SCIENCE - HOLIDAY ASSIGNMENT
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OBJECTIVE Type Questions [ 1 mark each ]
1. If salivary amylase is lacking in the saliva, which of the following events in the mouth cavity
will be affected?
(a) Proteins breaking down into amino acids
(b) Starch breaking down into sugars
(c) Fats breaking down into fatty acids and glycerol
(d) Absorption of vitamins
2. Identify the option that indicates the correct enzyme that is secreted in location (i), (ii) and
(iii).
(a) (i) : lipase, (ii) : trypsin, (iii) : pepsin
(b) (i) : amylase, (ii) : pepsin, (iii) : trypsin
(c) (i) : trypsin, (ii) : amylase, (iii) : carboxylase
(d) (i) : permease, (ii) : carboxylase, (iii) : oxidase
3.
4. The image shows how Amoeba obtains nutrition.
How this process is advantageous for Amoeba?
(a) Capturing of food takes less time
(b) Complex food can be digested easily
(c) More amount of food can be consumed
(d) Fast distribution of nutrition within the body
5. Assertion (A): Resins and gums are stored in old xylem tissue in Plants
Reason (R): Resins and gums facilitate transport of water molecules.
(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) are true.
6. Why does lack of oxygen in muscles often lead to cramps among cricketers?
SHORT ANSWER [ 2 mark each ]
7. Patients whose gall bladder are removed are recommended to eat less oily food. Why?
8. Why is diffusion insufficient to meet the oxygen requirements of multicellular organisms like
humans?
SHORT ANSWER [ 3 mark each ]
9. The diagram below shows the human alimentary canal. 1, 2, 3 and 4 are four different organs
that are parts of the canal. Identify the parts 1, 2, 3 and 4. Write one function of each.
10. LONG ANSWER [ 4 & 5 mark each ]
(A) Why is nutrition necessary for the human body?
(B) What will happen if the mucus is not secreted by the gastric glands?
(C) What are the end products formed after the digestion of three major
nutrients of the food? How and where do these nutrients get absorbed in
the body?
CASE BASED Questions
11. Read the following passages and answer the questions that follow:
The figure shown below represents a common type of dialysis called Haemodialysis. It
removes waste products from the blood. Such as excess salts, and urea which are
insufficiently removed by the kidney in patients with kidney failure. During the procedure,
the patient’s blood is cleaned by filtration through a series of semipermeable membranes
before being returned to the blood of the patient. On the basis of this answer the following
questions:
(A) (i) Name the filtering units present in the
human kidneys.
(ii) Name the main excreting waste removed
by kidneys from blood?
(B) What are the two main functions of kidneys?
(C) What are the major factors on which the
amount of water reabsorbed in the part of
nephron depends?