CHAPTER 6 : LIFE PROCESSES
MIND MAP
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DIAGRAMS
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CROSSWORD
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ACROSS
[Link] like structures in the lungs
[Link] pigment in plants
7. Helps in absorption of food
[Link] in exchange of gases in plants
DOWN
[Link] oxygenated blood
[Link] backflow of blood
[Link] product of carbohydrate digestion
[Link] in clotting of blood
[Link] blood to all parts of the body
QUESTION BANK
VERY SHORT ANSWER TYPE (1 MARK)
[Link] tissue transports soluble products of photosynthesis?
Ans: Phloem
[Link] is the role of saliva in digestion of food?
Ans: Digests starch
SHORT ANSWER TYPE (2 MARK)
1. Differentiate between blood and lymph
Hint: Colour, presence of RBC, direction of flow
2. What is the advantage of a four chambered heart in humans?
Separates oxygenated and deoxygenated blood
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3. Give twopoints of difference between arteries and veins
Hint: Direction of flow, oxygenated/deoxygenated blood, thick/thin wall
SHORT ANSWER TYPE (3 MARK)
d. Bile (Emulsifies fat)
e. Hydrochloric acid (Kills bacteria/acidic medium)
f. Villi (absorption of food)
[Link] the following :
a) Ethanol and carbon dioxide
b) Lactic acid
c) Carbon dioxide and water
3. Write the difference between aerobic and anaerobic respiration?
Aerobic respiration Anaerobic respiration
1. Takes placein presenceofOxygen. 1. Takes place in absenceofOxygen.
2. End products-Carbon dioxide &Water 2. End products-Ethanol&Carbon dioxide
3. Moreenergyis released.(38ATP) 3. Lessenergyis released.(2ATP)
4. Takes placein Cytoplasm &Mitochondria 4. Takes placein onlyinCytoplasm.
5. Complete oxidation ofglucosetakes place. 5. Incomplete oxidation ofglucosetakes place.
4.
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5. VALUE BASED QUESTION
Anil was walking in the park when he saw the man next to him collapse suddenly. He rushed him to
the hospital where the doctor checked him and told him that he collapsed due to low blood pressure.
a) What is blood pressure and how is it measured?
Pressure exerted by blood on the arterial wall/sphygmomanometer
b) What is normal systolic and diastolic pressure?
120/80 mm of Hg
c) What values are shown by Anil?
Love, caring, presence of mind
LONG ANSWER TYPE (5 MARK)
1. What is double circulation? What is its advantage? Show with labelled diagram.
Hint: Blood flows through the heart in one cycle, separation of oxygenated/deoxygenated
blood
2. How is urine produced? How is it regulated?
Hint: Filtration, selective reabsorption; Amount of water, with hormonal regulation
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS
[Link] photosynthetic pigments are located in-
a)Chloroplasts b) leucoplast
c) nucleus d) ribosomes
[Link] show that light is necessary for photosynthesis a science teacher told Raman to cover a leaf
with a thick black paper. The reason behind this can be
a)To destarch the leaf b) to prevent the light from entering the leaf
c)to decolourise the leaf d) to turn leaf blue black
3. It is essential to boil the destarched leaf in alcohol using a water bath because –
a) Alcohol is highly volatile b)steam from the water bath helps in dissolving chlorophyll
b) c) alcohol is inflammable d) steam from the water bath helps in softening the leaf
[Link] are more in number on the -
c) Upper side of the leaf c)same on both the sides
b) lower side of the leaf d) margins of the leaf
5. In the experiment to show that CO2 is released during respiration the partial vacuum is created
because –
a) Germinating seeds release CO2 b) germinating seeds utilize CO2
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c) KOH absorbs CO2 d) KOH absorbs O2. [Link] preparing a [Link] stained
mount of a leaf epidermal peel the extra stain is removed by -
a)Washing with water
b)Washing with calcium chloride
c)Soaking with filter paper
d)Absorbing by cotton cool
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