Explain what you understand by sexual reproduction.
Sexual Reproduction: Meiosis and fertilization; these two are the essential processes in the sexual cycle of the flowering plants Sexual reproduction is the combination of reproductive cells from two individuals to form offspring (with unique characteristics). Sexual reproduction produces offspring with the different combination of genes and as a result it leads to evolution with the new characteristics. It includes the production of gametes which have half the number of chromosomes compared to all other cells in the organisms.
Most of the flowering plants reproduces through the sexual reproduction method involving the fusion of sex cells called gametes. This means that two sexes: male and female that are involved in reproduction in flowering plant. Flowers are the reproductive part of the plant. The sexual reproduction in plants involves the fusion of male and female gametes of the plants which leads to the formation of the seeds of the plant and these seeds can then used to grow new plants.
Classify the changes involved in the following processes as physical or chemical changes:
(a) Photosynthesis
(b) Dissolving sugar in water
(c) Burning of coal
(d) Melting of wax
(e) Beating aluminium to make aluminium foil
(f ) Digestion of food
Given below is a crossword puzzle based on this lesson. Use hints to fill in the blank spaces with letters that complete the words.
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(D) 1 : Thorough washing (A) 1 : Keeps warm
2 : Animal fibre 2 : Its leaves are eaten by silkworms
3 : Long thread like structure 3 : Hatches from egg of moth
Sketch the cross section of soil and label the various layers.
Here is a crossword puzzle: Good luck!
Across
3. Liquid waste products
4. Solid waste extracted in sewage treatment
6. A word related to hygiene
8. Waste matter discharged from human body
Down
1. Used water
2. A pipe carrying sewage
5. Micro-organisms which causes cholera
7. A chemical to disinfect water
Take three test-tubes. Fill æth of each with water. Label them A, B and C. Keep a snail in test-tube A, a water plant in test-tube B and in C, keep snail and plant both. Which test-tube would have the highest concentration of CO2?
Sketch the reproductive parts of a flower.
Solve the following crossword puzzle with the clues given:
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2. Plantation prevents it.
5. Use should be banned to avoid soil pollution.
6. Type of soil used for making pottery.
7. Living organism in the soil.
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1. In desert soil erosion occurs through.
3. Clay and loam are suitable for cereals like.
4. This type of soil can hold very little water.
5. Collective name for layers of soil.
Describe how crystals of copper sulphate are prepared.
Match the items in Column I with those in Column II:
Column I Column II
(i) A home for living organisms (a) Large particles
(ii) Upper layer of the soil (b) All kinds of soil
(iii) Sandy soil (c) Dark in colour
(iv) Middle layer of the soil (d) Small particles and packed tight (v) Clayey soil (e) Lesser amount of humus
When baking soda is mixed with lemon juice, bubbles are formed with the evolution of a gas. What type of change is it? Explain.
Which of the two changes frequently, weather or climate?
Explain the role of forest in maintaining the balance between oxygen and carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
Sketch the cross section of soil and label the various layers.
Name the elements that determine the weather of a place.
Explain, with examples, why we find animals of certain kind living in particular climatic conditions.
Sketch the reproductive parts of a flower.
Give two examples each of conductors and insulators of heat.
How do elephant living in the tropical rainforest adapt itself?
Classify the changes involved in the following processes as physical or chemical changes:
(a) Photosynthesis
(b) Dissolving sugar in water
(c) Burning of coal
(d) Melting of wax
(e) Beating aluminium to make aluminium foil
(f ) Digestion of food
Given below is a crossword puzzle based on this lesson. Use hints to fill in the blank spaces with letters that complete the words.
Down Across
(D) 1 : Thorough washing (A) 1 : Keeps warm
2 : Animal fibre 2 : Its leaves are eaten by silkworms
3 : Long thread like structure 3 : Hatches from egg of moth