Test Paper

NUTRITION AND RESPIRATION PAPER 2

Class 10 - Science
Time Allowed: 1 hour Maximum Marks: 40

1. Why do herbivores have longer small intestine than carnivores? [2]

2. Draw a diagram of alimentary canal labelling the following: [2]
i. Organ which secretes bile
ii. Organ which stores bile
iii. Organ which behaves as an exocrine as well as endocrine gland
iv. Part where maximum absorption of water occurs
v. Part where digested food is absorbed
3. Name any three glands associated with digestion in humans. Write the name of enzymes secreted by them? [2]
4. Meat is easier to digest as compared to grass. Why? [2]
5. Two green plants are kept separately in oxygen free containers, one in the dark and the other in contiguous light. [2]
Which one will live longer? Give reasons.
6. How to destarch the leaves for an experiment to show that sunlight is necessary for photosynthesis? [3]
7. Food does not pass through the digestive system by 'gravity'. This is clear from the fact that we can digest the [3]
food even if we are lying down. Explain the logic behind the passage of food through our digestive system.
8. In each of the following situations what happens to the rate of photosynthesis? [3]
i. Cloudy days
ii. No rainfall in the area
iii. Good manuring in the area
iv. Stomata get blocked due to dust
9. The pharynx leads to trachea as well as to the esophagus. The two openings lie very close to each other. Yet the [2]
food we swallow does not normally go to trachea. Why?
10. Explain the role of haemoglobin in respiration. [2]
11. Draw a diagram of the respiratory system and label the following. [2]
i. The part through which air is taken in.
ii. The part which protects the lungs.
iii. The part which carries the air into the lungs.
12. What are the common features of the respiratory organs in aquatic and terrestrial animals? [2]
13. What are differences between aerobic and anaerobic respiration? Name some organisms that use anaerobic mode [2]
of respiration.
14. Give scientific reasons : Amount of energy released during anaerobic respiration is much less than the amount of [2]
energy released during aerobic respiration.
15. The diagram given below is the experiment set-up of show that carbon dioxide is given out during respiration. In [3]
this set-up what does test tube marked (A) contain? What are its role in the experiment

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16. Breathing is rhythmic exchange of gases is continuous. Justify [3]
17. During respiration in an organism A, one molecule of glucose produces 2 ATP molecules whereas in respiration [3]
of another organism B, one molecule of glucose produces 38 ATP molecules.
i. Which organism is undergoing aerobic respiration?
ii. Which organism is undergoing anaerobic respiration?
iii. Which type of organism A or B can convert glucose into alcohol?
iv. Name one organism which behaves like A.
v. Name one organism which behaves like B.

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