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Subject: Biology Topic: Life processes: Nutrition in Living Organisms

Grade: X

1. Name the pigment, which can absorb solar energy.

2. Which chemical is used for detecting starch?

3. What is the similarity between chlorophyll and haemoglobin?

4. Before carrying out the starch test, the leaf is put in alcohol contained in a
beaker and boiled over a water bath. Why is this step carried out?

5. Is there any way for gaseous exchange in plants apart from stomata? If yes,
state its name and location in a plant.

6. 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?

7. Name the raw materials required for photosynthesis.

8. Write any four factors that affect photosynthesis.

9. Define the following terms:

(a) Life processes
(b) Nutrient
(c) Nutrition

10. Draw a diagram of stomata with open stoma and label the following parts:
epidermal cells, guard cell, nucleus, chloroplast

11. How does photosynthesis occur? Give the balanced chemical equation for
photosynthesis.

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12. A leaf from a destarched plant is covered with black paper strip, as shown in figure X.
The starch test is done on the leaf after 8 hours. Select the correct observation from
the ones given from fig A to D.

13. In an experiment to show that sunlight is necessary for photosynthesis, the leaf is
boiled in alcohol for a few minutes using a water bath. It is essential because:
(a) alcohol is highly volatile
(b) steam from the water bath heats the leaf rapidly
(c) steam from the water dissolves the chlorophyll
(d) alcohol is flammable

14. Leaves are green in colour because they:

(a) absorb green light
(b) absorb red light
(c) reflect green light
(d) reflect red light

15. The opening and closing of the stomatal pore depends upon:
(a) oxygen
(b) temperature
(c) water in guard cells
(d) concentration of carbon dioxide in the stomata
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