Can you think of reasons why more complex organisms cannot give rise to new individuals through regeneration?
Regeneration is the process of renewal, restoration and growth of tissues to the organisms itself that makes organisms or ecosystem resillience to the natural fluctuation that is done by the disturbance. And in complex organisms, different tissues and organs have their different structures. So, the rengeneration process is unable to give rise to new individuals from complex organisms.
Why is variation beneficial to the species but not necessarily for the individual?
Draw a labelled diagram of the longitudinal section of a flower.
What are the functions performed by the testis in human beings?
Why does menstruation occur?
How will an organism be benefited if it reproduces through spores?
Asexual reproduction takes place through budding in
(a) amoeba.
(b) yeast.
(c) plasmodium.
(d) leishmania.
How does the embryo get nourishment inside the mother’s body?
What are the advantages of sexual reproduction over asexual reproduction?
What is the importance of DNA copying in reproduction?
How does reproduction help in providing stability to populations of species?
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 difference between a reflex action and walking?
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?
Let the resistance of an electrical component remains constant while the potential difference across the two ends of the component decreases to half of its former value. What change will occur in the current through it?
The phenomenon of electromagnetic induction is
(a) the process of charging a body.
(b) the process of generating magnetic field due to a current passing through a coil.
(c) producing induced current in a coil due to relative motion between a magnet and the coil.
(d) the process of rotating a coil of an electric motor.
People use a variety of methods to wash clothes. Usually after adding the soap, they ‘beat’ the clothes on a stone, or beat it with a paddle, scrub with a brush or the mixture is agitated in a washing machine. Why is agitation necessary to get clean clothes?
Give an example of a double displacement reaction other than the one given in activity 1.10.
Use the data in Table 12.2 to answer the following –
(a) Which among iron and mercury is a better conductor?
(b) Which material is the best conductor?
Calculate the number of electrons constituting one coulomb of charge.
What is a balanced chemical equation? Why should chemical equations be balanced?
The brain is responsible for
(a) thinking.
(b) regulating the heart beat.
(c) balancing the body.
(d) all of the above.
What is the role of the acid in our stomach?
Why should we conserve forests and wildlife?