Class 10 Science - Chapter Life Processes NCERT Solutions | How is the amount of urine produced regu

Why is diffusion insufficient to meet the oxygen requirements of multi-cellular organisms like humans?

What are the different ways in which glucose is oxidised to provide energy in various organisms?

What criteria do we use to decide whether something is alive?

The breakdown of pyruvate to give carbon dioxide, water and energy takes place in

        (a) cytoplasm.               (c) chloroplast.
        (b) mitochondria.           (d) nucleus.

What are the differences between autotrophic nutrition and heterotrophic nutrition?

What are the components of the transport system in highly organised plants?

What would be the consequences of a deficiency of haemoglobin in our bodies?

What are outside raw materials used for by an organism?

What advantage over an aquatic organism does a terrestrial organism have with regard to obtaining oxygen for respiration?

Where do plants get each of the raw materials required for photosynthesis?

Did Döbereiner’s triads also exist in the columns of Newlands’ Octaves? Compare and find out.

What is a good source of energy?

What are trophic levels? Give an example of a food chain and state the different trophic levels in it.

What changes can you make in your habits to become more environment-friendly?

What is the difference between a reflex action and walking?

What is the importance of DNA copying in reproduction?

If a trait A exists in 10% of a population of an asexually reproducing species and a trait B exists in 60% of the same population, which trait is likely to have arisen earlier?

Why should a magnesium ribbon be cleared before burning in air?

Define the principal focus of a concave mirror.

You have been provided with three test tubes. One of them contains distilled water and the other two contain an acidic solution and a basic solution, respectively. If you are given only red litmus paper, how will you identify the contents of each test tube?

The human eye can focus on objects at different distances by adjusting the focal length of the eye lens. This is due to

(a) presbyopia.
(b) accommodation.
(c) near-sightedness.
(d) far-sightedness.

Will the impact of removing all the organisms in a trophic level be different for different trophic levels? Can the organisms of any trophic level be removed without causing any damage to the ecosystem?

Compute the heat generated while transferring 96000 coulomb of charge in one hour through a potential difference of 50 V.

Give any two ways in which biodegradable substances would affect the environment.

How is the concentration of hydronium ions (H₃O⁺) affected when a solution of an acid is diluted?

What happens to the image distance in the eye when we increase the distance of an object from the eye?

Which metals do not corrode easily?

Name a mirror that can give an erect and enlarged image of an object.

Five solutions A,B,C,D and E when tested with universal indicator showed pH as 4,1,11,7 and 9, respectively. Which solution is

(a) neutral?
(b) strongly alkaline?
(c) strongly acidic?
(d) weakly acidic?
(e) weakly alkaline?

Arrange the pH in increasing order of hydrogen-ion concentration.

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

(a) What will be the action of gas on

      (i) dry litmus paper?
      (ii) moist litmus paper?

(b) Write a balanced chemical equation for the reaction taking place.