Class X

Nutrition

• Life process- Introduction

• Photosynthesis

• Nutrition in organisms

• Digestion in human beings

• Healthy points about oesophagus

• Malnutrition

Respiration

• Respiration – discovery of gases involved in respiration

• Respiratory system in human being

• Cellular respiration

• Respiration – Combustion

• Evolution of gaseous exchange

• Plant respiration

Transportation

• Internal structure of Heart

• Cardiac cycle

• Lymphatic system

• Evolution of transport system

• Blood pressure

• Blood clotting

• Transportation in plants

Excretion

• Excretion in Human beings

• Excretory system

• Structure of Nephron

• Formation of urine

• Dialysis – Artificial kidney

• Accessory Excretory organs in human being (Lungs, skin, liver large intestine)

• Excretion in other organisms

• Excretion in plants

• Excretion, Secretion

Coordination

• Stimulus and response

• Integrated system – Nerves coordination

• Nerve cell structure

• Pathways from stimulus to response

• Reflex arc

• Central nervous system

• Peripheral nervous system

• Coordination without nerves

• Autonomous nervous system

• Coordination in plants – Phytohormones

Reproduction

• Growth of bacteria in milk.

• Asexual reproduction

• Sexual reproduction

• Sexual reproduction in plants

• Cell division – Cell cycle

• Reproductive health – HIV/ AIDS

Coordination in Life Processes

• Hunger

• Relation between taste and smell

• Mouth – a mastication machine

• Passage of food through oesophagus

• Stomach is mixer

Heredity and Evolution

• New Characters – variation

• Experiments conducted by Mendal (F1 generation,F2 generation), Mendel’s Laws

• Parents to offsprings

• Evolution

• Origin of species

• Evolution – Evidences

• Human Evolution

Our Environment

• Ecosystem – Food chain

• Human activities – Their effect on ecosystem

• Biological pest control measures

Natural resources

• Case study – Agricultural land (past and present)

• Case study – Water management

• Water resources in the Telugu States

• Natural resources around us

• Forest Renewable resources

• Fossil fuels

• Conservation, Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Recover