Class 10 Science - Chapter Life Processes NCERT Solutions | What are the differences between aerobic

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

How is the amount of urine produced regulated?

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

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

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 outside raw materials used for by an organism?

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

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

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

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?

Why don’t two magnetic field lines intersect each other?

If you could use any source of energy for heating your food, which one would you use and why?

A person needs a lens of power –5.5 dioptres for correcting his distant vision. For correcting his near vision he needs a lens of power +1.5 dioptre. What is the focal length of the lens required for correcting (i) distant vision, and (ii) near vision?

What are the different ways in which individuals with a particular trait may increase in a population?

A man with blood group A marries a woman with blood group O and their daughter has blood group O. Is this information enough to tell you which of the traits – blood group A or O – is dominant? Why or why not?

Give the names of two energy sources that you would consider to be exhaustible. Give reasons for your choices.

What will happen if a solution of sodium hydrocarbonate is heated? Give the equation of the reaction involved.

Write one equation each for decomposition reactions where energy is supplied in the form of heat, light or electricity.

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?

How do Mendel’s experiments show that traits are inherited independently?