Life Process Assignment

Q1. Name the glands present in the wall of the stomach that release secretions for digestion of food.
Write the three components of secretion that are released by these glands.
Q2. Complete the following flow chart as per the given instructions.
Q3. Explain with the help of neat and well labelled diagrams the different steps involved in nutrition
in Amoeba.
Q4. (A) What is peristaltic movement?
(b) ‘Stomata remain closed in desert plants during daytime’. How do they do photosynthesis?
(C) Why is small intestine in herbivores longer than in carnivores?
Q5. Diffusion is insufficient to meet the oxygen requirement of multicellular organisms like human.
State reason.
Q6. (A) In the process of respiration, state the function of alveoli.
(b) Rate of breathing in aquatic organisms is much faster than that in terrestrial organisms. Give
reasons.
(C) Complete the following pathway showing the breakdown of glucose.
Q7. Write three points of difference between breathing and respiration.
Q8. Write three points of difference between respiration in plants and respiration in animals.
Q9. Draw a diagram of human respiratory system and label – pharynx, trachea, lungs, diaphragm and
alveolar sac on it.
Q10. State reasons why the lungs are designed in human beings to maximize the area for exchange
of gases.
Q11. Give reasons for the following:
(i) Lungs always contain residual volume.

(ii) Nostrils are lined with mucus
Q12. Write two water conducting tissues present in plants. How does water enter continuously into
the root xylem?
(b) Explain why plants have low energy needs as compared to animals.
Q13. Explain how the translocation of materials in phloem tissue in plants is achieved by utilising
energy.
Q14. Explain giving any three reasons the significance of transpiration in plants.
Q15. List in tabular form three differences between arteries and veins.
Q16. Give reasons:
(a) Ventricles have thicker muscular walls than atria.
(b) Transport system in plants is slow.
(C) Circulation of blood in aquatic vertebrates differs from that in terrestrial vertebrates.
(d) During the daytime, water and minerals travel faster through xylem as compared to the night.
(E) Veins have valves whereas arteries do not.
Q17. (A) “Blood circulation in fishes is different from the blood circulation in human beings”. Justify
the statement.
(B) Mention any two components of blood.
Q18. (A) Name four types of metabolic wastes produced by humans.
(b) Name any two human excretory organs other than kidney.
Q19. (A) Name the organs that form the excretory system in human beings.
(b) Describe in brief how urine is produced in human body.
Q20. (A) Draw a well-labelled diagram of structural and functional unit of kidney.
(B) How Guard cells regulate the opening and closing of stomata.
Q21. In the experiment of preparing a temporary mount of a leaf peel to observe stomata we use
two liquids other than water. Name these two liquids & state when and why these liquids are used?
Q22. List in tabular form two differences between pepsin & trypsin.
Q23. A student has set up an apparatus to show that “CO2 is released during respiration”. After
about 1 hour he observes no change in the water level in the delivery tube. Write two possible
reasons for the failure of the experiment.
Q24. Design an activity to show that chlorophyll is essential for photosynthesis.
Q25. Give one reason why multicellular organism require special organ for exchange of gases
between their body and their environment?
Q26. State the basic difference in the process of respiration and photosynthesis?
Q27. In the experiment “Light is essential for photosynthesis” Why does the uncovered part of the
leaf turn blue black after putting iodine solution?
Q28. In human alimentary canal, name the site of complete digestion of various component of food.
Explain the process of digestion?
Q29. How is transportation of water in xylem tissue different from translocation of food in Phloem
tissue?
Q30. (i) “The breathing cycle is rhythmic whereas exchange of gases is a continue process”. Justify
the statement. (ii) What happen if conducting tubes of circulatory system develops a leak? State in
brief how could this be avoided? (iii) How opening and closing stomata take place?

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Q1. Name the glands present in the wall of the stomach that release secretions for digestion of food.

Q4. (A) What is peristaltic movement?

(C) Why is small intestine in herbivores longer than in carnivores?

Q6. (A) In the process of respiration, state the function of alveoli.

(C) Complete the following pathway showing the breakdown of glucose.

Q7. Write three points of difference between breathing and respiration.

Q11. Give reasons for the following:

(i) Lungs always contain residual volume.

Q16. Give reasons:

(a) Ventricles have thicker muscular walls than atria.

(b) Transport system in plants is slow.

(E) Veins have valves whereas arteries do not.

(B) Mention any two components of blood.

Q18. (A) Name four types of metabolic wastes produced by humans.

(b) Describe in brief how urine is produced in human body.

Q24. Design an activity to show that chlorophyll is essential for photosynthesis.

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