Class X Life Processes Case based question worksheet

1.Blood transport food, Oxygen and waste materials in our bodies. It consists of plasma as a
fluid medium. A pumping organ [heart] is required to push the blood around the body. The
blood flows through the chambers of the heart in a specific manner and direction. While
flowing throughout the body, blood exerts a pressure against the wall or a vessel.

i.Oxygenated blood from lungs enters left atrium through

1. Vena cava
2. Pulmonary artery
3. Pulmonary vein
4. Aorta

ii.The rate of blood flow in the capillaries is very low because capillaries are

1. Very narrow and have high resistance

2. Much wide and have low resistance
3. Very narrow and have low resistance
4. Much wide and have high resistance

iii.Which of the following statements are true about human heart?

1. It is a hollow muscular organ

2. It is four chambered having three auricles and one ventricle.
3. It has different chambers to prevent O2 rich blood from mixing with the blood
containing CO2
4. Both A & C

iv.Study the table below and select the row that has correct information.

1. Blood = Plasma + RBC + WBC + Platelets

2. Plasma = Blood – RBC
3. Lymph = Plasma + RBC
4. Serum = Plasma + RBC + WBC

CASE STUDY : 1
Carbon and energy requirements of the autotrophic organism are fulfilled by photosynthesis. It
is the process by which autotrophs take in substances from the outside and convert them into
stored forms of energy. This material is taken in the form of carbon dioxide and water which is
converted into carbohydrates in the presence of sunlight and chlorophyll. Carbohydrates are
utilised for providing energy to the plant.
i) Write a chemical reaction which occur during photosynthesis?
Ans: 6CO2 +12H2O + Chlorophyll & sunlight👉 C6H12O6 + 6O2 + 6H2O
ii) In which form of carbohydrates does the plant stored in them?
Ans: The carbohydrates are stored in the form of starch as the internal energy.
iii) What is stomata?
Ans: The process present in the surface of a leaf or the stem of a plant to allow the exchange
ofgases.
iv) What are the functions of stomata?
Ans: i) Exchange of gases i.e oxygen and CO2
ii) Transpiration
v) What is Chloroplast?
Ans: Chloroplast is a cell organelles which contains photosynthetic pigment called as
chlorophyll which help in the absorption of sunlight.
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5. CASE STUDY : 2
The alimentary canal is basically a long tube extending from the mouth to the anus. In Fig. 6.6,
we can see that the tube has different parts. Various regions are specialised to perform different
functions.
We eat various types of food which has to pass through the same digestive tract. Naturally the
food has to be processed to generate particles which are small and of the same texture. This is
achieved by crushing the food with our teeth
i) Which enzyme is present in our mouth to digest starch?
Ans: Salivary amylase from salivary glands.
ii) What are the types of enzymes released by our stomach?
Ans: Hydrochloric acid, pepsin and a mucus.
iii) Which is the longest part of our alimentary canal in our body?
Ans: Small intestine
iv) What are villi?
Ans: Villi are finger like projection present inside the inner lining of the small intestine which
increases the surface area for absorption.
v) What are the enzymes that are released by pancreas?
Ans: Enzyme released by pancreas – • trypsin- Digestion of protein
lipase – breakdown of emulsified fats

CASE STUDY : 3
The food material taken in during the process of nutrition is used in cells to provide energy for
various life processes. Diverse organisms do this in different ways – some use oxygen to break-
down glucose completely into carbon dioxide and water, some use other pathways that do not
involve oxygen (Fig. 6.8). In all cases, the first step is the break-down of glucose, a six-carbon
molecule, into a three-carbon molecule called pyruvate. This process takes place in the
cytoplasm.
i) What is anaerobic respiration?
Ans: The conversion of pyruvate into ethanol, CO2 & energy take place in the absence of
air(oxygen), it is called anaerobic respiration.
ii) Explain the process which happen in our muscle cells?
Ans- The conversion of pyruvate to lactic acid( 3 carbon molecule) and energy due to the lack
of oxygen.
iii) In which form our body used the energy?
Ans: It is in the form of ATP molecule i.e Adenosine Triphosphate.
iv) Why there is a faster breathing rate of aquatic animals then the terrestrial animals?
Ans- The amount of O2 dissolved in water is low as compared to amount of O2 present in air.
Therefore, aquatic animals have faster breathing rate.
v) Write the name of organ used for respiration by different organism- fish, frog?
Ans- i) fish- gills
ii) frog- skin, lungs

CASE STUDY : 4
The excretory system of human beings includes a pair of kidneys, a pair of ureters, a urinary
bladder and a urethra. Kidneys are located in the abdomen, one on either side of the backbone.
Urine produced in the kidneys passes through the ureters into the urinary bladder where it is
stored until it is released through the urethra.
i) What is the purpose of making urine?
Ans: Urine is to filter out the blood i e to remove waste product from the blood such as urea.
ii) What is Bowman’s capsule?
Ans: A cup shaped end of a coiled tube which is associated with capillaries to collect filterate.
iii) What is dialysis?
Ans: To remove nitrogenous waste from your blood by using machine when kidney does not its
function i.e in case of kidney failure.
iv) What is the function of urinary bladder?
Ans: It is used to stored urine until the pressure comes from the brain to pass it out.
v) What are the different parts of nephrons?
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Ans: Renal artery, Bowman’s capsule, glomerulus, tubular part of nephron and a collecting
duct.

CASE STUDY : 5
The heart is a muscular organ which is as big as our fist. Because both oxygen and carbon
dioxide have to be transported by the blood, the heart has different chambers to prevent the
oxygen-rich blood from mixing with the blood containing carbon dioxide. The carbon dioxide-
rich blood has to reach the lungs for the carbon dioxide to be removed, and the oxygenated
blood from the lungs has to be brought back to the heart. This oxygen-rich blood is then pumped
to the rest of the body.
i) How many chambers are present in the heart of mammals and reptiles?
Ans: Mammals- 4 chamber heart and reptiles- 3 chambered heart
ii) Who carry deoxygenated blood from body to heart?
Ans: Vena cava carries deoxygenated blood from body to heart.
iii) What do you meant by the term double circulation?
Ans: The blood goes through the heart twice during each cycle known as double circulation.
iv) What is hypertension?
Ans: The force that blood experts against the wall of a vessels is called hypertension or high
blood pressure.
V) Which device measured blood pressure?
Ans: Sphygmomanometer

CASE STUDY : 6
Plant transport systems will move energy stores from leaves and raw materials from roots.
These two pathways are constructed as independently organised conducting tubes. One, the
xylem moves water and minerals obtained from the soil. The other, phloem transports products
of photosynthesis from the leaves where they are synthesised to other parts of the plant
i) What are the different parts of xylem?
Ans: vessels, tracheids, xylem parenchyma and fibres.
ii) What do you meant by the term transpiration?
Ans: The loss of water in the form of vapour from the aerial parts of the plant.
iii) What are the advantages of transpiration?
Ans: i) help in the absorption and the upward movement of water
ii) temperature regulation
iv) What is translocation?
Ans: The transport of soluble products of photosynthesis is called translocation.
v) How does plant remove their waste product?
Ans: They remove their waste product in the form of fallen leaves, resins and gums.