More than that of pulmonary vein.
b. less than that in the vena cava
c. same as that in aorta
d. less than pulmonary vein.
Ans:
a. (b) Always carry blood away from the heart to different organs.
Explanation:
In the given figures, B represents artery that carry blood away from the heart to different organs.
ii. (c) Low pressure.
Explanation:
In the given figures, A represents vein. Veins bring blood from different body parts to the heart. The flow of
blood in veins is not so fast because the blood in veins is under low pressure. Veins possess valves which
prevent backward flow of blood.
iii. (a) Carries blood from an organ towards the heart.
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Explanation:
Veins carry deoxygenated blood with single exception, i.e., pulmonary vein. Arteries carry blood from heart
towards the organ.
iv. (d) None of these.
v. (a) More than that of pulmonary vein.
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