Assignment Chapter 5 Life Processes Biology

Q1) In which of the following groups of organisms, food material is broken down outside the
body and absorbed?

(a) Mushroom, green plants, Amoeba

(b) Yeast, mushroom, bread mould
(c) Paramecium, Amoeba, Cuscuta
(d) Cuscuta, lice, tapeworm
Q2)“All plants give out oxygen during day and carbon dioxide during night”. Do you agree with
this statement? Give reason.

Q3) ‘Stomata remain closed in desert plants during daytime’. How do they do photosynthesis?

Q4) (a)Draw a diagram to show open stomatal pore and label on it-

(i) Guard Cells (ii) Chloroplast

(b)List two functions of stomata.

(c)How do guard cells regulate the opening and closing of stomatal pore?

Q5) Human digestive system is a tube running from mouth to anus. Its main function is to
break down complex molecules present in the food which cannot be absorbed as such into
smaller molecules. These molecules are absorbed across the walls of the tube and the
absorbed food reaches each and every cell of the body where it is utilised for obtaining
energy.

Answer the following questions:

(a) Name the glands present in the buccal cavity and write the components of food on which
the secretion of these glands act upon.

(b) Two organs have a sphincter muscle at their exit. Name them.

(c) What will happen if : (i) mucus is not secreted by the gastric glands (ii) Villi are absent in
the small intestine

OR

(c) "Bile juice does not contain any enzyme, yet it has important roles in digestion." Justify the
statement.

Q6) Which of the following statement(s) is (are) true about respiration?

(i) During inhalation, ribs move inward and diaphragm is raised

(ii) In the alveoli, exchange of gases takes place i.e., oxygen from alveolar air diffuses into
blood and carbon dioxide from the blood into the alveolar air
(iii) Haemoglobin has a greater affinity for carbon dioxide than oxygen

(iv) Alveoli increase surface area for exchange of gases

(a) (i) and (iv)

(b) (ii) and (iii)

(c) (i) and (iii)

(d) (ii) and (iv)

Q7) Write two different ways in which glucose is oxidised to provide energy in human body.
Write the products formed in each case.
Q8) Describe the mechanism of breathing in human beings.
Q9) (a) In the process of respiration, state the function of alveoli.
(b) Rate of breathing in aquatic organisms is much faster than that in terrestrial organisms.
Give reasons.
Q10) Write three points of difference between breathing and respiration.
Q11) Which among the following is necessary to carry out the blood coagulation in a cut or
wound?
(a) White blood cells
(b) Blood plasma
(c) Platelets
(d) Red blood cells

Q12) Explain why plants have low energy needs as compared to animals.

Q13) Describe “blood circulation” in human beings with the help of flow chart only.

Q14) What do the following transport?

(i) Xylem
(ii) Phloem
(iii) Pulmonary vein
(iv) Vena cava

Q15) (a) Mention any two components of blood.

(b) Trace the movement of oxygenated blood in the body.
(c) Write the function of valves present in between atria and ventricles.
(d) Write one structural difference between the composition of artery and veins.
Q16) The image shows the excretory system in humans.

What is the importance of the labelled part in the excretory system?

(a) It produces urine.

(b) It filters waste from the blood.

(c) It stores the urine till urination.

(d) It carries urine from the kidney to the outside.
Q17) Choose the correct path of urine in our body.
(a) Kidney →ureter →urethra →urinary bladder
(b) Kidney →urinary bladder →urethra →ureter
(c) Kidney →ureter →urinary bladder →urethra
(d) Urinary bladder →kidney →ureter →urethra

Following question consist of two statements – Assertion (A) and Reason (R). Answer these
questions selecting the appropriate option given below:
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
(c) A is true but R is false.
(d) A is false but R is true.

Q18) Assertion : Ureters are the tubes which carry urine from kidneys to the bladder.
Reason: Urine is stored in the urethra.

Q19) Draw excretory system in human beings and label the following organs of excretory
system which perform following functions:
(i) form urine
(ii) is a long tube which collects urine from kidney
(iii) store urine until it is passed out.

Q20) What are the methods used by plants to get rid of excretory products ?