What are the methods used by plants to get rid of excretory products?
Excretion is process where all waste material and the excess amount of water, minerals and salts are excreted out through the life processes which are involved by the plants as well as by the animals. In plants various methods are used to get rid of excretory products.
Through stomata:- when the process photosynthesis occurs, in which plants make their food by their own with the help of sun’s energy. This process releases oxygen by consuming carbon dioxide from the environment and also releases their end products in the environment through the stomata, therefore it helps in the exchange of gases.
Through evaporation or transpiration:- the amount of water, minerals and salts are excreted out through stomata.
Some other waste removed with the dead cells when plant loses some of their leaves or some waste are stored in the vacuoles which are resins and gums are excreted out.
Wastes products as resins and gums are present in the old part of the xylem which are also get excreted.
Some wastes product can be excreted into the soil or through petals, fruits etc.
Why is diffusion insufficient to meet the oxygen requirements of multi-cellular organisms like humans?
How is the amount of urine produced regulated?
What criteria do we use to decide whether something is alive?
What are the different ways in which glucose is oxidised to provide energy in various organisms?
The breakdown of pyruvate to give carbon dioxide, water and energy takes place in
(a) cytoplasm. (c) chloroplast.
(b) mitochondria. (d) nucleus.
What are the differences between autotrophic nutrition and heterotrophic nutrition?
What are outside raw materials used for by an organism?
What would be the consequences of a deficiency of haemoglobin in our bodies?
What are the components of the transport system in highly organised plants?
What advantage over an aquatic organism does a terrestrial organism have with regard to obtaining oxygen for respiration?
Did Döbereiner’s triads also exist in the columns of Newlands’ Octaves? Compare and find out.
What is a good source of energy?
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?
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?
What are trophic levels? Give an example of a food chain and state the different trophic levels in it.
Name two elements you would expect to show chemical reactions similar to magnesium. What is the basis for your choice?
Why is a normal eye not able to see clearly the objects placed closer than 25 cm?
Give an example of characteristics being used to determine how close two species are in evolutionary terms.
What is the common name of the compound CaOCl2?
What change will you observe if you test soap with litmus paper (red and blue)?
When does an electric short circuit occur?
Find out, from Table 10.3, the medium having highest optical density. Also find the medium with lowest optical density.
Material medium |
Refractive index |
Material medium |
Refractive index |
Air | 1.0003 | Canada Balsam |
1.53 |
Ice | 1.31 | ||
Water | 1.33 | Rock salt | 1.54 |
Alcohol | 1.36 | ||
Kerosene | 1.44 | Carbon disulphide |
1.63 |
Fused quartz |
1.46 | ||
Turpentine oil |
1.47 | Ruby | 1.71 |
Benzene | 1.50 | Sapphire | 1.77 |
Crown glass |
1.52 | Diamond | 2.42 |
Table 10.3 Absolute refractive index of some material media
What chemical process is used for obtaining a metal from its oxide?
You are given kerosene, turpentine and water. In which of these does the light travel fastest? Use the information given in Table 10.3.
Material medium |
Refractive index |
Material medium |
Refractive index |
Air | 1.0003 | Canada Balsam |
1.53 |
Ice | 1.31 | ||
Water | 1.33 | Rock salt | 1.54 |
Alcohol | 1.36 | ||
Kerosene | 1.44 | Carbon disulphide |
1.63 |
Fused quartz |
1.46 | ||
Turpentine oil |
1.47 | Ruby | 1.71 |
Benzene | 1.50 | Sapphire | 1.77 |
Crown glass |
1.52 | Diamond | 2.42 |