Plenty of algal bloom is observed in a pond in your locality.
(a) Write what has caused this bloom and how does it affect the quality of water.
(b) Suggest a preventive measure.
Presense of large amounts of nutrient in water leads to growth of planktonic algae cause algal bloom.
It affect quality of water in many ways:
1. Deterioration of water quality
2. Increased fish mortality rate
3. Some bloom forming algae are toxic to human and animals
4.Eutrophication (natural ageing of water bodies) is accelerated, resulting in hypoxic conditions (i.e. low oxygen).
(b)
1. Avoid excess use of fertilisers and manures on agriculture land.
2. Protect soil from erosion
3. Treating sewage to remove the nutrients, nitrogen and phosphosous.
4. Artificial destratification
5. Biomanipulation.
Fill in the blanks:
(a) Humans reproduce __________. (asexually/sexually)
(b) Humans are__________. (oviparous/viviparous/ovoviviparous)
(c) Fertilization is __________ in humans. (external/internal)
(d) Male and female gametes are __________. (diploid/haploid)
(e) Zygote is __________. (diploid/haploid)
(f) The process of release of the ovum from a mature follicle is called__________.
(g) Ovulation is induced by a hormone called the __________.
(h) The fusion of male and female gametes is called _____________.
(i) Fertilisation takes place in _____________.
(j) Zygote divides to form _____________which is implanted in uterus.
(k) The structure which provides vascular connection between fetus and uterus is called ____________.
Explain the following terms with example
(a) Co-dominance
(b) Incomplete dominance