SQP Nutrition
SQP Nutrition
SQP Nutrition
CLASS 10
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
(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
(a) The process in plants that links light energy with chemical energy
(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?
Group A Group B
Column A Column B
23. How do carbohydrates, proteins and fats get digested in human beings?
24. Explain the mechanism of photosynthesis.
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