CLASS 10 SCIENCE

LIFE PROCESSES
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Q.1. Multiple choice questions:

1. Which of the following statement about autotrophs is incorrect-
(I) They synthesise carbohydrates from carbon dioxide and water in the
presence of sunlight and chlorophyll
(II) They convert carbon dioxide and water into carbohydrates in the
absence of sunlight.
(III) They store carbohydrates in the form of Starch.
(IV) They constitute the first tropic level in food chains.
(a) I and III (b) II and IV (c) I AND IV. (d) II AND III.
2. If salivary amylase is lacking in saliva which of the following event in mouth
will be affected-
(I) Proteins breaking down into amino acids
(II) Starch breaking down into sugars
(III) Fats breaking down into fatty acid and glycerol
(IV) Absorption of vitamin
3. Choose the function of pancreatic juice from the following:
(I) Trypsin digest protein and lipase digest carbohydrate
(II) Trips and digest emulsified fats and lipase protein
(III) Trypsin and lipase digest fat
(IV) Tripsin digest protein and Lipase digest emulsified fat
4. In which of the following groups of organisms, food material are broken down
outside the body and absorbed –
(I) Mushroom green plants amoeba
(II) East mushroom bread moulds
(III) paramoecium amoeba cuscuta
(IV) Cuscuta lice tapeworm
5. A few drops of iodine solution were added to rice Water. Solution turn blue
black in colour. This indicate that rice water contain-
(a) Complex proteins. (b) Simple proteins. (c) Fats. (d)
Starch
6. When air is blown from mouth into a test tube containing lime water the lime
water turned milky due to the presence of-
(a) Oxygen. (b) Nitrogen (c) Water vapour. (d) Carbon
dioxide
7. The internal energy reserve in autotrophs is-
(a) Glycogen. (b) Proteins (c) starch. (d) Fatty acid
8. During the deficiency of oxygen in the tissues of human beings pyruvic acid is
converted into lactic acid in the-
(a) Cytoplasm. (b) Chloroplast (c) mitochondria. (d)
Golgi body.
9. Which is the correct sequence of air passage during inhalation-
(I) Nostrils -→ larynx →pharynx → trachea →lung
(II) Nasal passage → trachea →pharynx → larynx → alveoli
 (III) Nostrils → pharynx →larynx → trachea → alveoli
10. Which is the first enzyme to mix with food in the digestive tract?
(a) Pepsin. (b) Cellulase (c) Amylase. (d) Trypsin.
11. What prevents backflow blood inside the heart during contraction?
(a) Valves in heart. (b) Muscular walls of ventricle (c) Thin
walls of atria. (d) All of the above
12. Choose the correct statement that describes Arteries –
(I) They have thick elastic walls blood flow under high pressure collect
blood from different organs and bring it back to the heart
(II) They have thin walls with valves inside blood flows under low pressure
and carry blood away from the heart to various organs of the body.
(III) They have thick elastic wall blood flow on the low pressure very blood
from the heart to various organs of the body.
(IV) They have thick elastic walls without valves inside blood flows under
high pressure and carry blood away from the heart to different parts of
the body
13. Blood leaving the tissues becomes richer in-
(a) Carbon dioxide. (b) Cellulase (c) hemoglobin. (d)
Oxygen.
14. Which of the following statement is/are true about heart –
(I) Left atrium receives oxygenated blood from different parts
of the body while right atrium receive deoxygenated
blood from lungs.
(II) Left ventricle pumps oxygenated blood to different body
parts while right ventricle pump deoxygenated blood to
lungs
(III) Left atrium transfer oxygenated blood to right ventricle
which send it to different parts of body.
(IV) Right atrium receive de- oxygenated blood from different
parts of the body while left ventricle pumps oxygenated
blood to different parts of the body.
(a) I. (b) II (c) II AND IV. (d) I AND III.
15. Which of the following is an incorrect statement?
(I) Organisms grow with time.
(II) Organisms must repair and maintain their structure.
(III) Movement of molecule does not takes place among cell.
(IV) Energy is essential for life process.
16. Choose the event that does not occur in photosynthesis –
(I) Absorption of light energy by chlorophyll.
(II) Reduction of carbon dioxide to carbohydrates.
(III) Oxidation of carbon to carbon dioxide.
(IV) Conversion of light energy into chemical energy.
17. Opening and closing of stomatal pore depends upon-
(a) Oxygen. (b) Temperature. (c) Water in guard cells. (d)
Concentration of carbon dioxide in stomata.
18. Which of the following statement is or are correct?
(I) Pyruvate can be converted into ethanol and carbon dioxide by Yeast.
 (II) Fermentation takes place in aerobic bacteria
(III) Fermentation takes place in mitochondria.
(IV) Fermentation is a form of anaerobic respiration
(a) I and III (b) II and IV (c) I AND IV. (d) II AND III.
19. Inner lining of stomach is protected by one of the following from hydrochloric
acid-
(a) Pepsin. (b) Mucus. (c) Salivary amylase (d) bile
20. In which part of the alimentary canal food is completely digested?
(a) Stomach. (b) Mouth. (c) Large intestine (d) small
intestine.
21. Which of the following are associated with emulsification of fat to facilitate
the action of lipase?
(a) Bile pigments. (b) Bile salts. (c) Both of these (d) none of
these
22. The breakdown of pyruvate to liberate carbon dioxide, water and energy takes
place in-
(a) Nucleus. (b) Cytoplasm. (c) Mitochondria (d)
chloroplast.
23. In the cytoplasm of the cells glucose is broken down to pyruvic acid step by
step this process is termed as:
(a) Fermentation. (b) Krebs cycle. (c) Glycolysis.

FILL IN THE BLANKS:

1. __________________ nutrition is a kind of nutrition in which organisms synthesize
their own organic food utilising only the inorganic raw materials present in the
surrounding.
2. Raw materials needed for photosynthesis are _________________.
3. Oesophagus exhibits _______________ movement to push partially digested food
forward towards stomach.
4. Fishes have ______________ chambered heart.
5. Amphibians have _________________ chambered heart.
6. Blood has 2 components _________________& _________________.
7. Anaerobic respiration carried out by Yeast is called __________________.
8. During photosynthesis energy rich compound generated is ______________.
9. The wall of small intestine has numerous projections called ________________.
10. Contraction of heart is termed as ____________________ and it's relaxation is
called __________________.
11. The lungs in human beings lie in the ________________ cavity .
12. Saliva contain water, salt and an enzyme named ________________.
13. The largest digestive gland in human is __________________.
14. _________________ and _________________ are important conducting tissues in
plants.
ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:
1. Name the following:
 (a) Process in plants that link light energy with chemical energy.
(b) Organisms that can prepare their own food.
(c) The cell organelle where photosynthesis occurs.
(d) Cells that surroundings stomatal pore.
(e) Organisms that cannot prepare their own food.
(f) Enzyme secreted from gastric glands in stomach that acts on protein
2. How to guard cells regulate opening and closing of stomatal pores?
3. Is nutrition a necessity for an organism? Discuss.
4. What causes movement of food inside the alimentary canal?
5. Why is small intestine in herbivores longer than carnivores.
6. What are adaptations of leaf for photosynthesis?
7. Why does absorption of digested food occur mainly in small intestine?
8. Differentiate between artery and vein.
9. Why is blood circulation in human heart called double circulation?
10. What are the two phases of photosynthesis? Write the major events during
photosynthesis.
11. What is advantage of having four chamber heart?
12. Name the energy currency in living organism when and where it is produced?
13. Explain the role of mouth in digestion of food.
14. What will happen if platelets were absent in blood?
15. Plants have low energy needs as compared to animals explain.
16. Why is transpiration important for plants?
17. Explain the process of breathing in man.
18. How do carbohydrate protein and fat get digested in human being?
19. Explain three pathways of breakdown a glucose in living organism?
20. Write 2 points of differences between respiration and plants and respiration in
animals.
21. What is lymph? Write its important functions.
22. Why does the blood not float inside an uninjured vessels?
23. Why are WBC called soldiers of the body?
24. After vigorous exercise you may experience muscular pain in your skeletal
muscles? Why does this happen?
25. How do seeds with heart seed coat respire to get energy during the initiation of
germination?
26. Why is the rate of breathing in aquatic organisms much faster than terrestrial
organisms?
27. What is the pathway followed for the transportation of oxygenated blood in
human?
28. Explain the structure and function of human heart.