Class 10 Science - Chapter Life Processes NCERT Solutions | The breakdown of pyruvate to give carbon

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

How is the amount of urine produced regulated?

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?

What are the differences between autotrophic nutrition and heterotrophic nutrition?

What are outside raw materials used for by an organism?

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 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?

How does our body respond when adrenaline is secreted into the blood?

Consider a circular loop of wire lying in the plane of the table. Let the current pass through the loop clockwise. Apply the right-hand rule to find out the direction of the magnetic field inside and outside the loop.

Find out, from Table 10.3, the medium having highest optical density. Also find the medium with lowest optical density.

     Table 10.3 Absolute refractive index of some material media

State two ways to prevent the rusting of iron.

What are plant hormones?

How can ethanol and ethanoic acid be differentiated on the basis of their physical and chemical properties?

In Activity 13.7, how do we think the displacement of rod AB will be affected if (i) current in rod AB is increased; (ii) a stronger horse-shoe magnet is used; and (iii) length of the rod AB is increased?

A man went door to door posing as a goldsmith. He promised to bring back the glitter of old and dull gold ornaments. An unsuspecting lady gave a set of gold bangles to him which he dipped in a particular solution. The bangles sparkled like new but their weight was reduced drastically. The lady was upset but after a futile argument the man beat a hasty retreat. Can you play the detective to find out the nature of the solution he had used?

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?

The anther contains

(a) sepals.
(b) ovules.
(c) pistil.
(d) pollen grains.