GURU NANAK HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL, RANCHI

STD – X SCIENCE HOLIDAY HOMEWORK (2022-2023)

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1. What do you mean by reflection of light?

2. Write the laws of reflection.
3. What is the speed of light in vacuum and in air?
4. On which property of light the formation of shadow is based?
5. Write the characteristics of image formed by a plane mirror.
6. Which mirror is used as rear view mirror in cars and moter bikes?
7. Draw diagram to show image formation by a concave mirror when object is kept between pole and focus.
8. Write differences between real and virtual images.
9. What are the different ways in which glucose is oxidised to provide energy in various organisms?
10. What are final product ‘s produced after digestion of carbohydrate, protein, and fats? How digestion of
carbohydrate and protein takes place in our body?
11. What are the three events which occur during photosynthesis. Write chemical equation involved during
photosynthesis.
12. How do the guard cells regulate opening and closing of stomatal pore?
13. Mention the role of pepsin, saliva, hydrochloric acid and mucus.
14. What causes movement of food inside the alimentary canal? Write function of villi.
15. Draw the well labelled diagram of human respiratory system.
16. How does aerobic respiration differ from anaerobic respiration. What is the function of lenticells?
17. Explain and draw the process of nutrition in Amoeba.
18. A reddish brown coloured metal used in electrical wires when heated strongly in an open china dish its
colour turns black. When hydrogen gas is passed over this black substance it regains its original colour. Based
on the above information answer the following questions:
(i) Name the metal and the black coloured substance formed.
(ii) Write balanced chemical equations for both the reactions.
19. Write balanced chemical equations for the following reaction and define the type of reaction:
“ Iron(III) oxide reacts with aluminium and gives molten iron and aluminium oxide”.
20. What happens when barium hydroxide is added to ammonium chloride? What type of reaction is it?
21. During electrolytic decomposition of water:
a. Name the gas produced at anode and cathode.
b. What is the ratio of these gas?
c. Why is the volume of gas produced at cathode double the volume of gas produced at anode?
d. How will you identify this gas?
22. What happens when ferrous sulphate hepta-hydrate crystals are heated? What happens upon further
heating?
23. Why should a magnesium ribbon be cleaned before burning in air?
24. A student has mixed the solutions of lead ( II ) nitrate and potassium iodide:
a. What was the colour of the precipitate formed? Can you name the compound?
b. Write balanced chemical equation for this reaction.
c. What type of reaction is it?
25. Define rancidity. How can rancidity be slowed down?