Practice questions class 10 life processes

1. define enzyme
2. enzyme in humans digest fats
3. why is diffusion insufficient to meet the oxygen requirements of multicellular
organisms like human
4. define nutrition
5. differentiate between autotrophic and heterotrophic nutrition
6. what do you understand by peristaltic movement
7. one point of difference between pepsin and trypsin
8. what is common for cuscuta, ticks and leeches?
9. Give one points it is common to both aerobic and anaerobic respiration
10. Why are lungs divided into very small sac like structures called alveoli?
11. why plants do not release CO2 during the day?
12. what are the two changes that take place in the chest cavity during inhalation
13. what prevents the air passage in human body from collapsing?
14. name the component of blood that helps in clotting in the event of a cut
15. name two substances that are selectively reabsorbed during urine formation.
16. How are oxgen & carbon dioxide transported in humans?

17. what will happen if phloem of the plant is removed

18. what is the significance of emulsification of fat
19. Where is fat digested in the body?
20. if leaves of a healthy potted plant were coated with Vaseline will the plant remain
healthy for long?
21. state the function of bowman's capsule
22. state the ways in which glucose is broken down in absence of oxygen
23. mention the role of pancreatic juice, gastric juice, bile juice
24. Two green plants are kept separately in oxygen free containers one in dark and
other in continuous light which one will live longer give reasons
25. if a plant is releasing CO2 and taking in O2 during the day does it mean that
there is no photosynthesis occurring justify your answer
26. name the energy currency in living organisms when and where is it produced?
27. explain the process of nutrition in amoeba
28. carbohydrates proteins and fats get digested in human beings
29. differentiate between transportation of food and transportation of water in plants
30. list important differences between arteries and veins
31. Mode of nutrition in cuscuta & leech?
32. why do plants have low energy needs as compared to animals
33. What are the requirements & end products of photosynthesis.
34. give one difference between systolic pressure and diastolic pressure
35. All plants give out oxygen during day and carbon dioxide during night”. Do you agree
with this statement? Give reason.

36. How do the guard cells regulate opening and closing of stomatal pores?

37. Why do fishes die when taken out of water?

38. What are the adaptations of leaf for photosynthesis?

39. Mention the major events during photosynthesis.

40. Write the complete equation for photosynthesis.

41. What is the source of oxygen in the process of photosynthesis.

42. Name the energy currency in the living organisms. When and where is it produced?
43. Plants have low energy needs as compared to animals. Explain.

44. write the equation for anaerobic respiration in yeast.

45. Name the components of transportation system in plants.

46. Which respiratory pathway will occur in the cell of an athlete who is performing 100m
sprint (write the equation)

47. A student sets up an experiment to study human respiration using lime water, test tube
and a straw. Lime water is colourless in the absence of CO2and is milky in its presence.
The student fills a freshly prepared limewater in a test tube and blows air through straw
into the limewater.
48. What can be evaluated from this observation?
(a) oxygen is exhaled during respiration
(b) glucose is produced during respiration
(c) carbon dioxide is exhaled during respiration
(d) water vapours are produced during respiration
49. Which option correctly shows the transport of oxygen to the cell?
(a) Lungs →pulmonary vein →left atrium →left ventricle →aorta → body cells
(b) Lungs →pulmonary vein →right atrium →right ventricle → aorta → body cells
(c) Lungs →pulmonary artery →left atrium → left ventricle → vanacava → body cells
50. (d) Lungs →pulmonary artery →right atrium → right ventricle→ vanacava → body cells
51. What is the direction of deoxygenated blood from right atrium of the heart?
(a) towards the lungs
(b) towards the lower body
(c) towards the upper body
(d) towards the left atrium of heart

52. 3. How is the circulations of blood in fish different from that in humans?
(a) The heart in fish is bigger in size.
(b) The flow of blood in fish is unidirectional.
(c) The blood goes through heart only once in fishes.
(d) The heart of fish has more chambers compared to that of a human.
 53. why arteries have a thick wall?
(a) to carry large amount of blood
(b) to allow easy exchange of gases with cells
(c) to ensure blood flows in only one direction
(d) to sustain the high-pressure blood from the heart

54. How does healing of a wound take place in the human body?
(a) platelets form clot by plugging the site of injury
(b) platelets uses component of broken vessel to form clot
(c) red blood cells divide and replace the broken vessel at the site of injury
(d) red blood cells and platelets migrate to site of injury and secrete substance that
forms new vessel
50.What is the importance of the urinary bladder in excretory system?

(a) It produces urine.

(b) It filters waste from the blood.

(c) It stores the urine till urination.

(d) It carries urine from kidney to outside.

51. Though Nephron is a unit of filtration in kidneys that filters waste material. It
selectively reabsorbs or excretes water with the help of capillaries that surround it. What
is the likely benefit of this?
(a) It makes the process of filtration at Bowman’s capsule easier.
(b) It helps keep the output of urine constant throughout the day.
(c) It helps to uptake and store excess amount of water in the body for later use.
(d) It maintains the concentration of urine based on the amount of water present in the
body.

52. A plant gets rid of excess water through transpiration. Which is a method used by
plants to get rid of solid waste products?
(a) shortening of stem
(b) dropping down of fruits
(c) shedding of yellow leaves
(d) expansion of roots into the soil

53. which component is excreted by plants during photosynthesis?

(a) Carbon dioxide
(b) Glucose
(c) Light energy
(d) Oxygen

54. Compare the working of alveoli and nephron

55. . Why is small intestine in herbivores longer than in carnivores?
Q56. What will happen if mucus is not secreted by the gastric glands?
Q57. What is the significance of emulsification of fats?
Q58. Why does absorption of digested food occur mainly in the small intestine?
Q59. What is the advantage of having four chambered heart?
Q60. Name the energy currency in the living organisms. When and where is it produced?
Q61. What is common for cuscuta, ticks and leeches?
Q62. Explain the role of mouth in digestion of food.
Q63. What are the functions of gastric glands present in the wall of the stomach?
Q64. Name the correct substrates for the following enzymes
(a) Trypsin (b) Amylase (c) Pepsin (d) Lipase
65.what is contraction & relaxation of food pipe called?
66.in which organisms blood is not pumped by heart directly?
67. list any 3 ways by which plants perform excretion.
68.The filtration units of kidneys are called
A. Urethra
B. Ureter
C. Neurons
D. Nephrons

69. In which of the following vertebrate group/groups, heart does not pump oxygenated blood
to different parts of the body?
A. Pisces and Amphibians
B. Amphibians and Reptiles
C. Amphibians
D. Pisces only

70. Oxygen liberated during photosynthesis comes from

A. Oxygen
B. Water
C. Hemoglobin
D. Carbon dioxide

71.The internal cellular energy reserve in autotrophs is

A. Fatty acid
B. Starch
C. Protein
D. Glycogen

72.The organism having parasitic mode of nutrition is:

A. Parrot
B. Paramecium
C. Plasmodium
D. Penicillium

73. One of the following organisms has a saprophytic mode of nutrition. This organism is:
A. Lice
B. Leech
C. Mushroom
D. Malaria parasite

74. The length of small intestine in human adult is about :

A. 4.4 m
B. 1.5 m
C. 4.5 m
D. 6.5 m

75. The autotrophic mode of nutrition requires

A. Sunlight
B. Carbon dioxide and water
C both (a) nor (b)
D.none of the above

76. When carrying out the starch test on a leaf, why is it important to boil the leaf in alcohol?
A. To stop chemical reactions in the cells
B. To remove the chlorophyll
C. To make the cells more permeable to iodine solution
D. To dissolve the way cuticle

77. site of complete digestion of food

78. site for fat digestion.
79. site of urine formation
80. site of photosynthesis.