BIRLA VIDYA NIKETAN

CLASS X
GENERAL SCIENCE
DATE: 1st APRIL, 2020
DURATION: 1 hour

BIOLOGY
CHAPTER: LIFE PROCESSES
TOPIC : NUTRITION IN ANIMALS

Hello! Children
We are posting some video links and activities so that you can utilize your time at
home in an interesting in an interesting and fruitful way. This will make learning more
exciting when school reopens and you will develop better clarity of concepts. Please
perform these activities and watch these videos and answer the related questions.
https://youtu.be/5_4Y0tTHqyk (Nutrition in Amoeba)
https://youtu.be/4h9IxqqmBKo (Nutrition in Paramoecium)
https://youtu.be/A6lRU6pYiAc (Nutrition in human beings)
http://www.ncert.nic.in/ncerts/l/jesc106.pdf (Online Ncert textbook)
Q1. Match the following:

COLUMN 1 COLUMN 2

Moving parts of the body nutrition

Producing offspring excretion

Responding and reaching sensitivity

Getting food to stay alive movement

Getting rid of waste reproduction

Turning food into energy growth

Getting to adult size respiration

Q2. Can you give me a name? Solve each of the following riddles by writing the

name of the organism and its mode of nutrition.

(A) I live in water; people keep me in an aquarium and feed me.

___________, ______________
 (B) I am small and I can fly. I disturb your sleep, bite you and suck your blood

which is my food. _______________, _______________

(C) I am white and soft. I grow well in the rainy season. Children pluck me

from the ground and admire me. I absorb nutrients from decomposed dead

parts of plants and animals in the soil. ______________,

_________________.

Answer the following questions:

Q3. What is the role of following:

a. HCl b. Bile c. Trypsin d. Intestinal juice
Q4. Name the substances present in gastric juice.
Q5. Why does raw bread taste sweet after chewing in the mouth?
HOTS
Q6. Which organ secretes a hormone when the blood sugar level rises? Name the
digestive enzymes released by this organ and write down its functions also.
Q7. How would the digestion of proteins and carbohydrates be affected if there was
a blockage in the bile duct?
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CHEMISTRY
Chapter1-Chemical reactions and equations
Sub Topic:- Types of chemical reactions (combination and thermal
decomposition)
Online NCERT books available for downloading:-
https://ncertbooks.prashanthellina.com
Observe the following videos and answer the questions given below:-
https://youtu.be/xIRGQrkApIM
https://youtu.be/Jp0c5KkStq0
https://youtu.be/O_1H2Cjb830

1) What do you observe when water is added to quick lime? Name the product formed. Write
the balanced chemical equation for the reaction.
2) Why does not a wall immediately acquire a white colour when a coating of slaked
lime is applied to it?
3) Following equation represents thermal decomposition of ferrous sulphate:-
FeSO4.7H2O------heat-------->FeSO4+7H2O
2Fe SO4 -------heat---------->Fe2O3+SO2+SO3 .
Write the colour of ferrous sulphate crystals. What do you observe when these crystals
are heated first gently and then strongly.
4) When lead nitrate is heated in a test tube brown fumes are seen. Give reason? What
else is observed in the reaction? Write a balanced chemical equation.
5) Differentiate between combination and decomposition reaction (two points)
6) Complete the equation CaCO3-------heat-------> _________ + ___________

PHYSICS
Chapter: Sources of Energy
Topic: Solar Energy (pg248-250)

Answer the following questions based on the topic taught in online classes
Q1. List four activities from our daily life in which solar energy is used.
Q2. We are looking for alternative or non- conventional sources of energy. Give
three reasons for it.
Q3. Solar energy can be harnessed directly as well indirectly. Give two examples of
each type.
Q4. What are solar concentrators and solar cell panels? How are they an
improvement on simple devices? Why are solar cell panels costly?
Q5. Which part of Sun’s energy is responsible for drying clothes and exposure to
which part could be health hazard?