VVS DANKAUR/ Biology Holiday Assignment

Class 10 Term 1- May 2020

Solve all the questions given below and make a file

LIFE PROCESSES-1

Answer the following questions :

1. Name the process required for the maintenance of life.
2. What is the function of stomata and how do they perform this function?
3. Which element is essential for the synthesis of proteins in plants?
4. How do the plants fulfil the requirement of nitrogen to make proteins?
5. Describe the nutrition process in Amoeba.
6. Name the enzyme present is saliva.
7. What are the secretions of gastric glands?
8. Name the muscle which regulate the exit of food from stomach?
9. Name the enzymes present in pancreatic Juice?
10. What causes the formation of cramps in our muscles?
11. Why does the rate of breathing in aquatic organisms is much faster than the
terrestrial organism?
12. Name the respiratory pigment present in human beings?
13. Why does the ventricles have thick walls than atria?
14. Name the group of animals that have 3 chambered and 2 chambered heart?
15. What is the normal value of systolic and diastolic pressure in human beings?
16. What is lymph?
17. Which force or pull is responsible for transportation of water to the height of the
plant body?
18. How does the excretion take place in unicellular organisms?
19. Name the basic filtration unit in the kidneys?
20. What is dialysis?
 LIFE PROCESSES-2
1. What is the role of following in digestion?
a)Trypsin, b) HCL C)Bile D ) Intestinal Juice
2. Name the type of respiration in which the end products are
A) Ethyl Alcohol ( B) CO2 and H2O ( C ) Lactic Acid
Give one example of each case where such respiration can occur.
3.Name the substances present in gastric juice. Explain their function.
4.Why does raw bread taste sweet after chewing in the mouth?
5.Where is bile secreted from? What is its function?
6. Give one word for (A ) getting rid of undigested waste from body ( B) movement of
food molecules into blood
7. Where do you find stomata and lenticels.
9. Food moves down the gut by peristaltic movement. Which part of the brain
controls this movement?
10. Which of the four chambers in the human heart have thickest muscular walls?
11.Why it is not advisable to give excess water to water plants ?
12.Which of the organs performs the following functions in humans?
( a) Absorption of food ( b) Absorption of water
13. Write one feature which is common to each of the following
(A ) Glycogen and Starch ( B ) Chlorophyll and haemoglobin
14. Why does not the lungs collapse after forceful expiration?
15. A particular tissue blocked and the leaves start to wilt. Identify the tissue that got
blocked.
16. How would the digestion of proteins and carbohydrates be effected if there was a
blockade in the bile duct?
17 Which fluid in the human body wets the internal organs?
18. In which direction lymph travels?
19. How does a plant cope up with lack of water in desert conditions?
20.What do you understand by pulse?
21. Is the food vacuole in Amoeba temporary structure or permanent structure?
22.Why is carbon dioxide carried in dissolved form in the blood than oxygen?
23. Differentiate between Diastole and Systole.
24.How does water enter into root cells from the soil?
25.Name the various ways of excretion by plants?
26. Name the respiratory pigment of blood. In which component is it present?
27. Name the substances which are re absorbed from the urine before passing into
urinary bladder.
28.What are the characteristics of respiratory surface?
29. What is dialysis?
30.What is Bowman’s Capsule?
CONTROL & CO-ORDINATION-1
1. Name the tissues in animals which provide control and co-ordination?
2. Name the receptors which detect taste and smell?
3. What are neurons?
4. Name the part of neuron where the information is acquired?
5. In which part of the nervous system the reflex arcs are formed?
6. What constitute the central nervous system?
7. Which is the main thinking part of the brain?
8. Name the part of the brain which control the involuntary actions such as blood
pressure, salivation and vomiting?
9. Which part of the brain is responsible for maintaining the posture and balance of
body?
10. Give one example of chemotropism?
11. Name the plant hormone responsible for the cells to grow longer?
12. Which hormone in plants inhibits the growth?
13. Which element is essential for the synthesis of thyroxin?
14. The deficiency of which hormone in childhood leads to dwarfism?
15. Name the hormone secreted by pancreas?
16. Name the plant hormone which promote cell division?
17. Name the disease caused due to deficiency of iodine.
18. Name the gap present between two neurons?
 CONTROL AND COORDINATION-2

1. What is the stimulus in:

a) Phototropism b) Geotropism c) Chemotropism d) Hydrotropism
e) Thigmotropism
2. Distinguish between tropic and nastic movements of plants
3. Give one example of the movement of a plant part which is caused by the loss of
water
4. Which plant hormone is responsible for the wilting and falling of leaves?
5. Differentiate between gigantism & dwarfism
6. Name one hormone secreted by:
a) Testis b) Pancreas c) Thyroid d) Ovary
7. What is meant by receptors and effectors ?
8. Why does reflex action not depend on the thinking tissue in the brain
9. What happens at the synapse which occurs between the two neurons?
10. How is the chemical coordination brought about in plants?
11. With the help of a schematics diagram, trace the sequence of events occurring,
when you step on a sharp object. Name this action.
12. How does our body maintain blood sugar level?
13. Name the hormone synthesized at the shoot tips. How does it help the plant to
respond to light?
14. What is the function of receptors in human body? What are the types of
receptors found in human? What problems are likely to occur if receptors do not
work properly?
15. If you keep the potted plant horizontally for 2‐3 days, what types of movement
would be shown by the shoot and root after 2 or 3 days. Why?