Guru Kalgidhar Public School,

Dalam
Worksheet for Second Term
CLASS 10 - SCIENCE
Section-A (Biology)

1 The gap between two neurons is called a: [1]

a) impulse.

b) axon

c) dendrite

d) synapse

2 Which of the following is a plant hormone? [1]

a) Thyroxin

b) Oestrogen

c) Insulin

d) Cytokinin

3 The brain is responsible for: [1]

a) balancing the body

b) thinking

c) All of these

d) regulating the heartbeat

4 Identify an involuntary action from the following: [1]

a) Regular beating of heart

b) Riding a bicycle

c) Picking up a pencil

d) Walking in a straight line

5 Which one of the following is involved in reflex action? [1]

a) Exocrine glad

b) Endocrine gland

c) Brain

d) spinal cord

6 Why is the use of iodised salt advisable? [2]

7 The figure represents human brain. Study the above figure and answer the following: Name the parts labeled (a), (b) and (c) [3]

8 How are involuntary actions and reflex actions different from each other? [2]
9 What is the role of the brain in reflex action? [3]
10 Why are some patients of diabetes treated by giving injections of insulin? [3]
11 What are plant hormones? Give one example. [3]
12 Given below is a diagram of the human endocrine system. [5]

Using the given diagram, answer the following questions:

1. How pituitary gland regulates the growth of the body?

2. Which pair of glands prepare the body to deal with emergency situations?

3. Which gland secretes insulin and what does it do in the body?

13 Draw the structure of a neuron and describeits function. [5]

14 [5]

Observe the above figure carefully and answer the following:

1. Which phenomenon does the figure represent?

2. Which plant hormone is involved?

3. How this plant hormone brings this movement?

15 Read the following text carefully and answer the questions that follow: [4]

In animals, control and coordination are provided by nervous and muscular tissues. Touching a hot object is an urgent and
dangerous situation for us. We need to detect it and respond to it. How do we detect that we are touching a hot object? All
information from our environment is detected by the specialised tips of some nerve cells. These receptors are usually located in
our sense organs, such as the inner ear, the nose, the tongue, and so on. So gustatory receptors will detect taste while olfactory
receptors will detect the smell. This information, acquired at the end of the dendritic tip of a nerve cell, see figure, sets off a
chemical reaction that creates an electrical impulse. This impulse travels from the dendrite to the cell body, and then along the
axon to its end.

1. Name the largest cell present in the body. (1)

2. What is an axon? (1)

3. Name one gustatory receptor and one olfactory receptor present in a human beings. (2)

OR

Name the followingparts of a neuron: (2)

 a. Where information is acquired.

b. Through which information travels as an electrical impulse.

16 Assertion (A): Insulin regulates blood sugar level. [1]

Reason (R): Insufficient secretion of insulin will cause diabetes.

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.

17 Assertion (A) : It is advised to have iodized salt in our diet. [1]

Reason (R) : It prevents us from goitre.

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.

18 Assertion (A): Reflex actions are automatic and rapid responses to stimuli. [1]

Reason (R): These actions are controlled by the brain.

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.

19 Asexual reproduction takes place through budding in [1]

a) Yeast

b) Amoeba

c) Leishmania

d) Plasmodium

20 Identify the mode of asexual reproduction in the following organism: [1]

a) Binary fission

b) Multiple fission

c) Fragmentation

d) Budding

21 Which of the following is not a part of the female reproductive system in human beings? [1]

a) Uterus
 b) Vas deferens

c) Ovary

d) Fallopian Tubes

22 The ability of a cell to divide into several cells during reproduction in Plasmodium is called [1]

a) Binary fission

b) Multiple fission

c) Budding

d) Reduction fission

23 The anther contains [1]

a) Ovules

b) Pollen grains

c) Sepals

d) Carpel

24 Why does menstruation occur? [2]

25 How does binary fission differ from multiple fission? Give one example for each. [2]
26 1. Name the parts A to E of human female reproductive system. [5]

2. Name the parts in which fertilisation takes place in this system?

27 What are the functions performed by the testis in human beings? [3]
28 What is regeneration in the asexual reproduction? [2]
29 What are the changes seen in girls at the time of puberty? [3]
30 What are the various methods of vegetative propagation? Discuss any one method with example. [5]
31 State some reasons for adopting contraceptive methods. If a woman is using copper - T will it help in protecting her from [5]
sexually transmitted diseases?
32 1. Explain by giving one example each: [5]

a. Unisexual flowers

b. Bisexual flowers

2. Name the labelled parts A, B, C and D in the diagram given below.

33 Read the following text carefully and answer the questions that follow: [4]
 Asexual reproduction involves a single parent to produce offsprings without the formation of gametes. It occurs by the following
ways : Fission, Budding, Fragmentation, Spore formation and Regeneration. In one of the methods like regeneration, Planaria A
is cut horizontally into three pieces - L, M and N and Planaria B is cut vertically into two equal halves - O and P.

1. Which of the cut pieces of the two Planaria could regenerate to form a complete organism? (1)

2. Give an example of another organism which follows the same mode of reproduction as Planaria. (1)

3. What is the meaning of regeneration? (2

34 Read the following text carefully and answer the questions that follow: [4]

Pollination is an important process in sexual reproduction of plants. It is an essential process that facilitates fertilisation in
plants. Pollinating agents can be wind, water, insects and birds. Several changes take place in the flower after the fertilization
has taken place.

1. Write the main difference between self - pollination and cross - pollination. (1)

2. Name the part of the flower which attracts insects for pollination. What happens to this part after fertilisation? (1)

3. Define fertilisation. What is the fate of ovules and the ovary in a flower after fertilisation? (2)

OR

In a germinating seed, which parts are known as future shoot and future root? Mention the function of cotyledon. (2)

35 Assertion (A): Amobea reproduces by Binary fission. [1]

Reason (R): All unicellular organisms reproduce asexually.

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.

36 Assertion (A): DNA copying is necessary during reproduction. [1]

Reason (R): DNA copying leads to the transmission of characters from parents to offspring.

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.

37 Assertion (A): Condom protects a person from the sexually transmitted diseases. [1]

Reason (R): Condom prevents the sperms from meeting the ovum by acting as a barrier.

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.

 Section-B (Chemistry)

38 Which one of the following is a metal? [1]

a) Na

b) C

c) O

d) N

39 Sodium metal is stored in: [1]

a) Ether

b) Water

c) Alcohol

d) Kerosene

40 Which of the following metal reacts neither with cold water nor with hot water but reacts with hot steam to produce hydrogen [1]
gas?

a) Fe

b) Mg

c) Ca

d) Na

41 Which of the following non - metals is a liquid? [1]

a) Carbon

b) Phosphorus

c) Bromine

d) Sulphur

42 Oxides of aluminium and zinc are: [1]

a) Basic

b) Amphoteric

c) Acidic

d) Neutral

43 Why is sodium kept immersed in kerosene oil? [2]

44 Give reasons: [5]

1. Aluminium is a highly reactive metal, yet it is used to make utensils for cooking.

2. Platinum, gold and silver are used to make jewellery.

45 State two ways to prevent rusting of iron. [2]

46 Samples of four metals A, B, C and D were taken and added to the following solution one by one. The results obtained have been [3]
 tabulated as follows:

Use the table above to answer the following questions about metals A, B, C and D.

1. Which is the most reactive metal?

2. What would you observe if B is added to a solution of copper(II) sulphate?

3. Arrange the metals A, B, C and D in the order of decreasing reactivity.

47 Nikita took Zn, Al, Cu, Fe, Mg and Na metal and put each metal in cold water and then hot water. She reacted the metal with [4]
steam

(i) Name the metal which reacts with cold water.

(ii) Which of the above metals react with steam?

(iii) Name the metal which reacts with hot water.

(iv) Arrange these metals in order of increasing reactivity.

48 Pratyush took sulphur powder on a spatula and heated it. He collected the gas evolved by inverting a test tube over it, as shown [4]
in figure below.

1. What will be the action of gas on

a. dry litmus paper?

b. moist litmus paper?

2. Write a balanced chemical equation for the reaction taking place.

image

49 1. Name the following: [5]

a. Metal that can be cut by knife

b. Lustrous non - metal

c. Metal that exists in liquid state at room temperature

d. Most malleable and ductile metal

e. Metal that is best conductor of electricity.

50 What are amphoteric oxides? Give one example. [3]

51 Differentiate between metal and non metal on the basis of chemical properties. [5]
52 Read the following text carefully and answer the questions that follow: [4]

Non - metals are either solids or gases. Non - metal can exist in different forms such as carbon. Each form is called allotrope.
Alkali metal is so soft that it can be cut with a knife. They have low density and low melting point. Some metal can melt if they
are kept in the palm.

1. What are the physical properties of metals? (1)

2. Differentiate between the physical properties of metals and non metals?(1)

3. Give some exception of metals which does not obey the properties of metals?(2)
 OR

Why is sodium always kept in kerosene oil?(2)

53 Assertion (A): The property of beating a metal into sheets is called ductility. [1]

Reason (R): Gold and silver are most malleable metals.

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.

54 Assertion (A): Platinum, gold and silver are used to make jewellery. [1]

Reason (R): It is because they are very lustrous.

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.