How do auxins promote the growth of a tendril around a support?
Auxin promotes the cell elongation and inhibits the growth of lateral buds (shows apical dominance) cause it is produced in the stems tips.
Tendrils are sensitive to touch. When tendrils found any support, auxin stimulates on the faster rate of the cell on the opposite side and tendril then forms a circle around their support.
Draw the structure of a neuron and explain its function.
Which signals will get disrupted in case of a spinal cord injury?
How does chemical coordination take place in animals?
Compare and contrast nervous and hormonal mechanisms for control and coordination in animals.
Why is the use of iodised salt advisable?
The brain is responsible for
(a) thinking.
(b) regulating the heart beat.
(c) balancing the body.
(d) all of the above.
How do we detect the smell of an agarbatti (incense stick)?
How does our body respond when adrenaline is secreted into the blood?
Which part of the brain maintains posture and equilibrium of the body?
What are plant hormones?
Did Döbereiner’s triads also exist in the columns of Newlands’ Octaves? Compare and find out.
What is a good source of energy?
Why is diffusion insufficient to meet the oxygen requirements of multi-cellular organisms like humans?
What are trophic levels? Give an example of a food chain and state the different trophic levels in it.
What changes can you make in your habits to become more environment-friendly?
What is the importance of DNA copying in reproduction?
If a trait A exists in 10% of a population of an asexually reproducing species and a trait B exists in 60% of the same population, which trait is likely to have arisen earlier?
Why should a magnesium ribbon be cleared before burning in air?
Define the principal focus of a concave mirror.
You have been provided with three test tubes. One of them contains distilled water and the other two contain an acidic solution and a basic solution, respectively. If you are given only red litmus paper, how will you identify the contents of each test tube?
Compounds such as alcohols and glucose also contain hydrogen but are not categorised as acids. Describe an Activity to prove it.
An element reacts with oxygen to give a compound with a high melting point. This compound is also soluble in water. The element is likely to be
(a) calcium
(b) carbon
(c) silicon
(d) iron.
Differentiate between metal and non-metal on the basis of their chemical properties.
How does the creation of variations in a species promote survival?
Why should a magnesium ribbon be cleared before burning in air?
How are the lungs designed in human beings to maximise the area for exchange of gases?
In evolutionary terms, we have more in common with
(a) a Chinese school-boy.
(b) a chimpanzee.
(c) a spider.
(d) a bacterium.
Light enters from air to glass having refractive index 1.50. What is the speed of light in the glass? The speed of light in vacuum is 3 × 108 m s–1.
What advantage over an aquatic organism does a terrestrial organism have with regard to obtaining oxygen for respiration?
What are the qualities of an ideal source of energy?