MAHENDRA INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL (CBSE) SENIOR SECONDARY
GRADE: X SUBJECT: SCIENCE( BIOLOGY) (086)
HOLIDAY ASSIGNMENT- (2023- 24)
1. Write the mode of nutrition in fungi. (1)
2. What is breathing? (1)
3. Define transpiration. (1)
4. Which enzyme present in saliva breaks down starch? (1)
5. What is the role of acid in our stomach? (1)
6. State the function of digestive enzymes. (1)
7. Name the two ways in which glucose is oxidized to provide energy in various organisms. (1)
8. Name the pigment present in plants which can absorb solar energy. (1)
9. What makes the red blood corpuscles red? (1)
10. Difference between respiration and photosynthesis. (1)
11. What is internal energy reserve in plants ? Do the animals have the same energy reserve? Justify
your answer. (2)
12. Explain the significance of peristaltic movements that occurs all along the gut during digestion. (2)
13. State the function of guard cells. What will happen to guard cells and stomatal pore when water
flows to guard cells. (2)
14. What is the function of trachea? Why do the walls not collapse even when there is less air in it? (2)
15. Give reasons for the following:
a) Why is diffusion not sufficient to meet oxygen requirement of all the cells in multi cellular
Organisms? (2)
b) How do desert plants perform photosynthesis if their stomata remain closed during the day?
16. Leaves of a healthy potted plant were coated with Vaseline. Will this plant remain healthy
For long? Give reasons for your answer. (2)
17. a) What is mean by double circulation of blood? b) Why is it necessary? (2)
18. State the role of the following in the human respiratory system. (2)
i) Nasal cavity ii) Diaphragm iii) Alveoli
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19. What are stomata ? Draw labeled diagram of stomata. Write any 2 functions of stomata (3)
20. a)Name the process by which autotrophs prepare own food. (3)
b)List 3 events which occur during this process.
c) State 2 sources from which plants obtain nitrogen for synthesis of proteins and other
Compounds.
21. What are the final products produced after digestion of carbohydrates, proteins, and fats? (3)
22. Lack 0f oxygen in muscle often leads to cramps among cricketers. Explain. Why? (3)
23. Mention the role of following in digestion: i) pepsin ii) saliva iii) villi (3)
24. a) Name the respiratory pigment in human beings and state the cell in which it is present. (5)
b) A product is formed in our muscles due to breakdown of glucose when there is lack of oxygen,
name the product and also mention the effect of build up of this product.
c) D/B fermentation in yeast and aerobic respiration on the basis of end products formed.
25. List the role of each of the following in our digestive system (5)
a) Muscles of stomach wall b) HCL c) Mucus.
26. A) Draw a cross section of the leaf and label the following parts: (5)
i) Upper epidermis ii) Chloroplast iii) Vascular bundle iv) Xylem v) Phloem.
b) Define photosynthesis.
c) List 3 events which occur during this process.
d) Write the chemical equation involved in photosynthesis.
e) How is unused energy stored in plants?
f) What is the site for photosynthesis?
27. a) Name the enzyme present in saliva. Why is it important? (5)
b) What is emulsification?
c) Name the substances that is oxidized in the body during respiration.
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28. a) Draw a diagram to show nutrition in Amoeba and label the part used for this purpose. Mention a
purpose served by this part other than nutrition. (5)
b) Name the glands associated with digestion of starch in human digestive tract and mention their
role.
c) How is the required pH maintained in the stomach and small intestine?
29. a) Draw a sectional view of human heart and label (5)
1) Pulmonary artery 2) Aorta 3) Septum 4)Ventricles.
b) Arteries have thick walls while veins have valves. Explain.
c) Why are valves needed in the heart?
30. a) Draw a neat diagram of human respiratory system . label (5)
a) Bronchioles b) Rings of cartilage c) Pharynx d) Trachea e) Larynx f) Diaphragm
b) What are the factors are needed for maintaining direction of diffusion in plants?
c) Why do aquatic animals breath faster than terrestrial animals?
d) How are lungs designed in human beings to maximize the area of exchange of gases?
