CLASS X Chapter 5 (LIFE PROCESSES) ASSIGNMENT (X) (NUTRITION) 1.
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Why do living organisms need to maintain order in their body? How is digestion in Amoeba different from that in mushroom? Mention names of some plant & animal parasites. With the help of diagrams show pseudopodia and food vacuole in Amoeba. What is the use of O2 in the body? What does body do with the by‐products created during various bio‐chemical pathways in the body? What name has been given to bio‐catalysts and what is their role inside body. Name an organism other than green plants which is an autotroph What do we understand by the term variegated leaves. What is the role of potassium hydroxide in the experiment to prove that CO2 is essential for photosynthesis. When we eat something we like, our mouth ‘waters’. What do we understand by the term ‘water’ in this phrase. RESPIRATION 1.
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In which type respiration , complete breakdown of glucose takes place ? Where does conversion of glucose into pyriwate takes place ? What is residual volume . How is it helpful ? What is the need of respiratory pigments ? Differentiate between aerobic and anaerobic respiration . How does respiration takes place in plants ? How does diffusion of gases differs in daytime and night time in plants ? What type of respiration takes place in absence of oxygen ? What is reason of muscular cramps ? In which form energy is stored in cell ?