Model Test Paper 3

Time Allowed: 2 Hours M.M: 100

General Instruction
Answers to his paper must be written on the paper provided separately.
You will NOT be allowed to write during the first 15 minutes.
This time is to be spent in reading the paper.
This time given at the end of this paper is the time allowed for writing the
answers.
Attempt all questions from Section I and any five questions from
Section II.
The intended marks for questions or parts of questions are given in brackets
[ ].

Section I

(50 Marks)
(Attempt all questions from this section.)
1. (a) State whether the following statements are True or False. Rewrite
the correct form of the false statements. [5]
(i) A virus can reproduce only when it enters in a living cell.
(ii) Breathing is a chemical process.
(iii) Pancreatic juice does not contain any enzyme.
(iv) All vertebrates have a skeleton.
(v) Cardiac muscles are voluntary muscles.

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 (b) Define the following : [5]
(i) Geotropism
(ii) Internal respiration
(iii) Chromosome
(iv) Community
(v) Transpiration
(c) Select one suitable word from two given alternatives to fill in the
blank in the following sentences. [5]
(i) The dough prepared for making bread, rises due to the presence
of ______. (carbon dioxide/carbon monoxide)
(ii) A joint occurs where two _______ meet. (bones/muscles)
(iii) Anaerobic respiration is carried out by ______. (bacteria/viruses)
(iv) Citrus fruits are rich in vitamin ________. (C/A)
(v) Water moves upward inside the plant body through ______.
(xylem/phloem)
(d) Match the column A to column B. [5]
Column A Column B
(i) Lysosomes (a) Present only in animal cell
(ii) Mitochondria (b) Site of protein synthesis
(iii) Chloroplasts (c) Suicide bags
(iv) Ribosome (d) Power house of the cell
(v) Centrioles (e) Kitchen of the cell

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 (e) Find the odd one out with reasons : [5]
(i) Algae, fungi, protozoa, flowering plants
(ii) Proteins, amylase, pepsin, trypsin
(iii) Cholera, virus, typhoid, dysentery
(iv) Bone, epithelium, tendon, cartilage
(vi) Stomach, liver, pancreas, lungs
(f) Differentiate between : [5]
(i) Algae and fungi
(ii) Population and community
(iii) Photosynthesis and respiration
(iv) Herbivores and carnivores
(v) Micronutrients and macronutrients
(g) Give one word for the following : [5]
(i) A complex tissue in plants which transports water and minerals.
(ii) Association of two different organisms in which both are benefited.
(iii) Tough structures which hold the bones together at a joint.
(iv) Movement of plant parts towards light.
(v) A type of food poisoning caused by some bacteria.

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 (h) Look at the picture and answer the following question: [5]

(i) Identify the cell organelle shown in the picture.

(ii) What is the main function of it?
(iii) Name the pigment found in this organelle.
(iv) Is it found in both animal and plant cell.
(i) Give the function of the following minerals : [5]
(i) Calcium
(ii) Phosphorus
(iii) Iodine
(iv) Potassium
(v) Iron
(j) The following deficiency diseases occur due to the deficiency of [5]
(i) Night-blindness
(ii) Anaemia
(iii) Scurvy
(iv) Haemorrhage
(v) Bad muscle movement

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 Section II

(50 Marks)
(Attempt any five questions from this section.)
2. (i) What is excretion? [10]
(ii) What is the main function of kidney?
(iii) What do you mean by multicellular organisms?
(iv) What is the main function of nucleus?
(v) How do cells increase in number?
3. (i) Name the highest level of organisation in the living world. [10]
(ii) What are the characteristic features of meristematic cells?
(iii) Why does the milk spoil quickly during summer?
(iv) What do you mean by protective foods?
(v) What is synthesized during photosynthesis?
4. (i) How is food material transported from the leaves to other plant
parts? [10]
(ii) Why is water essential for our bodies?
(iii) What do you mean by aerobic respiration?
(iv) How does air move in and out of lungs?
(v) What is the role of haemoglobin?
5. (i) What is transpiration? Name the factors affecting transpiration.
What is the significance of transpiration? [10]
(ii) Give a brief account of the various methods of locomotion in
animals.

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 6. (i) What are the various types of food components
based on their role? Explain. [10]
(ii) What is nutrition? What are the various mode of nutrition?
7. (i) Describe the different methods used to prevent the spoilage of
food. [10]
(ii) How is connective tissue different from other tissue?

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