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What is the purpose… (Class 10 Science SQP 2023-24, Q23a)

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ScienceCBSE Class 10 · Sample paper, session 2023-24 · 2 marks · Very short answer

CBSE Class 10 Science sample paper 2023-24: question 23(a)

From the official CBSE sample question paper for 2023-24, section B, question 23(a), for 2 marks. Try it first; the hints and our step-by-step solution are below.

Q23(a) · 2 marks · Very short answerLife Processes

What is the purpose of making urine in the human body? Name the organs that stores and releases the urine.

Source: official sample paper from cbseacademic.nic.in (PDF). See it in the full Sample paper 2023-24.

Hints

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Hint 1

Which harmful wastes does the body make from protein breakdown?

Hint 2

Trace the path of urine after it leaves the kidneys through the ureters.

Step-by-step solution

Each step shows the marks it earns, as an examiner would award them. Checked by an independent re-solve from the question paper.

  1. Purpose: Urine is made to remove nitrogenous wastes such as urea and uric acid,

    ½ mark

  2. which are filtered out of the blood by the kidneys.

    ½ mark

  3. Organ that stores urine: urinary bladder.

    ½ mark

  4. Organ through which urine is released: urethra.

    ½ mark

Answer: To filter nitrogenous wastes (urea, uric acid) from blood; stored in urinary bladder; released through urethra

Where the marks are

  • Mentions nitrogenous waste (urea/uric acid) (0.5 mark)
  • Filtered from blood (0.5 mark)
  • Urinary bladder stores urine (0.5 mark)
  • Urethra releases urine (0.5 mark)

Revise the chapter

  • Chapter: Life Processes (notes, formulas, where marks are lost and every past question)
Practise this chapterBoard-style questions from Life Processes, one at a time, marked against the answer key and marking points.Back to the full paperSample paper 2023-24: every question, by section.

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