Life Processes - I (Class X)
Covers essential life processes in organisms: nutrition, respiration, circulation, and excretion
Questions
Which blood vessel gives rise to a bunch of capillaries called glomerulus?
- Renal vein
- Renal artery
- Pulmonary artery
- Pulmonary vein
Which of the following are called breathing roots?
- Pneumatophores
- Rhizoids
- Stomata
- Lenticels
Which of the following is the function of magnesium and iron in plants?
- Energy transfer
- Stomatal opening
- Synthesis of chlorophyll
- Translocation of carbohydrates
Mitral (or bicuspid) valve in mammals guards the opening between
- stomach and intestine
- pulmonary vein and left auricle
- right atrium and right ventricle
- left atrium and left ventricle
Trypsinogen is secreted by
- duodenum
- liver
- pancreas
- stomach
_______ form(s) the floor of the chest cavity in humans.
- Lungs
- Tracheae
- Bronchi
- Diaphragm
- Larynx
Where does the whole process of anaerobic respiration take place?
- Mitochondria
- Ribosomes
- Cytoplasm
- Nucleus
- Endoplasmic reticulum
Which of the following organic substances are present in urine?
a. Creatinine
b. Sodium chloride
c. Ammonia
d. Uric acid
- Only a and b
- Only a and c
- Only b and c
- Only a and d
- Only c and d
Superior vena cava carries blood from _________________.
- upper parts of the body to the heart
- lower parts of the body to the heart
- the heart to lateral parts of the body
- lateral parts of the body to the heart
In amoeba, nitrogenous waste like ammonia and excess water is removed by
- nephridia
- contractile vacuole
- nephron
- cell membrane
- None of these
Why does heavy exercise cause muscle cramps?
- Due to the formation of ethanol
- Due to the formation of lactic acid
- Due to the evolution of CO2
- Due to the absence of oxygen
Match the following:
| a. Left ventricle | 1. a heart chamber responsible for pumping deoxygenated blood to the lungs |
| b. Right ventricle | 2. a heart chamber responsible for collecting deoxygenated blood from the bloodstream |
| c. Left auricle | 3. a heart chamber responsible for pumping oxygenated blood to tissues all over the body |
| d. Right auricle | 4. a heart chamber responsible for collecting oxygenated blood as it leaves the lungs |
- a - 2, b - 1, c - 4, d - 3
- a - 1, b - 3, c - 4, d - 2
- a - 3, b - 1, c - 2, d - 4
- a - 3, b - 1, c - 4, d - 2
- a - 3, b - 4, c - 1, d - 2
What are the lymphatic vessels arising in the intestinal villi called?
- Cisterna chyli
- Lacteals
- Lymphatics
- Lymph nodes