GRADE 10 – Life Processes

Topic: Transportation In Human Beings

Give short answers:
1.What are the components of transportation in human beings?
2.What is blood? Add a note on its components and their functions.
3.Name the fluid part of the blood.
4.What does plasma transports?
5.What are blood vessels. Mention its types.
6.Differentiate between arteries and veins.
7.Give reasons:
i)Walls of the arteries are thicker than the veins.
ii)Walls of the ventricles are thicker than the atria.
iii)The presence of valves in the heart and veins.
8.Why human heart has 4 chambers?
9.Name the blood vessels which enters and leave the heart and the type of
blood they carry.
10.With the help of a flow chart show the circulation of blood in humans.
11.Explain in detail the functioning of heart.
12.Draw a neat, labelled diagram of human heart.
13.Why is it necessary to separate oxygenated and deoxygenated blood in
mammals and birds.
14.What is double circulation? In which group of animals, it is seen and why?
15.Give reasons: Why double circulation is not seen in other vertebrates like
fishes, amphibians, and reptiles.
16.Write short notes about capillaries.
17What is lymph and how is it formed?
18.Differentiate between blood and lymph.
19.Mention the functions of lymph.
20.Name the blood vessels which arises from the ventricles.