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Life Processes

Karnataka Board · Class 10 · Science

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Key Topics to Revise

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1. Introduction to Life Processes

  • Life processes are maintenance functions that continue even during rest or sleep
  • All life processes require energy, which comes from food sources
  • Single-celled organisms perform all functions through their cell surface
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2. Nutrition

  • Nutrition provides energy and raw materials for growth and maintenance
  • Autotrophic nutrition occurs through photosynthesis in plants
  • Heterotrophic nutrition includes holozoic, saprophytic, and parasitic types
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3. Respiration

  • Respiration breaks down glucose to release energy in the form of ATP
  • Aerobic respiration occurs in presence of oxygen and yields more energy
  • Anaerobic respiration occurs without oxygen and yields less energy
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4. Transportation

  • Transportation systems carry materials between different parts of the body
  • Human circulatory system has heart, blood vessels, and blood
  • Heart has four chambers to separate oxygenated and deoxygenated blood

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Life processes are maintenance functionsProcess by which organisms make theirProcess where organisms depend on otherComplex system starting from mouthProcess of breaking down glucose

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