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SQP AND EXEMPLAR QUESTIONS

CLASS 10

TOPIC: LIFE PROCESSES (NUTRITION)

SQP QUESTIONS (2023-24)

1. Generally food is broken and absorbed within the body of organisms. In which of the following
organisms is it done outside the body?
a) Amoeba
b) Mushroom
c) Paramoecium
d) Lice

SQP QUESTIONS (2022-23)


2. In the given transverse section of the leaf identify the layer of cells where maximum photosynthesis
occurs.

(a) I, II
(b) II, III
(c) III, IV
(d) I, IV

3. Patients whose gall bladder is removed are recommended to eat less oily food. Why?
Exemplar Questions

1. Name the following :

(a) The process in plants that links light energy with chemical energy

(b) Organisms that can prepare their own food

(c) The cell organelle where photosynthesis occurs

(d) Cells that surround a stomatal pore

(e) Organisms that cannot prepare their own food

(f) An enzyme secreted from gastric glands in the stomach that acts on proteins.

2. “All plants give out oxygen during day and carbon dioxide during night”. Do you agree with this
statement? Give reason.
3. How do the guard cells regulate opening and closing of stomatal pores?
4. If a plant is releasing carbon dioxide and taking in oxygen during the day, does it mean that there is no
photosynthesis occurring? Justify your answer.
5. Differentiate between an autotroph and a heterotroph.
6. Is ‘nutrition’ a necessity for an organism? Discuss.
7. What would happen if green plants disappeared from earth?
8. What are the adaptations of leaves for photosynthesis?
9. Why is the small intestine in herbivores longer than in carnivores?
10. What will happen if mucus is not secreted by the gastric glands?
11. What is the significance of emulsification of fats?
12. What causes movement of food inside the alimentary canal?
13. Why does absorption of digested food occur mainly in the small intestine?

14. Match Group (A) with Group (B)

Group A Group B

(a) Autotrophic nutrition (i) Leech

(b) Heterotrophic nutrition (ii) Paramoecium

(c ) Parasitic nutrition (iii) Deer

(d) Digestion in food vacuoles (iv) Green plants

15. Mention the major events during photosynthesis.

16. Explain the role of mouth in digestion of food.


17. What are the functions of gastric glands present in the wall of the stomach?
18. Match the terms in Column (A) with those in Column (B)

Column A Column B

(a) Trypsin (i) Pancreas

(b) Amylase (ii) Liver

(c ) Bile (iii) Gastric glands

(d) Pepsin (iv) Saliva

19. Name the correct substrates for the following enzymes:

(a) Trypsin (b) Amylase (c) Pepsin (d) Lipase

20. Explain the process of nutrition in Amoeba.


21. Describe the alimentary canal of man.
22. Draw the diagram of alimentary canal of man and label the following parts:

Mouth, Oesophagus, Stomach, Intestine

23. How do carbohydrates, proteins and fats get digested in human beings?
24. Explain the mechanism of photosynthesis.

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