Class: 10th

Chapter: 05 Life Processes

Assignment
Q.1 Answer the following questions in very short: (2 & 3 Marks each)

1. Name the green dot like structures in some cells observed by a student when a leaf peel was viewed under
a microscope. What is this green colour due to? [CBSE 2010]
2. Give one reason why multicellular organism require special organ for exchange of gases between their body
and their environment? [CBSE 2010]
3. State the basic difference in the process of respiration and photosynthesis? [CBSE 2010]
4. In the experiment “Light is essential for photosynthesis” Why does the uncovered part of the leaf turn blue
black after putting iodine solution? [CBSE 2010]
5. Why do aquatic animal’s breath faster than the terrestrial animals? [CBSE 2009]
6. Name the tissue which transports soluble product of photosynthesis in a plant? [CBSE 2008]
7. What advantages over an aquatic animal does a terrestrial organism have with regard to obtaining oxygen
for respiration? [CBSE 2008]
8. Name two ways in which glucose is oxidised to provide energy in various organism? [CBSE 2008]
9. What process in plant is known as transpiration? [CBSE 2008]
10. Which pancreatic enzyme is effective in digesting proteins? [CBSE 2008]
11. Name the component of blood which transport:
(i) Food, carbon dioxide and nitrogenous wastes,
(ii) Oxygen. [CBSE 2016]
12. What will happen to a plant if its xylem is removed? [CBSE 2009]
13. Give one reason why multicellular organism require special organs for exchange of gases between their
body and environment? [CBSE 2010]
14. When a sports man runs, he gets muscle cramps. Why? [CBSE 2016]
15. What is saliva? States its role in the digestion of food. [CBSE 2011]
16. What are the final product after digestion of carbohydrates and proteins? [CBSE 2011]
17. State two differences between arteries and veins? [CBSE 2011]
18. How are the alveoli design to maximize the exchange of gases? [CBSE 2011]
19. How is transportation of water in xylem tissue different from translocation of food in Phloem tissue? [CBSE
2009]
20. Write one function each of the following components of the transport system in human being: (i) Blood
vessels (ii) Blood platelets (iii) Lymph (iv) Heart. [CBSE 2012]
21. Name the part of the human excretory system where nephron found. Write the structure and function of
nephron. ( CBSE 2023)
22. Write the sequence of events that involve response of a person when dust particle is inhaled through the
nose by him. (CBSE 2023)
23. Name the substrates for the following enzymes
(i) trypsin
(ii) amylase
(iii) pepsin
(iv) lipase
24. How is opening and closing of stomata regulated?
25. Meat is easier to digest as compared to grass. Why?
26. Why the walls of trachea are supported by cartilaginous rings?
27. What is the advantage of four chambered of heart?
28. Why is diffusion insufficient to meet the oxygen requirements of multicellular organisms like humans?
29. Mucus is not used for churning the food or digesting it. Then why is it secreted in the stomach?
30. Due to availability of less water, how does the plant cope up with lack of water in desert conditions?
31. Veins and arteries catty blood. Which of these carry blood?
(i) Away from the heart?
(ii) Back to the heart?
32. Why is the process of diffusion insufficient to meet the oxygen requirement of human beings?
33. Photosynthesis takes place in the leaves and the food prepared by it reaches other parts of the plants.
Name the process involved and explain it. (CBSE 2024)
34. Give reason for the following : (CBSE 2024) [V.V.IMP]
(i) Alveoli in lungs are richly supplied with blood capillaries.
(ii) Respiratory pigments in the bloods takes up oxygen and not carbon dioxide.
(iii) During anaerobic respiration, a 3- carbon molecules is formed as an end products instead of CO 2 in human
beings.
35. (i) Name the movements that occur all along the gut in human digestive system. How do they help in
digestion?
(ii) Where is bile juice stored in human body? List two roles of bile juice. (CBSE 2024)
36. Name the blood vessel which brings blood to the kidneys. Why is nephron called a basic filtration unit of
kidney? Write the role of tubular part of nephron in urine formation. (CBSE 2024)
37. Define single circulation, incomplete double circulation and complete double circulation of Heart.
38. Why desert plant takes carbon dioxide at night?
39. What is the common for cuscuta, ticks and leeches?
40. What will happen if platelets were absent in the body?
41. What is the function of valve present between atrium and ventricles?
42. During breathing cycle, what is the advantage of residual volume of air in lungs? Explain.
43. Name the energy currency in the living organisms. When and where is ATP produced?
44. Why is urine formed in the body?
45. Give reason for the following : [V.V.IMP]
(i) Arteries have thick walled.
(ii) Blood goes only once through the heart in fishes.
46. Give role of each of the following:
(a) Pulmonary vein (b) Vena cava (c) Aorta
47. (A) How is lymph formed? State its important function. (CBSE 2025)
48. (a) Label the parts of Nephron. And write their role in urine formation. (CBSE 2025)
(b) Why some substances are selectively reabsorbed from the initial filtrate of urine, as it flows along the
tubular part of nephron?
48. Give reasons for the following: (CBSE 2025) [V.V.IMP]
(a) Rate of breathing in aquatic organism is much faster than terrestrial organisms.
(b) Rings of cartilage are present in throat of human being.
(c) During anaerobic respiration, a 3-carbon molecule is formed as an end product instead of CO2 in some cells
of human beings.

Q.2 Answer following questions in short: ( 3 Marks each)

1. List three kind of blood vessels of human circulatory system and write their function in tabular form? [CBSE
2012].
2. Describe in brief the function of kidney, Ureters, Urinary bladder, Urethra? [CBSE 2010]
3. What is double circulation in human being? Why it is necessary. [CBSE 2008]
4. (a) Name two different ways in which glucose is oxidised to provide in various organism.
(ii) Write any two difference between the ways of oxidation of glucose in organism. [CBSE 2008]
5. Name the process by which autotrophs prepare their own food. (b) List the three events which occur during
the process. (c) State two sources from which plants obtain nitrogen for the synthesis of protein and other
compounds. [CBSE 2008]
6. Give reason: [V.V.IMP]
(i) Fine hair and mucus present in the nasal passage?
(ii) Rings of cartilage are present in the throat? [CBSE 2015]
7. Name the following: [V.V.IMP]
(i) The three carbon molecules that is formed due to break down of glucose during respiration.
(ii) During the nitrogenous waste that is remove from the blood in our kidney.
(b) How do unicellular organism generally remove waste. [CBSE 2016]
8. (i) State the role of ATP in cellular respiration (CBSE 2023)
(ii) What ensures sufficient exchange of gases in plants.
(iii) State the conditions on which the direction of Diffusion of gases in plant depend upon. [V.V.IMP]
9. (i) What is the internal energy reserve in plants and animals. (CBSE 2023)
(ii) How desert plant perform photosynthesis if their stomata remain closed during the day. [V.V.IMP]
10. Discuss the mode of nutrition in amoeba.
11. What is the role of the acids in our stomach?
12. What advantage over an aquatic organism does a terrestrial organism have with regard to obtaining
oxygen for respiration?
13. What are the components of the transport system in human beings? What are the functions of these
components?

Q.3 Answer following questions in detail: ( 5 Marks each)

1. The function of the following component of transport system: (i) Blood (ii) Lymph [CBSE 2011]
2. Explain the process of digestion of food in mouth, stomach, and small intestine in the body? [CBSE2010]
3. (a) Name the balloon like structures present in lungs list its two function.
(b) Name the respiratory pigment and write its role in human being. [CBSE 2017, 2018]
(c) State the characteristics of Respiratory organ.

Q.4 Diagrams and their labelling:

1. HEART
2. HUMAN EXCRETORY SYSTEM
3. HUMAN RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
4. NEPHRON