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AP State Board Syllabus AP SSC 10th Class Biology Important Questions Chapter 9 Our Environment.

AP State Syllabus SSC 10th Class Biology Important Questions 9th Lesson Our Environment

10th Class Biology 9th Lesson Our Environment 1 Mark Important Questions and Answers

Question 1.
Suggest one alternative method in place of pesticides to protect crops?
Answer:
Alternative methods for using pesticides to save the crops from pests:

1. Rotation of crops
2. Studying the life histories of pests
3. Biological Control
4. Sterility
5. Genetic Strains

Question 2.
By taking two plants of your surroundings as examples, explain how they protect themselves against the animals which eat them.
Answer:

1. Neem Tree: Neem leaves contain an alkaloid Nimbin to protect themselves from the animals which eat them.
2. Cactus: They have thorns to protect themselves.
3. Datura: Datura leaves gives bad odour.

Question 3.
Identify one food chain from your surroundings. Name the producers and different levels of consumers in that food Chain.
Answer:
Grass → Insects → Frog → Snake.
Producers – Grass.
Primary Consumers – Insects.
Secondary Consumers – Frog
Tertiary consumers – Snake.

Aquatic Plants → Insects → Fish → Crane.
Producers – Aquatic Plant.
Primary Consumers – Insects
Secondary Consumers – Fish
Tertiary consumers – Crane

Question 4.
Write the names of producers and consumers in the food chain, you have observed.
Answer:
Producers – Plants, Green Algae
Consumers – All Animals.

Question 5.
Write any two slogans to promote awareness among the people about Ecofriendly programs.
Answer:
a) Lets go green to get global clean.
b) If you disturb the nature, the nature will disturb you.
c) The best solution to arrest pollution is plantation.
d) Reduce the usage of plastic and reduce the pollution.

Question 6.
What happens if decomposers are removed from the food web?
Answer:

1. If decomposers are removed from the food web then the biological cycles are not completed.
2. If the decomposers are not present in an ecosystem the remains of the other organisms accumulate.

Question 7.
Observe the following given below. Draw the pyramid of numbers.
Grass → Goat → Man
Answer:

Question 8.
We can’t expect the world without sparrows. So how should be our concern towards their conservation?
Answer:

1. Sparrows are useful to control harmful insects like locust which damage food grains.
2. Chemical pesticides are the cause for destruction of sparrows and useful insects.
3. By using biological methods we can conserve the sparrow population.

Question 9.
Human being is modifying agriculture lands and lakes into residential areas. What is its effect on Bio-diversity?
Answer:

1. The shelter may not be provided for migratory birds.
2. Food chain get disturbed.
3. Decrease in the ground water level.

Question 10.
How do you protect the plants, which were planted in “Haritha Haaram” programme in your school?
Answer:
We protect the plants:

1. Watering of plants at regular intervals.
2. Fencing or gaurding of plants.
3. Adoption of plants.
4. Providing organic manure.

Question 11.
The figure given below represents a food pyramid. Study it and answer the following questions.

i) Which trophic level has maximum energy?
Answer:
T₁ (or) Primary producers (green plants)
ii) Give one example for T₄ trophic level.
Answer:
Lion, tiger, hawk, etc.

Question 12.
“We can’t imagine the world without insects and birds, conserve them.
Answer:
Methods to conserve insects and birds:

1. Avoid indiscriminate usage of pesticides
2. Protect the natural habitats of insects and birds.
3. Development of bird sanctuaries
4. Everyone should follow environmental ethics.

Question 13.
What is environment?
Answer:
The sum of physical and biological factors along with their chemical interactions that affect an organism is called environment.

Question 14.
What is biosphere?
Answer:
The world of living things is called biosphere.
(OR)
The life supporting zone on the earth is called biosphere.

Question 15.
What are the physical or abiotic factors in a biosphere?
Answer:
Land, air, water, sunlight, humidity etc. are the physical or abiotic factors in a biosphere.

Question 16.
What does a food chain show?
Answer:
Food chain shows that how the energy is passed from one organism to another.

Question 17.
How the terrestrial ecosystems are determined?
Answer:
The terrestrial ecosystems are determined largely by the variations in climatic conditions between the poles and equator.

Question 18.
Where did the Kilimanjaro mountain located?
Answer:
The Kilimanjaro mountain is located in equatorial Africa (present in Tanzania, Africa).

Question 19.
What is the main source of energy for all the organisms in an ecosystem?
Answer:
Sunlight is the main source of energy for all the organisms in an ecosystem.

Question 20.
What is food web?
Answer:
The network of a large number of food chains existing in an ecosystem is called a food web.

Question 21.
What does a food web indicate?
Answer:
A food web indicates that the number of possible links for food in an ecosystem and reflects the fact that the whole community is a complex inter-connected unit.

Question 22.
What is ‘niche’?
Answer:
The position of organisms in a food web.

Question 23.
What does the word ‘niche’ denotes?
Answer:
‘Niche’ is the term used to describe not only the animals position in the food web and what it eats but also its mode of life.

Question 24.
What is an ecological pyramid?
Answer:
The graphic representation of the feeding level structure of an ecosystem by taking the shape of a pyramid is called “Ecological pyramid”.

Question 25.
Who was the first one to introduce “Ecological pyramid”?
Answer:
Ecological pyramid was first introduced by a British Ecologist Charles Elton in 1927.

Question 26.
In ecological pyramids the producers are represented at?
Answer:
The producers are represented at the base of the ecological pyramids.

Question 27.
What is pyramid of number?
Answer:
A graphical representation designed to show the number of organisms at each tropic level in a given ecosystem is called “pyramid of number”.

Question 28.
What does the pyramid of number show?
Answer:
Pyramid of number shows the population of organisms at each tropic level in a food chain.

Question 29.
What does each bar represent in a pyramid of number?
Answer:
In a pyramid of number, each bar represents the number of individuals at each tropic level in a food chain.

Question 30.
When does the pyramid of number not look like a pyramid at all?
Answer:
If the producer is a large plant such as tree or if one of the organisms at any tropic level is very small, then the pyramid of number does not look like a pyramid.

Question 31.
What is biomass?
Answer:
Any type of plant or animal material that can be converted into energy is called biomass.

Question 32.
What is biofuels?
Answer:
The materials which are used for energy production are known as biofuels.

Question 33.
What is Pyramid of biomass?
Answer:
A graphical representation designed to show the quantity of living matter at each tropic level in a given ecosystem is called “Pyramid of biomass”.

Question 34.
Why Pyramid of biomass inverted in case of aquatic ecosystem?
Answer:

1. In an aquatic ecosystem, the biomass of phytoplankton is quite negligible as compared to that of the crustaceans and small herbivorous fish that feed on these producers.
2. The biomass of large carnivorous fish living on small fishes is still greater. This makes the pyramid of biomass inverted.

Question 35.
How much percentage of the biomass is transferred from one tropic level to the next in a food chain?
Answer:
The percentage of the biomass transferred from one tropic level to the next level in food chain is nearly 10 – 20%.

Question 36.
When does the species at the top of the pyramid get more energy?
Answer:
The species at the top of the pyramid get, more energy when the steps in a food chain are fewer.

Question 37.
What are bio-geochemical cycles?
Answer:
Flow of materials between organisms and their environment is called cycling of materials or bio-geochemical cycles.

Question 38.
What is ecological efficiency?
Answer:
The ratio between energy flows at different tropic levels among the food chain expressed as percentage is called ecological efficiency.

Question 39.
What is ten per cent law?
Answer:
During the transfer of energy from one tropic level to the next, only about ten per cent of the energy from organic matter is stored as flesh. This is called “Ten per cent law”.

Question 40.
Where do Kolleru one of the largest fresh water lakes in India exists?
Answer:
Kolleru is one of the largest fresh water lakes in India exists between West Godavari and Krishna districts of Andhra Pradesh.

Question 41.
What is the catchment area of the lake Kolleru?
Answer:
A catchment area of the Kolleru lake extends up to 6121 Km2.

Question 42.
Through which The lake Kolleru discharges its excess water into Bay of Bengal?
Answer:
The lake Kolleru discharges its excess water into Bay of Bengal through the twisty channel called Upputeru which is about 65 km long.

Question 43.
When did Government of Andhra Pradesh had declared the lake as Bird Sanctuary?
Answer:
In November 1999, Government of Andhra Pradesh had declared the lake as Bird Sanctuary.

Question 44.
What is the number of species of birds being hosted by the Kolleru?
Answer:
The Kolleru lake is hosting 193 species of birds.

Question 45.
What are the major sources of pollution in Kolleru lake?
Answer:
The major sources of pollution are agricultural runoff containing residues of several agrochemicals, fertilizers, fish tank discharges, industrial effluents containing chemical residues and different types of organic substances, municipal and domestic sewage.

Question 46.
What is the objective of “Operation Kolleru” by the ministry of environment and forest, Government of India?
Answer:
The objective of operation Kolleru by the ministry of environment and forest, Government of India is to bring back the ecological balance of Kolleru lake which is a gift of nature.

Question 47.
What is Bioaccumulation?
Answer:
The process of entering of pollutants in a food chain is known as Bioaccumulation.

Question 48.
What is Biomagnification?
Answer:
The tendency of pollutants to concentrate as they move from one tropic level to the next is known as Biomagnification.

Question 49.
What are pesticides?
Answer:
The chemical materials used to control pests that attack crop plants or live as parasites on the body of farm animals are called pesticides.

Question 50.
What is a perfect pesticide?
Answer:
The perfect pesticide is one which destroys a particular pest and is completely harmless to every other form of life.

Question 51.
Why did the egg breaking among the peregrines increase?
Answer:
Egg breaking among the peregrines increased due to their disturbed behaviour caused by the nerve poisons that entered into their tissues through food chain.

Question 52.
Why did the aquatic biota is being contaminated?
Answer:
The aquatic biota is being contaminated with heavy metals due to industrialization and anthropogenic activities.

Question 53.
Why fish are considered to be the bioindicators of metal contamination?
Answer:
Fish are considered to be the bioindicators of metal contamination in environmental monitoring because fish species are strongly respond to stress conditions.

Question 54.
Where did Edulabad water reservoir located?
Answer:
Edulabad water reservoir is located in urban areas of Ranga Reddy district of Telangana.

Question 55.
Which fish species is grown in Edulabad water reservoir?
Answer:
Cyprinus carpio (common scale carp) is the fish species grown in Edulabad water reservoir.

Question 56.
What are the effects of bioaccumulation of metals in human beings that eat cyprinus carpio?
Answer:
The bioaccumulation of various metals in cyprinus carpio cause disorders. Such as hypertensions, sporadic fever, renal damage, nausea, etc.

Question 57.
In which country sparrows were hunted extensively in 1958?
Answer:
In China sparrows were hunted extensively in 1958.

Question 58.
In your opinion what are the effective methods to control pests?
Answer:
Rotation of crops, biological control, developing genetically modified plants are the effective methods to control pests in my opinon.

Question 59.
Why the temperatures are very high during the day and cold during the nights in deserts?
Answer:
In deserts, the rainfall and humidity are very low, so the sun’s rays easily penetrate the atmosphere making ground temperatures very high during the day. But the nights are often cold as the earth loses heat rapidly.

Question 60.
How can we draw a food chain?
Answer:
We can draw a food chain by connecting the pictures or names of organisms by putting arrows between them. These arrows should always point from food to the feeder.

Question 61.
How many types of ecological pyramids are there in practice? Name them.
Answer:
There are three types of ecological pyramids. They are:

1. Pyramid of number
2. Pyramid of biomass and
3. Pyramid of energy.

Question 62.
Which process helps to convert the solar energy into suitable form of energy for animals to consume?
Answer:
Photosynthesis helps to convert the solar energy into suitable form of energy (food) for animals to consume.

10th Class Biology 9th Lesson Our Environment 2 Marks Important Questions and Answers

Question 1.
Grass → Grasshopper → Frog → Snake → Hawk
What will happen if we remove Frog from the above food chain? Explain.
Answer:

1. Frog is secondary consumer in this food chain.
2. If we remove frog from the food chain, the number of grasshopper will increase on other hand the number of snakes which depend on frogs will decrease.
3. Hence, ecological balance may be damaged.

Question 2.
Observe the diagram and answer the following.
i) Write any two food chains from the diagram.
ii) What are the secondary consumers in the food chain that are written by you?
Answer:
i) a) Plants → Goat → Tiger
b) Plants → Rabbit → Wolf / Fox
ii) Tiger, Wolf / Fox

Question 3.
Study the given paragraph and answer the questions.

Solar energy from sun enters into the producers of an ecosystem. No organisms except green plants and photosynthetic bacteria can absorb solar energy and convert it into chemical energy.

A) What are the producers mentioned in the given paragraph?
B) What form is energy converted into photosynthesis? In Photosynthesis, which form is energy converted into?
Answer:
A) Green plants and photosynthetic bacteria.
B) In photosynthesis, the light (or) solar energy is converted into chemical energy.

Question 4.
Explain the flow chart given below.
Answer:
It is the pyramid of biomass.

1. In this pyramid 10% of the food will reach to the next trophical level and so on at each level.
2. It would take 1000 kg of phytoplankton to provide 100 kg of zooplankton and to form 1 kg of human tissue, 10 kg of frog is needed.
3. The fewer the steps in the food chain, the more energy will be for the species at the top.

Question 5.
Observe the pyramid of number which is given below and answer the questions.
i) As per the number of organisms in the tropic level, which group of organisms
are more in number and which are less in number?
ii) What happens if Secondary consumers disappear?
Answer:
i) If producers are more in number, then tertiary consumers are less in number,
ii) If secondary consumers disappear the primary consumers increase in number and the tertiary consumers found no food to live. It leads to death.

Question 6.
Explain in brief about the alternate methods to be followed to prevent the harmful effects of over usage of pesticides.
(OR)
Mention any four effective methods of controlling pests, which are less harmful on environment based on biological principles.
Answer:
Some of alternative pest control methods are

1. Rotation of Crop: Growing different crops on a particular piece of land in successive years.
2. Studying the life histories of the pests: When this is done it is sometimes possible to sow the crops at a time when least damage will be caused.
3. Biological Control: Introducing Natural predator or parasite of the pest.
4. Sterility: Rendering the males of a pest species sterile.
5. Genetic Strains: The development of genetic strains (genetically modified plants) which are resistant to certain pest.
6. Environmental ethics: People need to know besides laws regarding environment there are some basic ethics what is right and what is wrong in view of environment.

Question 7.
Write any 4 slogans on the necessity of forests and on their conservation.
Answer:

1. Save the trees, save the earth. We are the guardians of nature’s birth.
2. Don’t destroy the greenary and don’t spoil the scenery.
3. Don’t make trees rare, we should keep them with care.
4. To live for future in rest, saving forest is the best.

Question 8.
How does the given below concepts differs?
(a) Bioaccumulation b) Biomagnification
Answer:
a) Bioaccumulation: The process of entry of pollutants into a food chain is known as bioaccumulation.
b) Biomagnification: It is the tendency of pollutants to concentrate as they move from one tropic level to the next is known as biomagnification.

Question 9.
The biomass of a producer in an ecosystem is calculated as 3500 kgs. Calculate the biomass of primary, secondary, tertiary consumers.
Answer:
In a food chain roughly 90% of the food is lost at each step. So if the biomass of a producer in an ecosystem is calculated as 3500 kgs. the biomass of primary consumer as will be 350 kgs. and of secondary consumer is 35 kgs and biomass of tertiary consumer is 3.5 kgs.

Question 10.
Write a short note on food chain and food web.
Answer:

1. Food chain is a pathway along which food is transferred from one tropic level to another tropic level beginning with producers.
2. It shows who eats what in a particular habitat.
3. The arrows between each item in the chain always point from the food to the feeder.
4. For example
   Grass → Rabbit → Snake → Hawk
5. The elaborate interconnected feeding relationships in an ecosystem is said to be food web.
6. Many of the food chains in an ecosystem are crosslinked to form food web.
7. For example,
   
8. Food chain and food web help us to understand the food relations among living things.

Question 11.
Write a short notes on ecological pyramids.
Answer:

1. The graphical representation of the feeding level structure of an ecosystem by taking the shape of a pyramid is called “Ecological pyramid”.
2. It was first introduced by a British Ecologist Charles Elton in 1927.
3. In the ecological pyramid, the producers (First tropic level) are represented at the base, and the successive tropic levels (primary, secondary and tertiary consumers) are represented one above the other with top carnivores at the tip.
4. There are three types of pyramids.
   i) Pyramid of number ii) Pyramid of biomass and iii) Pyramid of energy.
5. Pyramid of number shows the population of organisms at each tropic level in a food chain.
6. Pyramid of biomass represents the available food as a source of energy at each tropic level in the food chain.
7. Pyramid of energy represents the available energy at each tropic level in food chain.

Question 12.
Write a short notes on pyramid of number.
Answer:

1. Pyramid of number is a graphical representation designed to show the number of organisms at each tropic level in a given ecosystem.
2. The shape of this pyramid varies from eco-system to ecosystem.
   
3. In aquatic and grassland ecosystems, numerous small autotrophs support lesser herbivores which support further small number of carnivores and hence the pyramid structure is upright.
   
4. In forest ecosystem, less number of producers support greater number of herbivores who in turn support a fewer number of carnivores. Hence the pyramid structure is partly upright.
5. In parasitic food chain, one primary producer supports numerous parasites which support still more hyperparasites. Hence the pyramid structure is inverted.
   

Question 13.
Write a short notes on pyramid of biomass.
Answer:

1. Pyramid of biomass is a graphical representation designed to show the quantity of living matter (biomass) at each tropic level in a given ecosystem.
2. In terrestrial ecosystems, the biomass progressively decreases from producers to top carnivores. Hence the pyramid structure is upright.
   
3. In an aquatic ecosystem, the biomass of phytoplankton (producers) is quite negligible as compared to that of crustaceans and small herbivorous fish that feed on these producers. The biomass of large carnivorous fish living on small fishes is still greater. This makes the pyramid of biomass inverted.
   

Question 14.
How do pesticides cause Bioaccumulation and Biomagnification?
(OR)
What are the effects of pesticides on environment?
Answer:

1. Pesticides are the toxic chemicals used to destroy pest and insects which damage our crops and stored foods.
2. These pesticides vary in their length of life as toxic materials.
3. Some of the pesticides are degradable that can be broken down into harmless substances in a comparatively short time and others are non-degradable.
4. Non-degradable pesticides accumulate in the bodies of animal and pass right through food web.
5. Thus the pesticides cause bioaccumulation.
6. These accumulated pesticides concentrate as they move from one tropic level to the next, thus leads to biomagnification.

Question 15.
List out some human activities which altered the communities of plants and animals in their natural ecosystem.
Answer:

1. Industrialization
2. Damming rivers
3. Draining marshes
4. Re-claiming land from the sea
5. Cutting down forests
6. Using chemical fertilisers and pesticides
7. Building towns, cities, canals and motor ways.

Question 16.
What kind of changes may come in 2m ecosystem due to development of a large town?
Answer:
The following changes are expected due to development of a large town.

1. Some plants and animal species will die out.
2. Some will adapt to the new conditions sufficiently to survive in reduced numbers.
3. Some will benefit by the new conditions and will increase in numbers.

Question 17.
Write a comparative note on pyramid of number and pyramid of biomass.
(OR)
Write the differences between pyramid of number and pyramid of biomass.
Answer:

Pyramid of number	Pyramid of biomass
1. Pyramid of number is a graphical representation designed to show the number of organisms at each tropic level in a given ecosystem.	1. Pyramid of biomass is a graphical representation designed to show the quantity of living matter at each tropic level in a given ecosystem.
2. It shows the population of organisms at each tropic level in a food chain.	2. It represents the available food as a source of energy at each tropic level in the food chain.
3. This pyramid sometimes does not look like a pyramid at all. It may be upright like in grassland ecosystem, partly upright like in forest ecosystem or inverted like in parasitic ecosystem.	3. This pyramid may be upright like in terrestrial ecosystem or inverted like in aquatic ecosystem.

Question 18.
Write a comparative note on pyramid of biomass and pyramid of energy.
(OR)
What are the differences between pyramid of biomass and pyramid of energy?
Answer:

Pyramid of biomass	Pyramid of energy
1. Pyramid of biomass is a graphical representation designed to show the quantity of living matter at each tropic level in a given ecosystem.	1. Pyramid of energy is a graphical representation designed to show the quantity of energy present at each tropic level in a given ecosystem.
2. It represents the available food as a source of energy at each tropic level in the food chain.	2. It represents the available energy at each tropic level in the food chain.
3. This pyramid may be upright like in terrestrial ecosystem or inverted like in aquatic ecosystem.	3. This pyramid is always upright as only 10% of energy from one level is transfering to the next level.

Question 19.
Write a comparative note on pyramid of number and pyramid of energy?
(OR)
What are the differences between pyramid of number and pyramid of energy?
Answer:

Pyramid of number	Pyramid of energy
1. Pyramid of number is a graphical representation designed to show the number of organisms at each tropic level in a given ecosystem.	1. Pyramid of energy is a graphical representation designed to show the quantity of energy present at each tropic level in a given ecosystem.
2. It shows the population of organisms at each tropic level in a food chain.	2. It shows the available energy at each tropic level in a food chain.
3. This pyramid sometimes does not look like a pyramid at all. It may be upright like in a grassland ecosystem partly upright like in forest ecosystem or inverted like in parasitic ecosystem.	3. This pyramid is always upright, as only 10% of energy is transfering from one tropic level to other.

Question 20.
What is ecological efficiency? Write a short notes on Ten per cent law?
Answer:
Ecological efficiency: The ratio between energy flows at different tropic levels along the food chain expressed as percentage is called “ecological efficiency”.
Ten per cent law:

1. The amount of energy transferred decreases with successive tropic levels.
2. Slobodkin (1959) suggested that the transfer of energy from one tropic level to the next is of the order of 10% and this is called “Gross ecological efficiency”.

Question 21.
Geetha said “a given species may occupy more than one tropic level in the same ecosystem at the same time”. Do you support her or not? Explain your answer with example.
Answer:
I support her for the following reason.

1. A snake eating a mouse in a field or lawn occupies the third tropic level.
   Plant → Mouse → Snake
2. When the snake eats a frog in the same field, it occupies the fourth tropic level in a food chain. It is because the frog feed on some of the insects that depend on the plants.
   Plant → Insect → Frog → Snake
3. Thus, a given species may occupy more than one tropic level in the same ecosystem at the same time.
4. This is to satisfy its food needs, as it cannot do so by occupying one tropic level.

Question 22.
If we introduce a man into a forest ecosystem, at which level of food chain we will place him? Explain your answer.
Answer:

1. If we introduce a man into a forest ecosystem, he can fit for any level of consumers of food chain.
2. He may feed on plant parts such as fruits. Then we can place him at primary consumer level.
   Plant → Man
3. He may feed on some of the herbivorous organisms such as rabbit, then we can place him at secondary consumers level.
   Plant → Rabbit → Man
4. He may also feed on some of the carnivorous organisms such as insectivorous birds then we can place him at tertiary consumers level.
   Plant → Insect → Bird → Man
5. This is possible to place him at any level of consumers, as he is an omnivore, who feed on both plant originated and animal originated foods.

Question 23.
Draw the ecological pyramids for the given food chain.
Banyan Tree → Herbivorous birds → Carnivorous birds.
Answer:
1) Pyramid of number

2) Pyramid of biomass

3) Pyramid of energy

Question 24.
Write briefly about Minamata disease.
Answer:

1. Minamata disease was first discovered in Minamata city in Kumamoto prefecture, Japan, in 1956.
2. It was caused by the release of methyl mercury in the industrial waste water from the Chisso corporation’s chemical factory, which continued from 1932 to 1968.
3. This highly toxic chemical bioaccumulated in shellfish and fish in Minimata Bay and the Shiranui Sea, which, when eaten by the local populace, resulted in mercury poisoning.
4. While cat, dog, pig and humans death continued for 36 years.

Question 25.
What are trophic levels? Give an example of a food chain and state the different trophic levels in it.
Answer:

1. Trophic levels is the feeding position in a food chain.
2. It is the functional level occupied by an organism in a food chain.
3. Examples of trophic levels include ‘herbivores’ and ‘decomposers’
4. An example of food chain depicting various trophic levels is as follows:
   

Question 26.
What is the role of decomposers in the ecosystem? (OR)
How decomposers help in cleaning the environment?
Answer:

1. If the decomposers are not present in an ecosystem the remains of the other organisms accumulate.
2. Eventually the world would run out of carbon dioxide or nitrate or phosphate or other inorganisms material essential for life.
3. The decomposers breakdown the organic waste products and dead remains of organisms into the inorganic substances needed by the producers.
4. Most decomposition is carried out by saprophytic fungi, by bacteria and by invertebrates.

10th Class Biology 9th Lesson Our Environment 4 Marks Important Questions and Answers

Question 1.
Prepare some slogans about ‘Vanam – Manam’ programme to display in your school rally?
Answer:

1. Save paper – Save trees
2. Plant a tree – Plant a life
3. Saving trees is our duty
4. Think green – Go green
5. If we protect plants – they protects us
6. Conserve plants – Conserve life
7. Plant a tree – get the air free
8. Plant a tree – Reduce the pollution.
9. Tree on – Global warming gone.
10. If cut a tree – It kills a life.

Question 2.
Read the information about Kolleru lake in the given table and answer the following questions.

Classes	Area in 1967 (Km2)	Area In 2004 (Km2)
Lake-water spread area	70.70	62.65
Lake with sparse weed	0	47.45
Lake with dense weed	0	15.20
Lake-liable to flood in rainy season	100.97	0
Aquaculture ponds	0	99.74
Rice fields	8.40	16.62
Encroachment	0.31	1.37
Total	180.38	180.38

a) In which year, lake water spread area is more?
b) Why do you think weeds are more in the lake?
c) Guess the reasons for decrease in the lake area.
d) What measures are to be taken to control pollution in the lake?
Answer:
a) In the year 1967
b) Addition of excessive nutrients from aquaculture ponds and rice fields.
c) Aquaculture ponds, Ricefields and Encroachment are the reasons for decrease in lake area.
d) Anthropogenic activities are to be controlled in the lake catchment area. (Or)
Fish ponds are to be removed in the lake catchment area. (Or)
Agricultural practices in the lake area should be minimised as per the norms of government.

Question 3.
Observe the following pyramid of biomass and answer the following questions.
a) This pyramid shows a decrease in the biomass as we move up, why the biomass is decreasing?
Answer:
The pyramid of biomass for the given food chain, at each step 90% of the food is lost. That means 1000 kg of phytoplankton to produce 100 kg of Zooplankton to form 10 kg of fish to produce 1kg of human tissues. The fewer the steps in the food chain the more energy will be for the species at the top.

b) Give some examples of producers and primary consumers.
Answer:
Examples for producers: Plants, Grass, Diatoms.
Examples for primary consumers: Grasshopper, Rabbit, Deer,

c) Where do producers get the energy from?
Answer:
From the sun.

d) How much biomass is lost at each step?
Answer:
90%

Question 4.
Observe the following diagram and answer the following questions.
i) Name the primary producers in the given food web.
ii) Prepare any one food – chain from the diagram.
iii) What are the tertiary consumers?
iv) Write names of any two herbivores.
Answer:
i) Plants, Grass, Trees Phytoplanktons etc.
ii) Grass → Rabbit → Fox → Tiger
iii) Tiger, Vulture, Crane, Owl, Peacock etc.
(OR)
The animals which are at 4th trophic level in a food chain are called as Tertiary Consumers.
iv) Rabbit, Deer, Goat, Cow

Question 5.
What is number pyramid? What does it indicate?
Answer:

1. The number of organisms in a food chain can be represented graphically in a pyramid of number.
2. Each bar represents the number of individuals at each tropic level in a food chain.
3. At each link in a food chain, from the first order consumers to the large carnivores, there is normally an increase in size but decrease in number.
4. For example in a wood, the aphids are very small and occur in astronomical numbers.
5. The lady birds which feed on them are distinctly larger and not so numerous.
6. The insectivorous birds which feed on the lady birds are larger still and are only present in a small number and there may only be a single pair of hawks of much larger size than the insectivorous birds on which they prey.

Question 6.
Draw the diagram of number pyramid keeping foxes as third consumers. What are the consequences if their number increases?
Answer:

1. If the number of foxes increases, then the competition for food will be very severe and less amount of food will be available for them.
   
2. As a result some of the foxes may not get enough food and die due to starvation.
3. This reduces the population of foxes and very few foxes will be left in the forest.
4. This increases the chances of survival of secondary consumers birds, hence their number increases.
5. This increases the availability of food for foxes. Very soon a balance will be established between the number of secondary consumers and foxes.

Question 7.
What reasons are responsible for decrease in number of top carnivores and biomass starting production in a food chain?
(OR)
Why the number of organisms get decreased as we move from producers to consumer levels?
Answer:

1. In a food chain as we move from producers to different levels of consumers the energy available will decrease gradually.
2. Only ten percent of the energy present in one tropic level transfer to another tropic level.
3. Biomass also decreases gradually as only 10 – 20% of the biomass is transferred from one tropic level to the next in a food chain.
4. As there is less energy of less biomass available at top levels, number of organisms also less generally.
5. So the number of organisms get decreased as we move from producers to different level of consumer.

Question 8.
Show food chain of different organisms, number of pyramid of your school.
Answer:
Food chain of different organisms in our school:
Plant → aphids → spiders thirds.

1. The pyramid of organisms in a food chain can be represented graphically in a pyramid of number.
2. Each bar represents the number of individuals at each tropic level in a food chain.
3. At each link in a food chain, from the first order consumers to the large carnivores, there is normally an increase in size, but decrease in number.

Question 9.
What determines the terrestrial ecosystems on the earth?
Answer:

1. The terrestrial ecosystems on the earth are being determined largely by the variations in climatic conditions between the poles and equator.
2. The main climatic influences which determine these ecosystems are rainfall, temperature and availability of light from the sun.
3. For instance, forests are usually associated with high rainfall, but the type Is influenced by temperature and light.
4. The same applies to deserts which occur in regions where rainfall is extremely low.
5. Thus, the climatic conditions along the horizontal climatic regions determined the terrestrial ecosystems on the earth.
6. If we move from equatorial region to the polar region, we can come across tropical rain forests, savannah, deciduous forest, coniferous forests and then tundras respectively.
7. Similarly altitude of the place is also a determining factor.
8. If we climb a mountain such as Kilimanjaro in equatorial Africa, we can go through a comparable system of ecosystems, starting with tropical rain forest at the base and ending with perpetual snow and ice at the summit.

Question 10.
“All the energy in the ecosystem is ultimately derived from sunlight.” Justify.
Answer:

1. All the organisms in an ecosystem derive energy from food.
2. The food by its nature is the chemical energy and by in its stored form, it is the potential energy.
3. In an ecosystem, all the consumers at any level depend upon producers for their food either directly or indirectly.
4. The producers in any ecosystem are nothing but photosynthetic organisms such as plants, phytoplanktons and photosynthetic bacteria.
5. Energy enters the producers in the ecosystem from the sun in the form of solar energy during photosynthesis.
6. From the producers, the chemical energy passes to the consumers from one tropic level to the next through food.
7. For example, in a grassland ecosystem, grass traps the solar energy and stores in its body.
8. When this grass is eaten and assimilated by insects this stored energy enters into the body of insects.
9. From the insects it will pass to frog, from them to snake and so on to eagle.
10. Thus, all the energy in the ecosystem is ultimately derived from sunlight.

Question 11.
What is biological magnification? Will the levels of this magnification be different at different levels of the ecosystem?
Answer:

1. The tendency of pollutants to concentrate as they move from one trophic level to the next trophic level is known as Biomagnification.
2. Plants absorb pesticides, heavy metals from the soil.
3. The primary consumers when eat these plants the remaining of pesticides and heavy metals enter their bodies.
4. As these chemicals are not degradable, they accumulate in the bodies of organisms of all trophic levels in the food chain.
5. Most of the plants products which we eat are grown in fields in which pesticides and fertilisers have been used.
6. These are absorbed by the plants and cannot be removed by washing or other means.
7. Human beings are at the top level of the food chain these chemicals get accumulated in our bodies and cause various disorders.
8. Levels of biological magnification would increase as the trophic level increases.

Question 12.
Will the impact of removing all the organisms in a trophic level be different for different trophic levels ? Can the organisms of any trophic level be removed without causing any damage to the ecosystem?
Answer:

1. If we remove producers from ecosystem, herbivores will not survive and the entire ecosystem collapse.
2. Removing herbivores result in increase number of producers and carnivores would not get food.
3. Removing carnivores result in increase of herbivores to unsustainable levels.
4. If we remove decomposers from ecosystem waste material and animal dead remains would pile up and nutrients would not be available to the producers.
5. Some or the other damage would be caused to the ecosystem if the organisms of any trophic level is removed.
6. However impact of removing producers or decomposers would be serve as the whole ecosystem would collapse.
7. Without plants sun’s energy cannot be converted to chemical energy which is the basis of life on earth.
8. Without decomposers the nutrients cannot be recycled and made available to producers.

Question 13.
Every organism has got the right to live on this planet. Write slogans to motivate the people on preservation of biodiversity.
Answer:

1. Live and let live.
2. Conserve nature – conserve life.
3. Clean the environment, live happily.
4. Think eco-friendly and live eco-friendly.
5. If we protect the environment, it protect us.
6. Reduce pollution – conserve the biodiversity.

Question 14.
Write some friendly ecosystem activities you will conduct in your school.
Answer:

1. Forming eco-clubs: These clubs consists of student representatives from each class. They will take up the eco-friendly activities and encourage the people of that village to follow environment friendly activities.
2. Setting up garden at school: This ensures the school and its premises green through planting of flowering plants, vegetables and fruit trees. It is a symbol of biodiversity because various plants and animals inhabit the garden.
3. Electricity conservation programme: To save energy the school implements certain hours to be switched off habit. This switching off programme for one hour from 3.30 p.m. to 4.30 p.m. help conserve electricity in every classroom.
4. Pollution prevention programme: A ‘no burning of trash policy should be implemented in the school. Waste materials are recycled and properly disposed to ensure a clean, waste-free environment.
5. Making compost by organic wastes: By digging a pit at one corner of the school and throwing the organic waste particularly of mid day meal waste into pit and covering with soil layers prepares compost which can be used as manure for plants. This creates a clean environment in the school.
6. Using cloth bags instead of polythene bags by pupil.
7. Collection of solid waste materials and proper management of its helps in reducing soil pollution.
8. Children should be encouraged to follow ‘3R’ system i.e. Reduce, Re use and Recycle different substances.

Question 15.
What is Ecological pyramid? Describe different types of Ecological pyramids.
Answer:

1. The graphical representation of the feeding level structure of an ecosystem by taking the shape of a pyramid is called ecological pyramid.
   
2. There are three types of ecological pyramids. They are
   1) Pyramid of number, 2) Pyramid of biomass and 3) Pyramid of energy.
3. Pyramid of number is a graphical representation designed to show the number of organisms at each tropic level in a given ecosystem.
4. The shape of this pyramid varies from ecosystem to ecosystem.
5. In forest ecosystem the pyramid structure is partly upright and in parasitic food chain is inverted.
6. Pyramid of biomass is a graphical representation designed to show the quantity of living matter (bio mass) at each trophic level in a given ecosystem.
7. In terrestrial ecosystems, the biomass progressively decreases from producers to top carnivores hence the pyramid structure is upright whereas in aquatic ecosystem it is inverted.
8. Pyramid of energy is a graphical representation designed to show the quantity of energy present at each tropic level in a given ecosystem. The pyramid of energy is always upright.

Question 16.
Collect information regarding pesticides commonly used in your area and prepare a chart showing pesticide and common name and on which crop and pest it is commonly used.
Answer:

S.No.	Pesticide	Crop
1.	Imidaclopriol	Cotton, Chillies	Aphid, White fly, Jassids, Thrips
		Paddy	BPH, WBPH, GWT
2.	Triazophos	Cotton	Bollworm
		Paddy	Leaf folder, Green leaf hopper, Hispa
3.	Chlorpyriphos	Paddy	Leaf roller, Hispa gall midge, Stem borer, Whorl maggot
		Cotton	Aphid, Bollworm, White fly
4.	Monocrotophos	Paddy	Brown plant hopper, Green leaf hopper, Leaf roller, Yellow stem borer
		Maize Bengal gram Green gram Black gram	Shoot fly Pod borer
		Sugarcane	Early shoot borer, Mealy bug
		Cotton Oil seeds Vegetables	Insects
5.	Acephate	Cotton	Jassid, Bollworms
		Sunflower	Aphids
6.	Dichlorvos	Paddy	Leaf roller
		Sugarcane	Pyrilla
		Oil seeds, Vegetables	Insect pests
7.	Acetamiprid	Cotton	Aphids, Jassids, White flies

AP State Board Syllabus AP SSC 10th Class Biology Important Questions Chapter 10 Natural Resources.

AP State Syllabus SSC 10th Class Biology Important Questions 10th Lesson Our Environment

10th Class Biology 10th Lesson Natural Resources 1 Mark Important Questions and Answers

Question 1.
Recently a new programme was launched in our state known as “Vanam – Manain”. Prepare any two slogans to promote the programme.
Answer:
a) Save forest, forest will save you.
b) Grow the plants and get the fresh air.

Question 2.
Suggest any two practices suitable to farmers with less water resources.
Answer:

1. Construction of percolation tanks (or) Soak pits
2. Irrigation techniques like drip irrigation and usage of sprinklers.

Question 3.
Why should we conserve forests? Give two reasons.
Answer:
a) Forests serve as lungs for the world. They purify the air and protect the earth from greenhouse effect and global warming,
b) Forests are rich habitats for plants

Question 4.
Ravi observed symbol on the plastic water bottle purchased by him. What does this symbol indicate? and animals.
Answer:
The symbol on the plastic bottle indicates that the bottle is made from recycled plastic and after its use it can be recycled.

Question 5.
Write any two suggestions for the conservation of biodiversity at your village.
Answer:

1. Protecting and preserving the natural habitats of birds and animals.
2. Replace the wood products with alternative sources.
3. Using Recycled products and following the 4’R Principle in day to day life.

Question 6.
Suggest any two activities to check soil erosion in your school.
Answer:

1. Observe the school ground after the rain.
2. Conduct a field project on soil erosion.

Question 7.
To create awareness on “Water conservation” in your locality, what slogan you will suggest?
Prepare two slogans on ‘Save Water’ propaganda.
Answer:
“Don’t Waste Water”.
“Save every drop”.
“Water is life”.

Question 8.
The symbol is there on the item you bought. What it instructs? (OR)
What does the given logo indicate? What does it mean?

Answer:
It is the Recycle logo. It indicates that the item we bought is prepared from recycled materials or the item can be recycled after use.

Question 9.
What happens if the forest area decreases rapidly?
Answer:
If the forest area decreases

1. It destroys wildlife habitat.
2. It increases soil erosion.
3. It releases green house gases into the atmosphere contributing to global warming.
4. It also harms people who relay on forest for their survival, hunting and gathering, harvesting forest products or using timber and firewood.

Question 10.
Write two activities which you are performing to save electricity.
(OR)
Write any two measures vou take in your home to reduce the consumption of electricity.
Answer:

1. We can reduce the consumption of electricity by putting off the fans and lights when there is no need.
2. We can use LED (Lighting Emitting Device) bulbs to save electricity.
3. To shut down laptops and computers when they are not in use.

Question 11.
Prepare two slogans on protecting non-renewable resources.
Answer:

1. Use Biofuel – Reduce Fossil Fuel.
2. Use alternative resources – Save the environment.

Question 12.
Write two examples for non-renewable resources.
Answer:
Examples for non-renewable resources are coal, petroleum and natural gas.

Question 13.
What is sustainable development? Is it needful for us?
Answer:
When we use the environment In ways that ensure we have resources for the future, It Is called sustainable development. It Is needed because development and conservation can coexist In harmony.

Question 14.
What are examples for natural resources?
Answer:
Examples for natural resources are water, soil, forests, flora, fauna, etc.

Question 15.
What are percolation tanks?
Answer:
Percolation tanks are normally earthen dams with masonry structures where water may overflow.

Question 16.
What are Kharif crops?
Answer:
Crops grown In the rainy season are termed as Kharif crops, e.g: Paddy, maize, millet and cotton crops.

Question 17.
What are Rabi crops?
Answer:
The crops that are grown only in winter season are generally called Rabi crops, e.g.: Wheat, Gram and Mustard.

Question 18.
What is the average fall of ground water level in Andhra Pradesh state during the period of 1998 – 2002?
Answer:
The average fall of ground water level In Andhra Pradesh state during the period of 1998 – 2002 Is 3 meters.

Question 19.
Which agency in villages of Warangal district helped in recharging wells that were being dried up?
Answer:
Centre for water solidarity (Secundrabad, T.S.) helped In recharging wells that were drying up In the villages.

Question 20.
Give examples for micro irrigation techniques.
Answer:
Drip irrigation, sprinklers are the examples for micro irrigation techniques.

Question 21.
Mow did the boundaries between the villages were fixed in ancient times?
Answer:
In ancient times village boundaries were decided upon a water shed (Land between water sources usually of two rivers or streams) basis fixed at the common point of the drainage system In between two villages by the expert farmers In the village.

Question 22.
Expand ICRISAT.
Answer:
International Crop Research Institute for Semi-Arid Tropics.

Question 23.
What is the other name for Sri Rama Sagar Project?
Answer:
Sri Rama Sagar Project also known as the Pochampadu project on the Godavari river,

Question 24.
What is the use qf planting Gliricidia on field bunds?
Answer:
Planting Gliricidia on field bunds help In strengthen them and make the soli nitrogen-rich.

Question 25.
What is the micro irrigation system that can reduce water consumption by 70%?
Answer:
Drip irrigation can reduce water consumption by 70%.

Question 26.
Who predicted that by 2025, 1.8 billion people will be living in countries or regions with absolute water scarcity ?
Answer:
The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the united nations has predicted that by 2025, 1.8 billion people will be living in countries or regions with absolute water scarcity.

Question 27.
What happens if we use resources wisely?
Answer:
If resources are used wisely and efficiently they will last much longer. Through conservation people can reduce waste and manage natural resources wisely.

Question 28.
Give an example of country where restrictions on water usage were imposed.
Answer:
In Australia restrictions were imposed on activities like, watering lawns by using sprinkler systems, washing vehicles, using house pipes to clean paved areas, and refilling swimming pools.

Question 29.
Why are the natural resources used up quickly?
Answer:
The population of human beings has grown enormously in the past two centuries. Billions of people use up resources quickly as they eat food, build houses, produce goods and burn fuel for transportation and electricity.

Question 30.
What happens if we damage a forest resource?
Answer:
Harm to animals that may be forced to find new habitats. If we damage a forest resource indiscriminately the depletion of resources occur and we may have to face problem for water and timber in future.

Question 31.
What are the results of deforestation?
Answer:
Deforestation destroys wild life habitats and increases soil erosion and also releases green house gases into atmosphere, contributing to global warming.

Question 32.
How the people in China and Mexico recycle paper? (OR)
Give an example of recycling paper by the people. What is the use of recycling paper?
Answer:
People in China and Mexico reuse much of their waste paper, including writing paper, wrapping paper and card board.

Question 33.
How the soil is important for us ? How the soil is importane for us?
Answer:
Soil is vital to food production and also important to plants that grow in the wild.

Question 34.
What are the reasons for depletion of nutrients in soil?
Answer:
Poor farming methods, such as repeatedly planting the same type of crop in the same place cause depletion of nutrients in the soil.

Question 35.
What is biodiversity?
Answer:
Biodiversity is the variety of living things that populate the Earth.

Question 36.
How are people speeding up the loss of biodiversity?
Answer:
Through hunting, pollution, habitat destruction, people are speeding up the loss of biodiversity.

Question 37.
How many plant species are being used by us for medicines world wide?
Answer:
We use between 50,000 to 70,000 plant species for medicines world wide.

Question 38.
What is selective harvesting?
Answer:
The practice or removing individual plants or small groups of plants leaving other plants standing to anchor the soil is called selective harvesting.

Question 39.
How are fossil fuels produced?
Answer:
The fuels that are produced from the remains of ancient plants and animals are called fossil fuels. They include coal, petroleum and natural gas.

Question 40.
What are the alternate sources of energy?
Answer:
The alternate sources of energy are sun, wind and water.

Question 41.
What are the other products made from petroleum?
Answer:
Plastic, synthetic, rubber, fabrics like nylon, medicines, cosmetics, waxes, cleaning products, medical devices, etc., are the other products made from petroleum.

Question 42.
Which plant’s seeds are used for the production of bio-fuel?
Answer:
Seeds from the Jatropa Curcas plant are used for the production of bio-fuel.

Question 43.
How does the mining method, Mountain Top Removal mining (MTR) devastate the environment?
Answer:
The mining method Mountain Top Removal mining devastate the environment. They destroy soil, plants and animal habitats.

Question 44.
In which country car manufacturers recycle many raw materials used in making automobiles?
Answer:
In Japan car manufacturers recycle many raw materials used in making automobiles.

Question 45.
In which country nearly one third of the iron produced comes from recycled automobiles?
A. In the United States, nearly one-third of the iron produced comes from recycled automobiles.

Question 46.
What does the Indian tradition teach us?
Answer:
The Indian tradition teaches us that all forms of life – human, animal and plant are so closely inter linked that disturbance of one gives rise to imbalance in the other.

Question 47.
Expand IUCN.
Answer:
IUCN stands for International Union for the Conservation of Nature.

Question 48.
How is IUCN planning to protect wild life and habitats?
Answer:
IUCN monitors the status of endangered wild life, threatened national parks and preserves.

Question 49.
What are the four R’s to save the environment?
Answer:
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Recover are the four R’s to save the environment.

Question 50.
How did Amritha Devi and her daughters protest against the king’s order?
Answer:

1. Amritha Devi and her daughters, followed by villagers, who clung to trees in the forest surrounding their village and laid down their lives to save them.
2. They protested against the king’s order to collect wood for the construction of his palace.

Question 51.
Write a method of soil conservation.
Answer:
One soil conservating method is called contour strip cropping. Several crops such as corn, wheat and clover are planted to alternating strips across a slope or across the path of the prevailing wind.

Question 52.
What is the rate of extinction by the estimation of the scientists?
Answer:

1. Scientists estimate that the current rate of extinction is 1,000 times the natural rate through hunting, pollution, habitat destruction.
2. Based on various estimates of the number of species on Earth, we could be losing anywhere from 200 to 1,00,000 species each year.

Question 53.
What is the need to protect biodiversity?
Answer:
We need to protect biodiversity to ensure plentiful and varied food sources. Biodiversity is important for more than just food because many plant species are being used for medicines.

Question 54.
Mention two ways in which water harvesting can be undertaken?
Answer:
The two ways by which water harvesting can be undertaken are

1. Capturing run off water from, rooftops.
2. Capturing run off water from local catchments.

Question 55.
On the basis of the issues raised in the chapter management of natural resources, what changes you in corporate in your lifestyle in a move towards a sustainable use of our resources?
Answer:
I would incorporate the maximum of four R’s i.e., reduce, recycle, reuse and recover in my lifestyle in a move towards a sustainable use of our resources.

10th Class Biology 10th Lesson Natural Resources 2 Marks Important Questions and Answers

Question 1.
Rahul remarked that different human activities are responsible for global warming.
What might be the reasons for his statement?
Answer:

1. Deforestation.
2. Industrialisation and urbanization.
3. Conversion of agriculture lands into residential areas.
4. Home appliances like A/C, refrigerators, vehicle pollution.
5. Population explosion.

Question 2.
What steps do you take to improve natural resources?
Answer:

1. Motivate the people to conserve water.
2. Try to avoid wastage of water whenever possible.
3. Plantation in the vacant lands.
4. Educating the farmer regarding proper utilization of water for irrigation.
5. Encourage the people to recycle the water wherever possible.

Question 3.
Proper utilisation of natural resources is the way to show gratitude to our nation.
Can you support this statement? Give your argument.
Answer:

1. Natural resources of a nation influence its economical and social development.
2. Natural resources are freely available in nature and help in many activities and development of people.
3. The generation of natural resources take a lot of time.
4. They disappear by indiscriminate usage.
5. So proper utilization of natural resources is the way to show gratitude to our nation.

Question 4.
The humans are utilising natural resources indiscriminately. These resources are decreasing more rapidly. Guess what will be the consequences in future?
Answer:
Indiscriminate usage of natural resources causes the following consequences.

1. Reduction in rainfall
2. Drought will occur.
3. Atmospheric temperature becomes increase.
4. The rare species become extinct.

Question 5.
Write any four slogans on the conservation of natural resources.
Answer:
Slogans:

1. Waste water today – live in desert tomorrow
2. Practice eco-friendly methods.
3. Use natural resources judiciously.
4. Save nature – Save future.

Question 6.
There is an increase in the atmospheric temperature year by year. If it continues, guess and write what would be the consequences?
Answer:
If the temperature on earth increases, the consequences would be as follows.
a) All the glaciers and the frozen ice in the polar region start melting leading to rise in the sea water levels.
b) It results in the submergence of low lying coastal areas throughout the world. Millions of people of those areas would lost their homes.
c) Changes in rainfall patterns take place and it result in the occurance of droughts and decrease in crop production.
d) Global warming results in climate change which cause the breakout of climatic sensitive diseases like Malaria, Dengue, Diarrhoea, etc.

Question 7.
There is water scarcity in Ravi’s village during summer. He wants to conduct a rally to create awareness regarding conservation of water. Write any four slogans required to conduct this rally.
Answer:

1. Water is life.
2. Save water – Save a life.
3. Today’s rain water is tomorrow’s life saver.
4. No matter your occupation, water conservation is your obligation.

Question 8.
What steps you take to conserve the biofuels in your daily life?
Answer:

1. Development and usage of alternative energy resources in place of bio-fuels.
2. Minimise the usage of bio-fuels whenever possible.
3. Use public transport, ride by bicycle and walking regularly.
4. Use and purchase energy efficient appliances to save bio-fuels.

Question 9.
Why do we use fossil fuels judiciously?
Answer:

1. Fossil fuels were produced from the remains of ancient plants and animals.
2. They include coal, petroleum (oil) and natural gas.
3. We need to use fossil fuels judiciously because they are non – renewable resources.
4. We need to conserve fossil fuels so we don’t run out of them.
5. The pollution caused by them when burnt, to limit our fossil fuel use.
6. Future generations may not get these resources.
7. Balance in the nature will be disturbed.
8. Electricity production will be stopped.
9. Vehicles running with fossil fuels become useless.

Question 10.
Write two suggestions to create awareness on groundwater conservation.
Answer:

1. We need to adapt different methods to Improve the quality and increase the quantity of groundwater.
2. We should dig water harvesting pits for every house.
3. We should clean the silt, mud fill in tanks and ponds.
4. We should prohibit the establishment of borewells for extraction of groundwater for agricultural and Industrial use.
5. These measures will improve quality and quantity of groundwater.

Question 11.
What is the importance of 4R’s in achieving the goal of “Swachh Bharat”?
Answer:

1. Reduce the production of garbage.
2. Reuse the garbage for the production of manure and electricity.
3. Recycle the garbage by separating It as dry and wet garbage.
4. Recover the plants.

Question 12.
Suggest four measures to conserve fossil fuels.
Answer:
Measures to conserve fossil fuels:

1. Usage of alternatives to fossil fuel.
2. Minimise the usage of fossil fuel.
3. Walk, ride by bicycle and use public transportation whenever possible.
4. Purchase energy efficient appliances.
5. Turn off light and other electronics when you are not using them.

Question 13.
The indiscriminate digging of Borewells may result in what type of consequences in future?
Answer:

1. Due to over drilling of borewells and pulling out water by electric motors, the ground water level Is decreasing day by day.
2. It Is goes on without recharging, ground water becomes scarce.
3. It shows impact on agriculture and the productivity will decrease.
4. Fluorine levels In ground water will increase.
5. Sometimes, saline water may intrude Into the interior places of land and water becomes unfit for consumption.
6. Farmers have to drill the bore wells to more depths which Increase the losses for them.

Question 14.
Ramaiah made broad bed furrow around his field under employment guarantee scheme. Guess the reasons for if. If all the farmers of your village work together, will their water scarcity meet?
Answer:
The reason for Ramaiah making broad bed furrow around his field was, it is useful to conserve soil and water, fertilizer application weeding operations. It also conserves rain water.

The farmers are over coming the water scarcity by sharing water available in the village. They formed groups of farmer including large and small ones who would use the same water resource. Farmers were also motivated to use irrigation techniques like drip irrigation.

Question 15.
What are renewable sources and non-renewable resources?
Answer:
Renewable resources: Resources that can be replaced after they are used are called renewable resources.
Ex: Air, water and soil.
Non-renewable resources: Some other resources, cannot be replaced at all: Once they are used up they are gone forever and are called non renewable resources.
Ex: Coal, Petroleum, Natural gas (fossil fuels).

Question 16.
How do people waste natural resources?
Answer:

1. People often waste natural resources.
2. Animals are over hunted, forests are cleared, exposing land to wind and water damage.
3. Fertile soil is exhausted and lost to erosion because of poor farming practices.
4. Fuel supplies are depleted.
5. Water and air are polluted.
6. Water resources is indiscriminately used for crop growth.

Question 17.
How do people use the forest resources differently?
Answer:

1. The need to conserve resources often conflicts with other needs.
2. For some people, a forest area may be a good place to put a farm.
3. A timber company may want to harvest the area’s trees for construction materials.
4. A business company may want to build a factory or a shopping mall on the land.

Question 18.
What are die effects of deforestation?
Answer:

1. Deforestation destroys wild life habitats and increases soil erosion.
2. It also releases green house gases into the atmosphere, contributing to global warming,
3. Deforestation accounts for 15 per cent of the world’s green house gas emissions.
4. Deforestation also harms the people who rely on forests for their survival, hunting and gathering, harvesting forest products, or using the timber for firewood.

Question 19.
In your opinion What are the causes for soil erosion?
Answer:

1. Soil erosion is caused by poor farming methods such as repeatedly planting the same type of crop in the same place.
2. These methods deplete nutrients in the soil.
3. Soil erosion Is also caused by water and wind currents.
4. When farmers plough up and down hills, soil erosion occurs.
5. Overgrazing by cattle also causes soil erosion.
6. Natural floods causes the extensive damage to the top layer of the soil.

Question 20.
What is Biodiversity? Explain.
(OR)
What is the importance of biodiversity?
Answer:

1. Biodiversity is the variety of living things that populate the earth.
2. The products and benefits we get from nature rely on biodiversity.
3. We need to protect biodiversity to ensure plentiful and varied food sources.
4. Biodiversity is important for more than just food. For instance we use between 50,000 to 70,000 plant species for medicines world wide.

Question 21.
How can we use the fossil fuels carefully?
Answer:
We can use the fossil fuels carefully by taking the following measures.

1. Turn off lights and other electronics when we are not using them.
2. Purchase energy-efficient appliances.
3. Walk, ride a bicycle, if the distance is less.
4. Use public transportation whenever possible.
5. It is better to prefer public transport system like bus or train, instead of travel in personal vehicles.

Question 22.
Why the prices of aluminium and iron are expensive?
Answer:
Earth’s supply of raw material resources is in danger. Many mineral deposits that have been located and mapped have been depleted. As the ores for minerals like aluminium and iron become harder to find and extract, their prices go up.
This makes tools and machinery more expensive to purchase and operate.

Question 23.
What are the effects of mining?
Answer:

1. Many mining methods such as Mountain Top Removal mining (MTR) devastate the environment.
2. They destroy soil, plants and animal habitats.
3. Many mining methods also pollute water and air, as toxic chemicals leak into the surrounding ecosystem.

Question 24.
What did Smt. Indira Gandhi said, while launching the world conservation strategy in India on 6th March 1980?
Answer:
“The interest in conservation is not a sentimental one but the discovery of a truth well known to our ancient stages. The Indian tradition teaches us that all forms of life- human, animal and plant – are so closely inter-linked that disturbance in one gives rise to imbalance in the other” said by Smt. Indira Gandhi.

Question 25.
What are the steps taken by the government to conserve resources?
Answer:

1. Government enacts laws defining how land should be used and which areas should be set aside as parks and wild life preserves.
2. The government enforces laws designed to protect the environment from pollution, such as requiring factories to install pollution control devices and also provide incentives for conserving resources.

Question 26.
What is the necessity of sustainable management of natural resources? Out of the two methods reuse and recycle which one would you suggest to practice and why?
Answer:

1. Sustainable management of natural resources is necessary to Increase the over all life of natural resources specially non renewable resources and also to control the environmental pollution.
2. Both reuse and recycle are the good choice.
3. Reuse: If we reuse something then the cost of recycle will be saved.
4. Recycle: It is not necessary that each and everything can be reused, so after getting recycled the life of the resource will be enhanced.

Question 27.
“Burning fossil fuels is a cause of global warming”. Justify this statement?
Answer:

1. Fossil fuels are composed of carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen and sulphur.
2. When these are burnt they produce CO₂, H₂O, Oxides of Nitrogen and Sulphur.
3. Incomplete combustion of fossil fuels produces green house gases such as CO₂,
4. If huge amount of fossil fuels are burnt, It would produce high amount of CO₂ resulting intense global warming.

Question 28.
Can you suggest some changes in your school which would make it environment friendly?
Answer:
The changes that would make my school environment friendly are

1. Save energy by turning off lights that we are not using.
2. I will suggest to buy recycled paper for decoration and other purposes.
3. Use writing paper on both the sides.
4. Growing trees and plants all around the play ground.

Question 29.
What is the necessity of replenishment of forest? State four reasons.
Answer:
The replenishment of forest is necessary because of the following reasons.

1. It is used to conserve soil.
2. It provides shelter to wild animals.
3. It reduces atmospheric pollution.
4. It controls flood and increases frequency of rainfall.

10th Class Biology 10th Lesson Natural Resources 4 Marks Important Questions and Answers

Question 1.
Forest is renewable resource. But, each year, the Earth loses about 36 million acres of forest. In this type of situation, what suggestions do you give to save forests from turning into non-renewable resources ?
Answer:

1. Forests are the lungs of the world. So I will suggest the following measures to save forests from turning into non-renewable resources.
2. Sustainable forestry practices for ensuing resources into the future.
3. Low impact logging practices, harvesting with natural regeneration in mind. Prevention of removing all the high value trees or all the largest trees from the forests. Recycling methods should be adopted.
4. Replace wood products with alternative sources.
5. Preventing forest fires.
6. Implementing methods like agro forestry, social forestry crop rotation, green plantation, etc. are essential.

Question 2.
What are four R’s? Explain how they help to conserve the environment?
(OR)
Write about the 4 ‘R’s needed for the protection and conservation of environment.
Answer:
By pursuing the maximum of four R’s i.e., Reduce, Reuse, Recycle and Recover, we can save the environment in an effective way.

1. Reduce : It means to use less, I would save electricity by switching off unnecessary lights and fans, prefer walking or cycling than using a vechicle, turn off the engine of car at red light, repair leaky taps and would not waste food.
2. Recycle: It means to collect used things like plastic, paper, galss and metal items and recycle these materials to make required things instead of synthesising or extracting fresh plastic, paper, glass or metal.
3. Reuse: It refers to use things again and again. For example instead of throwing away used envelops, they can be used by pasting new labels.
4. Recover: We should implement ‘recover’ to prevent environmental threat. For example when we cut trees to construct industries or roads for transportation, it is important to grow trees in another areas.

Question 3.
What steps you would like to follow on your part to conserve bio-diversity?
Answer:

1. Biodiversity is the variety of living things that populate the earth.
2. To conserve biodiversity we should avoid hunting.
3. Sustainable forest conservation methods should be followed.
4. I will actively participate Vana Mahosthavam programmes.
5. I will educate and encourage people and make them participate in conservation programmes.
6. Create awareness programmes in and around school.
7. Writing slogans and also make some posters about conservation of biodiversity
8. Judicious use of electricity wherever possible.
9. Finding out of various alternative sources of energy.
10. Plant the saplings in the habitat.
11. Encouraging of social forestry.

Question 4.
Observe the pie diagram showing water resources available in our state for agriculture and answer the given questions.
A) Which water resource is using more for agriculture?
B) What are the consequences of excess utilization of underground water?
C) Which water resource should be utilized for agriculture?
D) What are the alternative ways to increase the underground water resources?

Answer:
A) Ground water.
B) Underground water table will be depleted and scarcity of drinking water will arise.
C)

1. Tanks should be constructed to harvest with rain water.
2. Projects should be constructed across the rivers to store water that can be utilized for agriculture.

D)

1. Construction of rain water storage structures on large scale.
2. Constructing soaking or percolation pits.
3. Contour field bunding.
4. Recharge of wells by building dykes or barriers in the nalla.
5. Plantation in waste lands.
6. Adapting micro irrigation techniques.
   (Any two points you can write)

Question 5.
Forests are renewable resource. Write four sentences supporting this.
(OR)
“Forest is a renewable resource”. Do you agree? Justify.
Answer:

1. Forests are rich habitat for plants and animals. Forests serve as lungs for the world and a bed of nutrients for new fife to prosper.
2. Forest’s pure air protects the earth from green house effect by removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and converts it into oxygen.
3. Many fruits, medicines, dyes, sandle wood and bamboo is obtained from forest by local people.
4. Forest provide employment to large number of people and also help in generating revenue.

Question 6.
Observe the above table and answer the following questions.

Village	Type of Farmer	Income per acre on Crops
		Paddy	Cotton	Mirchi	Maize
A	Small	7,500	9,300	5,200	5,000
	Large	26,700	38,000	16,700	12,900
B	Small	7,200	8,750	4,900	5,100
	Large	32,900	42,000	18,400	13,700′

1. Which crop is most suitable to cultivate for small farmer in both the villages?
Answer:
Cotton, paddy

2. If you are a large farmer, which crop do you select to cultivate?
Answer:
Cotton, paddy, mirchi

3. What similarities you have identified in village A and village B?
Answer:
Small and large fanners cultivated same type of crop in both villages. Large farmer gets more income per acre on crops than small farmer in both the villages.

4. Which is the lowest income crop ?
Answer:
Mirchi.

5. Is there any relationship between production of crops and income ? How ?
Answer:
Commercial crops are good for income. Income may or may not related to production of crop. It depends upon demand of the market.

Question 7.
Read the given information and answer the following questions.

A survey was conducted in two villages, Vanaparthy and Vaddicherla of Warangal district in Telangana State. The first with no scarcity and the second with scarce groundwater. Well census was carried out in the villages in order to get a complete picture of well irrigation and its status as well as availability of water. There are no alternative sources of supply as against wells in Vaddicherla, where there is an existing tank that has been converted into a percolation tank, so that the water situation is much better in Vanaparthy.

i) Why did they conduct survey?
Answer:
A compartive study on available water resources irigation method in the Vaddicharla and Wanaparthi of Warangal Dist of Telangana State.

ii) What are irrigation resources in Telangana State?
Answer:
Lakes, wells, canals and ground water etc…,

iii) In which village, do you suggest drip irrigation?
Answer:
Vaddicherla.

iv) Why the water situation is much better in Vanaparthy village compared to Vaddicherla?
Answer:
Existing tank has been converted into a percolation tank.

Question 8.
Observe the Pie diagram and answer the following questions.
i) Identify the fossil fuels from the above diagram.
Answer:
Coal, natural gas, oils are fossil fuels.

ii) Why wastes should be considered as primary energy source in future?
Answer:
The fossil fuels may be exhausted in future. So we may be considered that wastes are primary alternative energy resources.

iii) Why can’t we depend on fossil fuels forever?
Answer:
We can’t depend on fossil fuels forever because fossil fuels are non-renewable resources.

iv) What are the alternatives for fossil fuels?
Answer:
Solar energy, wind energy, tide energy, nuclear energy, energy from waste materials.

Question 9.
Explain the importance and implementation of community based interventions and farmer based interventions for water management.
Answer:
Community based interventions:

1. For water harvesting, there is an urgent need to construct earthen and masonry dams. They help us to store rain water during rainy seasons. They are help in increasing the ground water table.
2. Construction of percolation pits and field bunding are very helpful in the harvesting every rain drop.
3. Open dry wells near nalla canal were recharged by building dykes or barriers in the nalla and maintaining the run – off rain water. The ground water is recharged by these community based interventions.
   Farmer based interventions:
4. Broad Bed Furrow (BBF) land form and contour planting methods are very useful to conserve soil, water and fertilizer application and weeding operations.
5. Planting Gliricidia, a leguminous plant adapted to grow in dry areas on field bunds to strengthen them and make the soil nitrogen rich.
6. Farmers were encouraged to use water resource jointly and irrigate land using micro irrigation methods like sprinklers and drip irrigation.

Question 10.
Explain the farmer based and community based interventions to conserve soil and water resources.
Answer:

Water Management	Collected information
Farmer based water management	1. Farmer based water management implemented individual fields were Broad Bed Furrow (BBF) land form and Contour Planting to conserve in situ soil and water. 2. Use of tropiculator for planting, fertilizer appli­cation and weeding operations. Planting Gliricidia on field bunds to strengthen bunds conserve rain water and supply nitrogen rich organic matter for in situ application to crops. 3. Farmers will obtain 250 kg more pigeon pea and 50 kg more maize per hectare using broad bed furrows and micro irrigation techniques.
Community based water management	1. Fourteen water storage structures (one earthen and 13 masonry dams) with water storage capac­ity of 300 to 2000 m3 were to be constructed in Kothapally village of Rangareddy district. 2. More than 250 rain harvesting structures such as checkdams mini percolation pits, sunken pits and gully plugs were erected in watershed throughout the topo – sequence. 3. Farmers were encouraged for water sharing methods. They formed groups of farmers including large and small ones who would use the same water resource. 4. Farmers have to motivated to use irrigation techni- quies like drip irrigation, sprinklers, etc. 5. Construction of soak pits will help to tap rain water optimally should carry out as community effort.

Question 11.
“The humans who were developed by using the natural resources, today has become the reason for destroying them”. Explain analytically.
Answer:
“The humans who were developed by using the natural resources, today has become the reason for destroying them” – This statement is absolutely true.

1. Primitive man lived in forests and hills. He used the natural resources for his livelyhood. He worshipped nature and used them wisely for his development.
2. After his development, he becomes greedy and using the natural resources indiscriminately and held responsible for their destruction.
3. To meet the needs of growing population, industrialization, urbanization, and huge constructive activities, man utilised natural resources Indiscriminately. At the same time, he did not planned for their revival.
4. But now he realised the importance of natural resources and taken up steps for their conservation. The concept of “Sustainable development” is being implemented in natural resource management.
5. He focussed on development of alternatives for fossil fuels, conservation of water and soil at community level and farmer based interventions.
6. Now he is so keen on conserving forests, wild life and biodiversity.
7. He is so cautious in minimising the utilization of natural resources by following 4’R principle in the day to day life [R – Reduce, R – Reuse, R – Recycle, R – Recover]
8. Now, he is adopting micro-irrigation methods like sprinklers and drip Irrigation to minimise the water usage in low water available areas.
9. He is very interested in following eco-friendly techniques, natural farming methods, using biofertilizers, vermicompost and natural pest control methods in place of toxic chemical pesticides.

Question 12.
The wells and tanks in your village become dry. Ground water levels decreased. Assume the causes for this. Will there be no water scarcity if all the farmers of your village work collectively?
Answer:
Causes for decreasing ground water levels:

1. Varying monsoon behaviour in recent years, there is a pressure on ground water utilization.
2. Indiscriminate tapping of ground water in our village by too much drilling and construction of deep tube wells and bore wells have resulted in over exploitation and depletion of ground water resources.
3. There will be no water scarcity if all the farmers of our village work collectively. Farmers in our village were encouraged to use water resource jointly and irrigate land using micro irrigation techniques. By using micro irrigation techniques farmers in our village obtained more crop yield. Farmers in our village follow the micro irrigation method i.e. drip irrigation and can reduce water consumption by 70% in our village.

Question 13.
Whom do you meet to collect the information of the methods of farmer based, community based water management? Prepare information table to note down your observation.
Answer:
I will meet officials of International Crop Research Institute for Semi – Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) located at Hyderabad to collect information of the methods of farmer based and community based water management.
I also collect information from Central Research Institute for Dry Land Agriculture (CRIDA), National Remote Sensing Agency (NRSA), District Water Management Agency (DWMA) and M Venkatarangaiah Foundation (MVF) and NGO.
The information I gathered from these institutions is summarised below.
Information table:
For Information table See Q.No. 10 in 4 Marks.

Question 14.
Think that there is much scarcity of water for drinking and cultivation in your village. What advice do you give to prevent this?
(OR)
How do you overcome the problem of water scarcity in your village?
Answer:

1. Motivate the people to conserve water.
2. I will educate the people to avoid wastage of water whenever possible.
3. Construction of recharge pits in the house, school and in the open areas to increase the underground water level.
4. Planting trees wherever possible in the village particularly in the vacant lands.
5. Educate the farmers about the micro irrigation system like drip irrigation, sprin¬klers, etc.
6. Encourage the farmers to form groups to share available water among themselves.
7. Construction of percolation tanks in the low lying areas of the village.

Question 15.
What type of fossil fuels are used in your house? What measures do you take to conserve them?
Answer:
Fossil fuels are sources of energy for cooking, heating and burning in our households. Petrol and diesel are being used in our house for transport and running generators and water pumps.
Measures to be taken to conserve fossil fuels in my house :

1. I will put the food material to be cooked on the stove only after arranging all the things which are necessary for cooking.
2. By using pressure cookers 20% gas on rice and 41.5% on meat would be saved when compared to Other cooking means.
3. We must reduce the flame as soon as the boiling process starts in a pressure cooker. This process saves nearly 35% of fuel.
4. I will soak the food material before cooking. It saves 22% of fuel.
5. I will cook food in broad and low depth vessel.
6. I will keep lid on the cooking vessel. If not, it takes more time to cook.
7. For short distances to travel I will go by walk to save fuel for longer distance. I use public transport.
8. Encourage people to use solar water heater and solar cooker.

AP State Board Syllabus AP SSC 10th Class Biology Solutions Chapter 1 Nutrition – Food Supplying System Textbook Questions and Answers.

AP State Syllabus SSC 10th Class Biology Solutions 1st Lesson Nutrition – Food Supplying System

10th Class Biology 1st Lesson Nutrition – Food Supplying System Textbook Questions and Answers

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Question 1.
Write differences between
(a) Autotrophic nutrition – Heterotrophic nutrition:
Answer:

Autotrophic nutrition	Heterotrophic nutrition
1. Organism makes its own food.	1. Organism can not makes its own food.
2. Food is prepared from C02, water and sunlight.	2) Food is prepared from other organism.
3. Chlorophyll is required.	3. Chlorophyll is not required.
4. It takes place during day time.	4. It takes place throughout the day.
5. Examples are all green plants and photosynthetic bacteria.	5. All animals, Fungi and some bacteria.

(b) Ingestion – Digestion :
Answer:

Ingestion	Digestion
1. Taking in of food into the body through mouth is called ingestion.	1. Breaking up of complex molecules of food into simple and small molecules is called digestion.
2. Ingestion does not change the chemical and mechanical structure of food.	2. Digestion changes the chemical and mechanical structure of food.

(c) Light reaction – Dark reaction :
(OR)
Differentiate the reactions that take place in presence of light and the reactions which do not require light in photosynthesis.
Answer:

Light reaction	Dark reaction
1. It occurs in the grana of the chloroplast.	1. It occurs in the stroma of the chloroplast.
2. It occurs only in the presence of light.	2. It occurs in the presence or absence of light.
3. It occurs in the grana of the chloroplast.	3. It occurs in the stroma of the chloroplast.
4. Light reaction absorbs oxygen and light energy.	4. Dark reaction absorbs only CO2
5. End products are O2, ATP and NADPH.	5. End product is Glucose.
6. Photolysis of water occurs.	6. Carbon fixation occurs.
7. First stage of photosynthesis.	7. Second stage o: photosynthesis.

(d) Chlorophyll – Chloroplast:
Answer:

Chlorophyll	Chloroplast
1. Chlorophyll is the green coloured pigment present in the chloroplast.	1. It is the green coloured plastid enclosed by membranes.
2. It contains one atom of magnesium.	2. It consists of 3 membranes.
3. It harvests solar energy and convert into chemical energy.	3. It is responsible for enzymatic reactions leading to the synthesis of glucose.

Question 2.
Give reasons.
a) Why photosynthesis is considered as the basic energy source for most of living world?
(OR)
Why can we say that photosynthesis is the basic energy source for the living world?
Answer:

1. All living organisms constantly need energy to be alive.
2. They get energy from the food they eat.
3. The food directly or indirectly comes from the green plants through photosynthesis.
4. Hence photosynthesis can be considered as the basic energy source for most of living world.

b) Why is it better to call the dark phase of photosynthesis as a light independent phase?
Answer:

1. The term dark reaction or light independent does not mean that they occur when it is dark at night.
2. It only means that the reactions are not depend on light.
3. Hence we call the dark phase of photosynthesis as a light independent phase.

c) Why is it necessary to destarch a plant before performing any experiment on photosynthesis?
Answer:
1) To get better results, it is necessary to destarch a plant before performing any experiment on photosynthesis.
2) Because if starch is present it may interfere with the result of the experiment.

d) Why is it not possible to demonstrate respiration in green plants kept in sunlight?
Answer:

1. We cannot demonstrate an experiment of respiration in green plants kept in sunlight.
2. Because if sunlight is present, the C02 produced in respiration will be used in photosynthesis.
3. So we must conduct an experiment on respiration in green plants in a dark room.

Question 3.
Give examples.
a) Digestive enzymes
Answer:
The digestive enzymes are:

1. Salivary Amylase (Ptyalin),
2. Pepsin,
3. Trypsin,
4. Lipase,
5. Peptidases,
6. Sucrase,
7. Amylase (Pancreatic juice)

b) Organisms having heterotrophic nutrition is seen in organisms like:
Answer:
Heterotrophic nutrition is seen in organisms like:

1. All animals and human beings.
2. Some protozoans Ex: Amoeba.
3. Some parasitic plants Ex: Cuscuta
4. Saprophytes Ex: Bread moulds, yeast, mushrooms, etc.

c) Vitamins
Answer:
Water soluble vitamins:
B complex (B₁) Thiamine, (B₂) Riboflavin, (B₃) Niacin, (B₆) Pyridoxine,
(B₁₂) Cyanocobalamine, Folic acid, Pantothenic acid, Biotin, (C) Ascorbic Acid.
Fat soluble: (A) Retinol, (D) Calciferol, (E) Tocoferol, (K) Phylloquinine.

d) Nutritional deficiency diseases
Answer:
Eg: Kwashiorkor, Marasmus etc.

Question 4.
Where do plants get each of the raw materials required for photosynthesis?
Answer:

Raw materials	Sources
External factors: 1. Carbondioxide	Atmosphere
2. Sunlight	Sun
Internal factors: 3. Water	Ground water
4. Chlorophyll and enzymes	Present in leaf.

Question 5.
Explain the necessary conditions for autotrophic nutrition and what are its by products.
Answer:
A. Necessary conditions:

1. Autotrophic nutrition takes place through the process of photosynthesis.
2. Carbon dioxide, water, chlorophyll pigment and sunlight are the necessary conditions required for autotrophic nutrition.
3. The rate of photosynthesis depends on availability of sunlight.

B. By products:

1. Photosynthesis is the main process for autotrophic nutrition.
2. Carbohydrates and oxygen are the by products of photosynthesis.

Question 6.
With the help of chemical equation explain the process of photosynthesis In detail with the help of a flow chart.
Answer:
Process of photosynthesis:

1. The chemical equation representing the process of photosynthesis is
   
2. Definition: Photosynthesis is a photochemical reaction during carbohydrates are formed using carbon dioxide and water in the chloroplasts of the green plants in the presence of sunlight.
3. CO₂ water, sunlight and chlorophyll are the requirements of photosynthesis.
4. Glucose, O and water are the end products of the reaction.
5. Photosynthesis have two phases.
   1) Light reaction 2) Dark reaction
6. Light reaction have three steps, i) Oxidation of chlorophyll ii) Photolysis iii) Formation of ATP, NADPH and O₂
7. In dark reaction CO₂ is utilized and finally glucose is formed which is converted and stored as starch.

FLOW CHART:

Question 7.
Name the three end products of photosynthesis.
Answer:
Glucose, oxygen and water are the three end products of photosynthesis.

Question 8.
What is the connecting substance between light reaction and dark reaction?
Answer:
The hydrogen of NADPH present in the stroma is the connecting substance between light reaction and dark reaction.

Question 9.
Most leaves have the upper surface is more green and shiny than the lower ones. Why?
(OR)
In most of leaves the upper surface will be more green and shiny than the lower surface. Why?
Answer:

1. The upper surface comprising of the palisade parenchyma.
2. The lower surface comprising of the spongy parenchyma.
3. Palisade parenchyma contains more number of chloroplasts than the spongy parenchyma.
4. Thus the upper surface is more green and shiny than the lower ones.

Question 10.
Explain the structure of chloroplast with a neatly labelled sketch.
(OR)
Explain the structure of a chloroplast with the help of a rough diagram.
Answer:

1. Chloroplast is a membranous structure consisting of 3 membranes.
2. The third layer forms stacked sac like structures called granum.
3. The intermediatery fluid filled colourless portion is called stroma.
4. It is responsible for enzymatic reaction leading to the synthesis of glucose in plants.
5. Substances found in chloroplast, capture sunlight are called photosynthetic pigments.
6. Chlorophyll pigment contain one atom of magnesium.
7. Two major kinds of chlorophylls are associated with thyakoid membranes.
8. Chlorophyll-a is blue-green in colour and chlorophyll-b is yellow-green colour.
9.  Around 250-400 pigments molecules are grouped as light harvesting complex units in granum.
10. Some of the events occur in chloroplast are :
    a) Conversion of light energy to chemical energy.
    b) Splitting of water molecule.
    c) Reduction of carbondioxide to carbohydrates.

Question 11.
What is the role of acid in stomach?
Answer:

1. The internal walls of stomach has number of gastric glands. They secret gastric juice.
2. It contains HCl and enzymes.
3. HCl kills the bacteria present in the food and protects us from their harmful effects.
4. And also denatures the proteins so that enzymes can act easily on them.

Question 12.
What is the function of digestive enzyme?
Answer:

1. The function of digestive enzyme is to increase the process of breaking up of complex molecules into simpler and absorb molecules.
2. This makes easy for the body to absorb food.

Question 13.
How is the small intestine designed to absorb digested food? Explain.
(OR)
How is food absorbed by villi in small intestine?
Answer:

1. Small intestine is the largest part in digestive system.
2. Absorption is its main function including last stage of digestion.
3. The inner surface of small intestine has millions of tiny finger-like projections called villi.
4. Due to the presence of villi, the absorbing surface area of small intestine increases.
5. And the large surface area of small intestine helps in the rapid absorption of digested food.
6. The digested food which is absorbed through the walls of the small intestine goes into our blood.
7. Long and folding structure increase the ability of small intestine.

Question 14.
How are fats digested in our bodies? Where does this process take place?
What is emulsification? How it helps in digestion of fats? (OR)
How are fats digested? Where do they get digested?
Answer:

1. Bile juice and lipase enzymes helps in fat digestion.
2. Bile juice is secreted by liver.
3. Fats are digested by converting them into small globules like forms by the help of the bile juice.
4. This process is called emulsification.
5. Lipase enzyme is secreted by pancreas.
6. It converts emulsified fats into fatty acids and glycerol.
7. 
8. This process takes place in duodenum and small intestine.

Question 15.
What is the role of saliva in the digestion of food ?
(OR)
How does saliva digest food ?
Answer:

1. Saliva is secreted by three pairs of salivary glands present in the mouth.
2. Human saliva contains an enzyme called amylase (ptyalin).
3. It converts starch into maltose (a sugar).
4. The food is mixed thoroughly with saliva and becomes wet and slippery.
5. Saliva helps in the smooth passage of food in the food pipe.

Question 16.
What will happen to protein digestion as the medium of intestine is gradually rendered alkaline ?
Answer:

1. The food coming from the stomach to intestine is acidic in nature.
2. Bile and pancreatic juices render the internal condition of the intestine gradually to a basic or alkaline one.
3. Protein digestion continues even if the medium of intestine is gradually changed to alkaline.
4. In the alkaline medium pancreatic enzyme trypsin can act on the food and digests the proteins.
   
5. The enzymes present in the intestinal juice like peptidases complete the digestion of proteins into amino acids.
   

Question 17.
What is the role of roughages in the alimentary tract?
Answer:

1. Roughages are the fibres of either carbohydrates or proteins.
2. Plenty of roughages in the diet avoid constipation.
3. Roughages help in the easy movement of faeces in the large intestine.
4. They help in the easy digestion of food and keep the alimentary canal clean and healthy.

Question 18.
What is malnutrition? Explain some nutrition deficiency diseases.
Answer:
Malnutrition: Eating of food that does not have one or more than one nutrients in required amount is known as malnutrition.
Malnutrition is of three types:

1. Calorie malnutrition,
2. Protein malnutrition,
3. Protein calorie malnutrition.

Nutrition deficiency diseases:

1. Kwashiorkor disease: This is due to protein deficiency in diet.
   Symptoms:
   i) Body parts becomes swollen due to accumulation of water in the intercellular spaces,
   ii) Very poor muscle development,
   iii) Swollen legs,
   iv) Fluffy face,
   v) difficult to eat,
   vi) diarrhoea,
   vii) Dry skin.
2. Marasmus: This is due to deficiency of both protein and calories. Generally this disease occurs when there is an immediate pregnancy or repeated child births.
   Symptoms:
   i) Lean and weak,
   ii) Swelling in joints of limbs,
   iii) Less developed muscles,
   iv) Dry skin,
   v) diarrhoea.

Question 19.
How do non-green plants such as fungi and bacteria obtain their nourishment?
Answer:

1. Bacteria and fungi are non-green plants. So they cannot prepare their own food materials.
2. They are saprophytes which feed on dead and decaying plant and animal bodies.
3. The fungi and bacteria breakdown the complex organic molecules present in dead and decaying matter by releasing chemical substances into simple substances out¬side the body.
4. These simpler substances are then absorbed by fungi and bacteria as their food.

Question 20.
If we keep on increasing CO₂ concentration in the air, what will be the rate of photosynthesis?
Answer:

1. If the CO₂ concentration in the air increases, the rate of photosynthesis also increases.
2. If the CO₂ concentration raises above 5% then the rate of photosynthesis reduces.
3. At certain CO₂ concentration the rate of photosynthesis is constant.
4. Here a rise in CO₂ levels has no affect on the rate of photosynthesis as the other factors such as light intensity become limited.

Question 21.
What happens to plant if the rate of respiration becomes more than the rate of photosynthesis ?
Answer:

1. Respiration is a catabolic (destructive) process and photosynthesis is an anabolic (constructive) process.
2. If the rate of respiration becomes more than the rate of photosynthesis, the amount of food oxidised will be more than the food produced.
3. This affects the growth and development of plants and may even results in the death of the plant.

Question 22.
Why do you think that carbohydrates are not digested in the stomach?
(OR)
Where are carbohydrates digested in alimentary canal?
Answer:

1. For the digestion of carbohydrates enzyme ptyalin or amylase are required.
2. The gastric juice produced by stomach do not contain the enzyme ptyalin or amylase, it contains only pepsin which digests proteins.
3. Hence carbohydrates are not digested in the stomach.
4. Carbohydrates are partially digested in the mouth and completely in small intestine.

Question 23.
What process do you follow in your laboratory to study the presence of starch in leaves?
(OR)
(Activity – 1)
How do you test the presence of starch in leaves ? (OR)
Mention the materials required and explain the experiment to prove the presence of starch in leaves. What inference do you draw from this experiment?
Answer:
Aim: To study the presence of starch in leaves.
Apparatus: Beaker, test tube, bunsen burner, tripod stand, asbestos gauze, ethanol, leaf, petridish, iodine solution.
Procedure:

1. Select a leaf of a potted plant with soft thin leaves.
2. Boil the leaf in methylated spirit over a water bath till it becomes pale white due to the removal of chlorophyll.
3. Observe the leaf.
   
4. Spread the leaf in a dish and add a few drops of tincture iodine / betadine solution on it. Again observe the leaf.

Observation: The presence of starch will be indicated by a blue-black colour in leaf. Result: The experiment proves that starch is present in leaves. It is formed by Photo-synthesis.
Precautions:

1. Do not boil the methylated spirit test tube directly on flame.
2. Boil the water bath with low flame.

Question 24.
How would you demonstrate that green plants release oxygen when exposed to light? (OR) (Lab Activity)
Write the experimental procedure to prove that oxygen is produced during photosynthesis in the presence of light. (OR)
What materials are required to prove that oxygen is produced during photosynthesis in the presence of light? What procedure we need to follow to perform the above experiment?
We have conducted experiment that prove the release of oxygen when photosynthesis happens?
i) What are the plants used for this experiment? Where do they grow?
ii) How did you conduct the above experiment? In which context large number of air bubbles released? Do you noticed?
Answer:
i) Hydrilla plants are used for this experiment they grow in water.
ii) Experiment to demonstrate the release of oxygen during photosynthesis.
Aim: To prove that oxygen is produced during photosynthesis by hydrilla funnel experiment.
Apparatus: Beaker with water, test tube, funnel, hydrilla twigs, glowing splinter.
Procedure:

1. Arrange the apparatus as shown in the figure.
2. Place some water plant hydrilla in a beaker containing pond water, and cover these by a short stemmed funnel.
3. Invert a test – tube full of water over the stem of the funnel.
4. Ensure that the level of water in the beaker is above the level of stem of the inverted funnel.
5. Place the apparatus in the sun for at least 2 or 3 hours.
6. After sometime it is observed that gas bubbles come from the hydrilla plant. These bubbles are collected at the end of the test tube pushing the water into the beaker.
7. After sufficient gas is collected test – tube is taken out of the beaker carefully by closing it with thumb.

Observation: Test the gas in the test – tube by inserting a glowing incense stick which would burst into flames. This shows the presence of oxygen.
Result: This shows that oxygen is produced during photosynthesis.
Precautions:

1. Funnel should be smaller than the beaker.
2. Necessary care is to be taken while removing the test tube from the stem of the funnel.

Question 25.
Collect information from your primary health centre of malnutrition child at various ages and make a table your own and display in the classroom.
Answer:

Question 26.
If there were no green plants, all life on the earth would come to an end ! Comment.
(OR)
The survival of organisms would become difficult, if there are no green plants on the earth. How do you support?
Answer:

1. Plants play the most important part in the cycle of nature.
2. Without plants there could be no life on earth.
3. Plants are the only organisms that can make their own food and all other living beings directly or indirectly depend on plants for their food.
4. Moreover plants release oxygen into the atmosphere through photosynthesis.
5. Oxygen is essential for the organisms to respire.
6. Hence without green plants, all life on the earth would come to an end.

Question 27.
Draw a neat labelled diagram of chloroplast found in leaf, and its role in photosynthesis.
Answer:
Role of Chloroplast in photosynthesis:

1. Chloroplasts trap solar energy.
2. They convert that solar energy into chemical energy.
3. They help in the formation of glucose.

Question 28.
Draw the label diagram of human digestive system. List out the parts where peristalsis takes place.
Answer:
Parts where peristalsis takes place: Oesophagus, stomach, small intestine and large intestine.

Question 29.
Raheem prepared a model showing the passage of the food through different parts of the alimentary canal. Observe this and label its parts.
Answer:

Question 30.
Observe the following diagram and write a note on light dependent, light independent reactions.
Answer:
Note on light dependent reactions:

1. Light dependent reactions are also called as photochemical phase.
2. The light dependent reaction takes place in chlorophyll containing thylakoids called grana of chloroplasts.
3. Several steps occur in the light dependent reaction.
4. Step – 1: The chlorophyll on exposure to light energy becomes activated by absorbing photons.
5. Step – II: The energy is used in splitting the water molecule into two component ions named hydrogen (H⁺), hydroxyl ion (OH^–). This reaction is known as photolysis.
6. Step – III: OH^– ions through a series of steps produce water (H₂O) and O₂.
7. The end products of light reaction are ATP, NADPH and O₂.

Note on dark reaction or light independent reaction:

1. In light independent phase the hydrogen of the NADPH is used to combine it with CO₂, by utilizing ATP energy and to produce glucose.
2. This synthesis occurs in a number of steps using certain special intermediate compounds (mainly RUBP – Ribulose hi phosphate) and enzymes. Finally glucose is converted to starch.
3. All these reactions occur in the stroma region of the chloroplast.

Question 31.
Almost all the living world depends on plants for food material. How do you appreciate the process of making food by the green plants?
(OR)
What facts about the green plants do you appreciate?
Answer:
Leaf is a wonderful machine to synthesize food:

1. The leaf is the important site of photosynthesis and is called as food factory of the plant.
2. This plant organ can be treated as a wonderful natural machine which converts solar energy into useful chemical energy.
3. With all his scientific knowledge and technical skills, man has not produced anything similar leaf for utilization of solar energy without polluting the atmosphere.
4. This machine provides food and supports the life by providing oxygen for all the organisms including man on this planet.
5. Nature has given us such a wonderful machine free !!

Question 32.
Even a hard solid food also becomes smooth slurry in the digestive system by the enzymes released at a particular time. This mechanism is an amazing fact. Prepare a cartoon on it.
Answer:

Question 33.
What are good food habits?
Answer:
The food habits I am going to follow after reading this chapter are:

1. I take balanced diet which contains proper amounts of carbohydrates, proteins, fats, vitamins and minerals.
2. I avoid taking food containing high proportion of fat.
3. I eat food as much required by my body. I do not over eat.
4. I will not eat rich meals over several days.
5. I eat simple balanced meals, eat it leisurely and thoroughly masticating the food.
6. I avoid doing violent exercise soon after eating food.
7. I empty the bowels regularly avoiding constipation.
8. I will see to have plenty of roughages in the diet.

(OR)
After reading the chapter nutrition, I would like to follow the following food habits.

1. Having simple, well balanced meals.
2. Eating them in a leisurely manner.
3. Thoroughly masticating the food.
4. Avoiding strenuous exercise soon after eating food.
5. Drinking plenty of water and having regular bowel movement.
6. Decreasing consumption of coffee or tea per day.
7. Taking leafy vegetables at least 3 times a week and taking of fruits and vegetables plenty.
8. Maintaining regular timings for daily food consumption.

Fill in the blanks.

1. The food synthesized by the plant is stored as ———–.
2. ———– are the sites of photosynthesis.
3. Pancreatic juice contains enzymes for carrying the process of digestion of ———– and ———–.
4. The finger-like projections which increases the surface area in small intestine are called ———–.
5. The gastric juice contains ———– acid.
6. ———– vitamin is synthesized by bacteria present in intestine.

Answer:

1. carbohydrates
2. Chloroplasts
3. proteins, fats
4. Villi
5. HCl
6. Cyanocobalamin

Choose the correct answer.

1. Which of the following plant take the food by parasitic nutrition? [ ]
   A) Yeast
   B) Mushrooms
   C) Cuscuta
   D) Leeches
   Answer: C & D
2. The rate of photosynthesis is not affected by [ ]
   A) Light intensity
   B) Humidity
   C) Temperature
   D) Carbon dioxide concentration
   Answer: B
3. A plant is kept in dark cupboard for about forty eight hours before conducting any experiment on photosynthesis in order to [ ]
   A) Remove chlorophyll from leaves
   B) Remove starch from leaves
   C) Ensure that no photosynthesis occurred
   D) Ensure that leaves are free from the starch
   Answer: B
4. The digestive juice without enzyme is [ ]
   A) Bile
   B) Gastric juice
   C) Pancreatic juice
   D) Saliva
   Answer: A
5. In single-celled animals, the food is taken by [ ]
   A) the entire body surface
   B) mouth
   C) teeth
   D) vacuoles
   Answer: A
6. Which part of the plant takes in carbon dioxide from the air for photosynthesis? [ ]
   A) Root hair
   B) Stomata
   C) Leaf veins
   D) Sepals
   Answer: B

10th Class Biology 1st Lesson Nutrition – Food Supplying System Activities

Activity – 1

How do you prove experimentally that carbon dioxide is necessary for photosynthesis by Mohl’s half leaf experiment?
(OR)
List out the materials required and the procedure to be followed to prove that ‘carbon dioxide’ is essential for photosynthesis.
(OR)
You know that the factors like CO₂, Light and Chlorophyll are essential for photosynthesis. Write any one of experiment related to the factors essential for photosynthesis.
Answer:
Aim:
To prove-that carbon dioxide is essential for photosynthesis by Mohl’s half leaf experiment.
Apparatus:
Wide mouthed transparent bottle, KOH solution, potted plant, vertically split cork, Iodine solution.
Procedure:
Arrange the apparatus as shown in the figure.

1. Take a healthy potted plant and keep it in the dark for nearly a week for the removal of starch from the leaves.
2. A wide mouthed transparent bottle is taken.
3. Put potassium hydroxide pellets or potassium hydroxide solution (KOH) in the bottle.
4. This KOH absorbs CO₂ present in the bottle.
5. Insert splitted cork in the mouth of the bottle.
6. Insert one of the leaves of destarched plant through a split cork into transparent bottle.
7. Arrange half of the leaf is inside bottle and the remaining half outside.
8. Leave the plant in the sunlight for 2-3 hours.
9. After a few hours, test this leaf and other leaf of this plant for starch.

Observation :

1. The part of the leaf outside the bottle turns blue-black because starch is formed in this part due to photosynthesis.
2. The part of the leaf inside the bottle does not turn blue-black because the carbon dioxide present inside the bottle is absorbed by potassium hydroxide solution.
3. All the other factors water, sunlight and chlorophyll are available but not CO₂. Hence starch is not formed in the leaf part which is inside the bottle.

Result: This experiment proves that CO₂ is necessary for photosynthesis. Precautions:

1. The part of the leaf kept inside the bottle should not touch potassium hydroxide solution.
2. The apparatus should be kept air tight by applying grease or vaseline.

Activity – 2

Sunlight is necessary to form starch in green leaves.
(OR)
Write the materials required and the procedure to prove that light is essential for Photosynthesis.
(OR)
Write the procedure, precautions and observations in the lab activity, “Sunlight is necessary for photosynthesis”.
Answer:
Aim:
To prove that light is necessary for photosynthesis to form starch.
Apparatus:
Potted plant, light screen, iodine solution.

1. Keep potted plant in dark for one week to remove starch.
2. Take one black paper and cut it with your own design.
3. Keep design paper properly on the both sides with the help of clips.
4. Ensure that light does not pass through the covered area with black paper.
5. Keep the arranged apparatus at sunlight available area.
6. After few hours of exposure to bright sunlight detach the leaf.
7. Boil the leaf in methylated spirit over water bath. It becomes pale white due to the removal of chlorophyll. Take the leaf from test tube and spread the leaf in a petridish.
8. Add few drops of Iodine on leaf. The parts of the leaf, which could get light through the cut out design, turns blue-black colour.
9. The parts of the leaf which could not get light are not turned into blue – black colour.
   

Observation:
It is observed that only the parts of the leaf, which could get light through the cut out design, turn blue black, showing the presence of starch.

Result:
This experiment proves that light is necessary to form starch in the process of photosynthesis.

Activity – 3

Demonstrate litmus paper test on salivary amylase in the mouth.
Answer:

1. Before taking food into the mouth, take a litmus indicator paper and touch it to the tongue.
2. We observe no colour change in litmus paper.
3. Perform the litmus test again after chewing the food and swallowing it.
4. The red litmus paper turns to blue colour.
5. The blue litmus paper do not turns to red colour.
6. This demonstrates that amylase converts complex carbohydrates to simple sugar.
7. Amylase is alkaline in nature. This turns litmus paper blue when touches glucose at the second time.
   

Activity – 4

Observe different digestive enzymes and their role in digesting food in a tabular form.
Answer:

10th Class Biology 1st Lesson Nutrition – Food Supplying System InText Questions and Answers

10th Class Biology Textbook Page No. 2

Question 1.
Can you think of some raw materials needed for photosynthesis?
Answer:
Yes. Photosynthesis needs the following raw materials.

1. Sunlight, CO₂ water are external factors.
2. Chlorophyll and enzymes are internal factors.

Question 2.
What could be the end products of the process of photosynthesis?
Answer:
Glucose, water and oxygen are the end products of photosynthesis.

10th Class Biology Textbook Page No. 4

Question 3.
Do you think solar energy transforms into chemical energy by the process of photosynthesis?
Answer:
Yes, solar energy transforms into chemical energy by the process of photosynthesis.

Question 4.
What are the materials that you think would be essential for the synthesis of carbohydrates in the process of photosynthesis?
Answer:
The materials essential for the synthesis of carbohydrates in the process of photosynthesis are carbon dioxide, water, sunlight and chlorophyll.

Question 5.
Do you think the equation tells us about all the materials involved?
Answer:
Yes, the materials which are essential for photosynthesis and the products formed are involved in the equation.

10th Class Biology Textbook Page No. 5

Question 6.
What had Priestly done to introduce the mint plant without disturbing the experimental setup?
Answer:
Priestly should have tilted the bell jar to one side and introduced the mint plant without disturbing the experimental set up.

Question 7.
How did Priestly light the candle from outside?
Answer:
Priestly might have used convex lens through which beam of sun rays can light the candle from outside or he might have used long burning stick, to light the candle by lifting the jar partially.

Question 8.
Do you find any relationship between candle, rat, mint plant? Discuss.
Answer:
Priestly’s experiment confirmed that gaseous exchange was going on and plants were giving out a gas that supported burning and was essential for the survival of animals.
By combustion process candle releases carbondioxide. By respiration process rat also releases carbondioxide. During photosynthesis process mint plant uses this carbondioxide and releases oxygen. This oxygen will be used by rat to stay alive and for the candle to burn.
So there is a relationship between respiration and photosynthesis by candle, rat and mint plant.

10th Class Biology Textbook Page No. 6

Question 9.
Why was the plant kept in dark and then in sunlight?
Answer:

1. The plant is kept in the dark for nearly a week to remove the starch from the leaves.
2. Then only we can understand that the starch is formed in the leaves or not after the experiment when the plant is kept in the sunlight.

Question 10.
Why did we study two leaves in the Mohl’s half leaf experiment?
Answer:

1. To test CO₂ is essential or not for photosynthesis, two leaves are used in the experiment.
2. One leaf with the plant and another one used in the experiment.
3. The leaf which is exposed to the atmospheric air becomes bluish-black. It proves that starch is prepared in the leaf by using CO₂ from atmosphere.
4. The leaf inside the flask containing potassium hydroxide, which absorbs CO₂ present in the bottle does not become bluish black. It shows that CO₂ is necessary for photosynthesis.

10th Class Biology Textbook Page No. 7

Question 11.
What precautions do you need while removing test tube from the beaker? Discuss with your teacher.
Answer:

1. When sufficient gas is collected lift the test tube carefully from the beaker by closing its mouth with the thumb.
2. Because of that the gas present in the test tube cannot escape into the atmosphere.

10th Class Biology Textbook Page No. 8

Question 12.
Which part of leaf turns blue black? What about the remaining part?
Answer:

1. The part of the leaf, which could get light through the cut design turns to blue black showing the presence of starch.
2. The remaining part of the leaf which did not get light, do not turn blue, indicating that starch is not prepared.

Question 13.
Observe the colour of the leaf stained with iodine. Can you tell why it is stained differently?
Answer:

1. Some parts of the leaf prepared starch.
2. Some parts of the leaf does not prepared starch.
3. So it is stained differently.

Question 14.
What about plants having coloured leaves?
Answer:
Plants having coloured leaves also carry out photosynthesis. The coloured leaves containing pigments pass on the energy of sunlight trapped by them to chlorophyll.

Question 15.
How is that new leaves which look dark red in colour in several plants turn green?
Answer:

1. The new leaves which look dark red in colour contain coloured chromoplasts.
2. As the leaf grows the chromoplasts turns to chloroplasts and the leaf appears green in colour.

Question 16.
Do plants having reddish or yellowish leaves also carry out photosynthesis?
Answer:

1. Yes. Plants having reddish or yellowish leaves also carry out photosynthesis.
2. The pigments present in reddish or yellowish leaves pass on the energy of sunlight trapped by them to chlorophyll.

Question 17.
What made plants carry out photosynthesis while even green coloured animals (like some birds) could not?
Answer:

1. Chlorophyll and other pigment molecules trap (harvest) solar energy, convert it into chemical energy in the thylakoid membranes of the chloroplast.
2. But animals having green colour on their body cannot trap solar energy and cannot perform photosynthesis. Photosynthesis is possible only in plants but not in animals.

10th Class Biology Textbook Page No. 9

Question 18.
Where is chlorophyll and other pigments present in the plant?
Answer:
Chlorophyll and other pigments are present in the grana thylakoids of chloroplast in leaf.

Question 19.
Do you think the new reddish leaves of plants also carry out photosynthesis? What could be the role of their colour?
Answer:

1. Yes. New reddish leaves of plants also carry out photosynthesis.
2. Chromoplasts are responsible for the reddish colour of leaves.
3. They also pass on the energy of sunlight which they trap to the photosystems.

10th Class Biology Textbook Page No. 10

Question 20.
What makes chloroplast appear completely different from other cell organelles?
Answer:

1. Substances found in chloroplast, which capture sunlight are called photosynthetic pigments.
2. Two major kinds of chlorophyll are associated with thylakoid membranes.
3. Chlorophyll – a (blue – green in colour) and chlorophyll – b (yellow – green); around 250 to 400 pigment molecules are grouped as light harvesting units in each granum.
4. Such innumerable units in chloroplasts make them appear completely different from other organelles.

10th Class Biology Textbook Page No. 13

Question 21.
What happens to the food once it enters our body?
Answer:

1. The food once enters our body it gets digested by various enzymes in different parts of alimentary canal.
2. Digestion starts in the mouth and it completes in the small intestine.
3. Finally it absorbed in the small intestine into the circulatory system.

10th Class Biology Textbook Page No. 15

Question 22.
Name the enzymes which act on carbohydrates.
Answer:
Ptyalin (salivary amylase), amylase and sucrose are the enzymes that act on carbohydrates.

10th Class Biology Textbook Page No. 16

Question 23.
What are the end products of fats?
Answer:
The end products of fats are fatty acids and glycerol.

Question 24.
What are the enzymes that act on proteins?
Answer:
Pepsin, Trypsin and Peptidases are the enzymes that act on proteins.

Question 25.
Which digestive juice contains no enzymes?
Answer:
Bile juice produced by liver contains no enzymes.

Question 26.
What do you think about the process of digestion?
Answer:

1. The process of digestion occurs in the alimentary canal or digestive system.
2. During the process of digestion large complex macro molecules present in the food are converted to simple and small molecules.
3. Digestion provides the food material properly absorbed by the body.

Question 27.
What are the major steps of digestion?
Answer:
The major steps of digestion are

1. Ingestion
2. Digestion
3. Absorption and
4. Defecation.

10th Class Biology Textbook Page No. 18

Question 28.
Collect information about pellagra and discuss with your teacher.
Answer:

1. Pellagra is a vitamin-deficient disease.
2. Niacin (Vitamin – B₃) is essential for the metabolism of carbohydrates, proteins and fats.
3. The resources for vitamin – B₃ are kidney, liver, meat, egg, fish, oil seeds and legumes.
4. Deficiency of niacin results in a disease called PELLAGRA.

Symptoms: Pellagra is described by 3 Ds – Diarrhoea, Dermatitis, Dementia.
A more comprehensive list of symptoms include

1. Sensitivity to sunlight
2. Aggression
3. Dermatitis
4. Alopecia (hair loss)
5. Edema (swelling)

Smooth, beefy red, glossitis, red skin lesions, insomnia (sleepless), weakness, mental confusion, nerve damage are the symptoms of this pellagra.

Prevention: By taking of yeast, meat, fish, milk, eggs, green vegetables, beans and cereal grains, we can prevent this disease.

AP State Board Syllabus AP SSC 10th Class Biology Solutions Chapter 2 Respiration – The Energy Releasing System Textbook Questions and Answers.

AP State Syllabus SSC 10th Class Biology Solutions 2nd Lesson Respiration – The Energy Releasing System

10th Class Biology 2nd Lesson Respiration – The Energy Releasing System Textbook Questions and Answers

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Question 1.
Distinguish between
(a) Inspiration and Expiration
(b) Aerobic and Anaerobic respiration
(c) Respiration and Combustion
(d) Photosynthesis and Respiration
Answer:
(a) Inspiration and Expiration:

Inspiration	Expiration
1. It is also called inhalation.	1. It is also called exhalation.
2. The air or water is taken into the respiratory organ.	2. The air or water is sent out of the respiratory organ.
3. It is an active process.	3. It is a passive process.
4. Rib cage moves forward and outward.	4. Rib cage moves downward and inward.
5. Diaphragm contracts and becomes flattened.	5. Diaphragm relaxes and becomes original dome shaped.
6. Increase in volume of thoracic cavity.	6. Decrease in volume of thoracic cavity.
7. Air pressure in lungs is less than the atmospheric pressure.	7. Air pressure in lungs is greater than the atmospheric pressure.

(b) Aerobic respiration and Anaerobic respiration:
(OR)
Respiration is energy-producing process in the organisms. It takes place both in the presence and absence of oxygen. Laxmi said there are some differences between the two processes. How do you support her?
Answer:

Aerobic respiration	Anaerobic respiration
1. It takes place in the presence of oxygen.	1. It takes place in the absence of oxygen.
2. In aerobic respiration, complete oxidation of glucose takes place.	2. In anaerobic respiration, the glucose molecule is incompletely oxidised.
3. End products are CO2 and water.	3. End products are either ethyl alcohol or lactic acid and CO2.
4. Lot of energy is liberated (38 ATP).	4. Relatively small energy is liberated (2 ATP).
5. It occurs in plant’s and animal’s cells.	5. Occurs in many anaerobic bacteria and human muscle cells.
6.	6.
7. It has two stages – Glycolysis and Krebs cycle.	7. It has two stages – Glycolysis and Fermentation.

(c) Respiration and Combustion:
(OR)
Even though both are oxidation processes, combustion and respiration are different in many aspects. Explain those differences.
(OR)
Combustion and respiration are oxidative processes but still there are differences between them. What are they?
(OR)
Write the differences between respiration and combustion.
Answer:

Respiration	Combustion
1. It occurs in living cells.	1. It is non – cellular.
2. Oxidation of food materials especially glucose to carbon dioxide and water is called respiration.	2. When sugar burns CO2 and water are produced and energy is released as heat. This process is called combustion.
3. Oxidation of sugar molecules occurs at the body temperature of an organism.	3. Heat is to be supplied for the sugar molecule to burn.
4. The energy is released in several stages.	4. The energy is released at once as heat.
5. Several intermediate substances are formed.	5. No intermediate substances are formed.
6. Enzymes are required for oxidation.	6. Enzymes are not required for combustion.
7. Respiration occurs in the presence of water.	7. Combustion occurs in the absence of water.
8. It is a controlled process.	8. It is an uncontrolled process.
9. Energy is stored in ATP in the body.	9. Energy is not stored and is released into the atmosphere.

(d) Photosynthesis and Respiration:

Photosynthesis	Respiration
1. Occurs only in all plants and photo­synthetic bacteria.	1. Occurs in all living organisms.
2. Takes place in the presence of sunlight.	2. Takes place throughout day and night.
3. A plant can survive without performing photosynthesis for few days.	3. No organism can survive without respiration for few minutes even.
4. In plants, only few cells perform photosynthesis.	4. All living cells in an organism perform this process.
5. Raw materials are C02 and water.	5. Uses carbohydrates and oxygen.
6. Oxygen is liberated.	6. Carbon dioxide is released.
7. It occurs in chloroplast.	7. It takes place in cytoplasm and mitochondria.
8. Adds weight to the organism.	8. Decrease weight of the organism.
9. It is an anabolic process.	9. It is a catabolic process.
10.	10.

Question 2.
State two similarities between aerobic and anaerobic respiration.
Answer:
Similarities between aerobic and anaerobic respiration:

1. Both are catabolic processes.
2. Both aerobic and anaerobic respiration takes place in all cells.
3. Energy is released in both the processes.
4. CO₂ is the end product of both processes.
5. First stage of both respiration is glycolysis.
6. Respiratory substances in both processes are glucose, fatty acids and amino acids.

Question 3.
Food sometimes enters the wind pipe and causes choking. How does it happen?
Answer:

1. Pharynx is the common passage of both air and food.
2. From here air enters into trachea and food enters into oesophagus.
3. Pharynx is connected to larynx through glottis a slit like opening.
4. A cartilagenous flap called EPIGLOTTIS act as a lid over glottis and prevents food from entering into trachea during swallowing.
5. Any food particles enters the trachea it causes chocking.
6. Sometimes the food particles are forced back by cough.

Question 4.
Why does the rate of breathing increase while walking uphill at a normal pace in the mountains? Give two reasons.
Answer:
The rate of breathing increases while walking uphill at a normal pace in the mountains.

1. It is because as we go up the hill above sea level the concentration of oxygen is greatly reduced. So we have to breathe more to get required amount of oxygen.
2. While walking uphill a lot of oxygen is used by our body to release energy from glucose.
3. This leads to lack of oxygen in the cells.
4. We take in oxygen when we breathe.
5. Hence to increase the amount of oxygen intake there is an increase in breathing rate during walking uphill.

Question 5.
Air leaves the tiny sacs in the lungs to pass into capillaries. What modification is needed in the statement?
Answer:

1. Gaseous exchange takes place within the lungs by diffusion from the alveoli to blood capillaries and vice versa.
2. The carbondioxide in the blood is exchanged for oxygen in alveoli.
3. This sentence may be modified as “Air that contains oxygen reaches the tiny sacs in the lungs to pass into capillaries.

Question 6.
Plants photosynthesize during daytime and respire during the night. Do you agree to this statement? Why? Why not?
Answer:

1. No, I do not agree with this statement. Plants photosynthesize during daytime only and respire during the daytime as well as night time also.
2. During daytime when photosynthesis occurs in the presence of sunlight. Oxygen is produced. The leaves use some of this oxygen for respiration and the rest diffuses into air.
3. During daytime CO₂ produced by respiration is all used up in photosynthesis by leaves.
4. At night time no photosynthesis occurs and oxygen diffuses into leaves to carryout respiration.

Question 7.
Why does a deep sea diver carry oxygen cylinder on his/her back?
Answer:

1. When we go deep into the sea, the oxygen level decreases. Oxygen is in dissolved state in water.
2. Humans are adapted for utilizing oxygen in gaseous state. They cannot use dissolved oxygen for breathing.
3. Only aquatic animals like fish can utilize the dissolved oxygen for breathing using gills.
4. Human beings have lungs for respiration. Therefore, sea divers have to carry oxygen cylinders in their back so as to receive oxygen.
5. If they do not carry them, they do not get oxygen and there is a chance even to die.

Question 8.
How are alveoli designed to maximise the exchange of gases?
Answer:
The human lungs have been designed to maximise the exchange of gases as follows.

1. The interior of lung is divided into millions of small chambers called alveoli.
2. The presence of millions of alveoli in the lungs provide a very large surface area.
3. If all alveoli of our lungs are spread out they will cover an area of nearly 160 m².
4. Availability of large surface area maximises the exchange of gases.

Question 9.
Where will the release of energy from the glucose in respiration take place? Mala writes lungs, while Jiya writes muscles. Who is correct and why?
Answer:

1. Respiration is the process of releasing energy from the breakdown of glucose.
2. Respiration takes place in every living cell, all the time.
3. All cells need to respire in order to produce the energy that they require.
4. During respiration the release of energy from the glucose takes place in muscles but not in lungs.
5. So Jiya is correct. The energy is released from the muscle cells during respiration. Only gaseous exchange takes place in lungs.

Question 10.
What is the role of epiglottis and diaphragm in respiration?
Answer:
Epiglottis:

1. Epiglottis, a flap like muscular valve controls movement of air and food towards their respective passages.
2. Epiglottis is partly closed when we swallow food and it opens more widely when we take a breath and air enters the lungs.
3. Epiglottis allows air pass through the larynx and the respiratory system.
   

Diaphragm :

1. The diaphragm in the respiratory system is the dome shaped sheet of muscle that separates the chest from the abdomen.
2. When the diaphragm contracts during inhalation it flattens out a bit. This results in the enlargement of the volume of the chest cavity.
3. This reduces the pressure in the lungs and air enters into lungs from outside the body.
4. During exhalation, the diaphragm relaxes and assumes its dome shape. This change increases the pressure on the lungs and squeezes the air through the nose to the atmosphere.
   

Question 11.
How does gaseous exchange take place at blood level?
Answer:

1. Lungs are made up of several thousands of small chambers called alveoli.
2. Within the alveoli, exchange of gases take place between the gases inside the alveoli and blood.
3. Blood arriving in the alveoli has higher CO₂ concentration which is produced during respiration by the body cells.
4. At the same time air in the alveoli has a much lower concentration of CO₂ and this allows the diffusion of CO₂ out of the blood and to alveolar air.
5. Similarly blood arriving in the alveoli has a lower oxygen concentration while air in the alveoli has a higher oxygen concentration.
6. Therefore oxygen moves into the blood by diffusion.
   

Question 12.
Explain the mechanism of gaseous exchange at bronchiole level.
Answer:

1. the trachea (wind pipe) is divided into two tubes called BRONCHI. As there are two lungs each bronchus (singular) enters the lungs on the same side.
2. In the lung, the bronchus divides into smaller and smaller branches called BRONCHIOLES which enters into each alveoli.
3. When oxygen from outside reaches the alveoli through bronchioles and the carbondioxide from alveoli moves out.
4. The inhaled air from outside enters into bronchioles through nostrils → nasal cavities → pharynx → larynx → trachea → bronchus.
5. The exhaled air from alveoli enters bronchioles → pharynx → nasal cavities → nostrils → outside.
   

Question 13.
After a vigorous exercise or work we feel pain in muscles. What is the relationship between pain and respiration?
Answer:

1. We obtain energy by oxidation of glucose molecule.
2. In the absence of oxygen (anaerobic respiration) glucose is converted to latic acid.
3. During vigorous exercise oxygen gets used up faster in the muscle cells that can be supplied by blood.
4. When oxygen supply is inadequate the muscles use energy released during the anaerobic breakdown of glucose.
5. The anaerobic respiration by muscles bring about partial breakdown of glucose to form lactic acid.
6. The accumulation of lactic acid in the muscles causes muscular pains or cramps.

Question 14.
Raju said, “Stems also respire along with leaves in plants”. Can you support this statement? Give your reasons.
Answer:
Yes. I support the statement of Raju that stems also respire along with leaves in plants.
The reasons are

1. The stems of herbaceous plants have stomata.
2. So the exchange of respiratory gases in the stems of herbaceous plants takes place through stomata.
3. The oxygen from air diffuses into the stem through stomata and reaches all the cells for respiration.
4. The carbon dioxide released during respiration diffuses out into the air through the stomata.
5. In woody stems the bark has lenticels for gaseous exchange. Through lenticels, oxygen diffuses in and carbon dioxide diffuses out into the air.
   

Question 15.
What happens if diaphragm is not there in the body?
Answer:

1. The lungs cannot draw in air or push it out by themselves. The chest wall muscles and the diaphragm helps the lungs in moving air into and out of them.
2. If diaphragm is not there in the body, we would not be able to breathe.
3. The diaphragm is the major muscle in the process of respiration.
4. It separates the thoracic and abdominal cavities.
5. In the absence of diaphragm, the relaxation and contraction of the chest wall muscles do not take place and thereby inspiration and expiration become difficult that leads to death of the person.

Question 16.
If you have a chance to meet pulmonologist, what questions are you going to ask about pulmonary respiration?
Answer:
If I have a chance to meet pulmonologist, I would like to ask the following questions:

1. What is pulmonary respiration?
2. What is the organ involved in pulmonary respiration?
3. What is the name of blood vessel that brings deoxygenated blood to lungs?
4. What is the name of the blood vessel that carries oxygenated blood from the lungs to the heart?
5. Out of the two lungs which one is larger than the other?
6. What type of diagnostic test will be performed to assess the function of lungs?
7. What is pulmonary edema? How does it occur?
8. Can all the diseases of the lungs be cured permanently?

Question 17.
What procedure do you follow to understand anaerobic respiration in your school laboratory?
(OR) (Lab Activity)
Write the procedure and observations of the experiment which you have conducted in your laboratory to prove that CO₂ and heat are evolved during anaerobic respiration by using yeast.
(OR)
How do you prove that carbon dioxide is released during anaerobic respiration?
(OR)
How do yeast cells convert glucose solution to CO₂ and ethyl alcohol?
Answer:
Aim : To prove that CO₂ is released during anaerobic respiration.
Apparatus: Thermos flask, splitted corks, thermometer, wash bottle, glass tubes, liquid
paraffin, glucose solution, yeast cells, bicarbonate solution.
Procedure:

1. Remove dissolved oxygen from glucose solution by boiling it for a minute and then cooling it without shaking.
2. Now add some yeast to the glucose solution and fix a two-holed rubber stopper to the flask.
3. The supply of oxygen from the air can be cut off by pouring a 1cm layer of liquid paraffin into the mixture through the holes.
   
4. Insert one end of the thermometer into the thermos flask. See the mercury bulb of thermometer keep inside the solution.
5. Arrange for any gas produced by the yeast to escape through a wash bottle containing bicarbonate solution or lime water as shown in the figure.
6. Add a few drops of diazine green (Janus Green B) solution to the yeast suspension before you pour liquid paraffin over it.
7. The blue diazine green solution turns pink when oxygen is in short supply around it.
8. Warm the apparatus to about 37° F in order to speed up the test.
9. Keep the apparatus undisturbed for one or two days.

Observations :

1. After two days it can be observed that lime-water of the wash bottle turns into milky white precipitate.
2. Increase in temperature in thermometer.
3. Alcohol smell given off from the flask.

Result: These observations indicate that yeast cells respire anaerobically converting glucose solution into CO₂, ethyl alcohol and release heat energy.

Question 18.
What are your observations in the combustion of sugar activity?
Answer:
Observations in the combustion of sugar:

1. When sugar is heated, first it melts, chars and later burns producing flames.
2. When sugar is combusted, carbon dioxide and water are produced.
3. Energy is also released in the form of heat and it released at once.
4. We cannot control the combustion of sugar.
5. Intermediate products are not formed.
6. We can combust sugar in the absence of water and enzymes.
7. When combustion of sugar, heat energy is released into the atmosphere and we cannot store it for further use.

Question 19.
Collect information about cutaneous respiration in frog. Prepare a note and display them in your classroom.
(OR)
How does frog respire with the help of skin?
Answer:

1. Respiration through skin is called cutaneous respiration.
2. In frog, skin is an additional or secondary or accessory respiratory organ.
   
3. Skin is a very important respiratory organ in both on land and water.
4. One-third of the total oxygen taken up by frog is through the skin.
5. Frog also keeps its skin moist. Frog skin has a large number of mucous glands which secrete mucous onto the surface of the skin.
6. The mucous layer retains water and reduces evaporation of water from body.
7. To keep the skin wet and moist frogs jump into water very frequently.
8. Frog skin is supplied with a large number of blood vessels which help in absorbing oxygen from the water.
9. The carbon dioxide produced during to respiration, diffuses out into the water through the blood vessels present in the skin of the frog.

Question 20.
Collect information about respiratory diseases (because of pollution, tobacco) .and discuss with your classmates.
Answer:
Respiratory diseases because of pollution:

1. Irritation of eyes, nose, mouth and throat.
2. Headaches and dizziness.
3. Respiratory symptoms such as coughing and running nose.
4. Respiratory and lung diseases including
   a) Asthma attacks
   b) Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
   c) Reduced lung function
   d) Pulmonary cancer caused by a series of carcinogen chemicals that through inhalation
   e) Mesothelioma: A particular type of lung cancer, usually associated with expo¬sure to asbestos (it usually occurs 20 – 30 years after the initial exposure)
   f) Pneumonia: Infection of lungs caused by bacteria.
   g) Bronchitis: It is inflammation or swelling of bronchial tubes.
   h) Emphysema: It is a lung condition in which tiny air sacs in lungs alveoli fill up with water.

Respiratory diseases due to tobacco :

1. Chronic bronchitis: A long term inflammation of the bronchi is characterized by coughing.
2. Lung cancer: An abnormal continuous multiplication of cells that can result in tumors in the lining of the bronchi.
3. Emphysema: A chronic lung condition that affects the air sacs in the lungs characterized by shortness of breath, coughing, fatigue, sleep and heart problems.

Question 21.
What is the pathway taken by air in the respiratory system? Illustrate with a labelled diagram.
Answer:
The path way taken by air in the respiratory system:
Nostrils → Nasal cavity → Pharynx → Larynx → Trachea → Bronchus → Bronchioles → Alveolus → Blood.

1. Nostrils : Air enters the body through the nostrils.
2. Nasal cavity: Air is filtered and its temperature is also brought close to that of the body.
3. Pharynx: It is the junction of respiratory and digestive system. Epiglottis – a flap like muscular valve controls movement of air and food towards their respective passages.
4. Larynx: Also called voice box. This stiff box contains vocal cords. When air passes out of the lungs and over vocal cords, it causes them to vibrate. This produces sounds on the basis of our speech, song etc.
5. Trachea: This is also called wind pipe. It channels air to lungs.
6. Bronchi: Trachea at it’s lower end divides into two bronchi one leading to each lung.
7. Bronchioles: The bronchi further divided into smaller and smaller branches called bronchioles.
8. Alveoli: Clusters of air sacs called alveoli in the lungs which are very small and numerous. The gaseous exchange takes place here as blood capillaries take up oxygen and expel CO₂.
9. Blood: It carries oxygen, to each and every cell of the body and collects CO₂ from them.
   

Question 22.
Draw a block diagram showing events in respiration. Write what you understood about cellular respiration.
Answer:
Events in respiration :

Cellular respiration :

1. All living cells must carry out cellular respiration.
2. Oxidation of glucose of fatty acids releasing energy takes place in cells, hence it is called cellular respiration.
3. It can be in the presence of oxygen that is aerobic respiration or in its absence that is anaerobic respiration (fermentation).
4. Cellular respiration in prokaryotic cells like that of bacteria occurs within the cytoplasm.
5. In Eukaryotic cells cytoplasm and mitochondria are the site of cellular respiration.
6. The energy released in cellular respiration is stored in a special compound called ATP.
7. ATP is utilised for carrying out other functions in the cell.

Question 23.
How do you appreciate the mechanism of respiration in our body?
Answer:

1. Respiration is essential for life because it provides energy for carrying out all the life processes which are necessary to keep the organism alive.
2. The energy that is obtained from respiration is used to build the organism by way of cell growth, reproduction and cell repair, etc.
3. All systems in living beings need energy to survive.
4. Respiration helps to expel out the toxic carbon dioxide out of the cells. This CO₂ will be utilised by the plants to produce food materials through the process of photosynthesis.
5. The respiratory system goes into operation from the movement of our birth and works without ever stopping as long as we live our breath continues.
6. During exhalation, the vocal cords in the larynx vibrate to produce sounds and help in speaking as we like.

Question 24.
Prepare an article on anaerobic respiration to present school symposium.
Answer:
Anaerobic respiration :

1. Respiration that occurs without oxygen is known as anaerobic respiration.
2. It is present in primitive organisms and muscular cells in higher animals.
3. Alcohol, CO₂ and H₂O are end products in this process.
4. 

Merits:

1. In the absence of oxygen it is good process.
2. Mechanism is simple.
3. Suitable to microorganisms

Demerits:

1. Provides less energy
2. Not suitable to higher animals

Question 25.
Prepare a cartoon on discussion between haemoglobin and chlorophyll about respiration.
Answer:
Discussion between haemoglobin and chlorophyll about respiration:

Haemoglobin: Hello good morning chlorophyll. How are you?

Chlorophyll: Very good morning haemoglobin. I am fine.

Haemoglobin: I am also doing well. Let me know something about you.

Chlorophyll: I am a green coloured pigment present in leaves of plants.

Haemoglobin: How many types of chlorophylls are there ?

Chlorophyll: We are four types i.e., chlorophyll – a, chlorophyll – b, chlorophyll – c and chlorophyll – d.

Haemoglobin: May I know your job in leaves?

Chlorophyll: Yes. Why not? I am an essential factor required to prepare food through the process of photosynthesis in plants.

Haemoglobin: Oh! You are participating in the process of preparing food materials by green plants.

Chlorophyll: Now tell me about your presence.

Haemoglobin: I am present only in animal cells. That too in the red blood cells of the blood. The red colour of the blood is due to my presence.

Chlorophyll: Then tell me about your function in respiration?

Haemoglobin: During respiration, I carry oxygen to the cells in the body tissues.

Chlorophyll: How are you able to do this?

Haemoglobin: I have an oxygen binding element iron. It binds oxygen on four corners of it. I form oxy-haemoglobin with oxygen in the lungs.

Chlorophyll: What happens to the digested food in the cells?

Haemoglobin: In cells, oxygen breakdown the glucose molecule into C02 and H20 releasing large amount of energy. Around 38 ATP molecules are produced.

Chlorophyll: What is the use of this energy?

Haemoglobin: This energy is utilised by the cell to carry other functions.

Chlorophyll: Thank you haemoglobin. You have taught me everything about respiration. In our next meeting we will discuss another topic.

Haemoglobin: Thank you chlorophyll for your interest and patience.

Fill in the blanks.

1. Exhaled air contains ———– and ———–.
2. A flap like muscular valve controls movement of air and food is ———–.
3. Energy currency of the cell is called ———–.
4. Lenticels are the respiratory organs that exist in ———– part of the plant.
5. Mangrove trees respire with their ———–.

Answer:

1. carbon dioxide, water vapour
2. Epiglottis
3. ATP (Adenosine Tri Phosphate)
4. stem
5. aerial roots

Choose the correct answer.

6. We will find vocal cords in [ ]
A) Larynx
B) Pharynx
C) Nasal cavity
D) Trachea
Answer: A

7. Cluster of air sacs in lungs are called [ ]
A) Alveoli
B) Bronchi
Answer: A

8. Which of the following is correct ? [ ]
i) The diaphragm contracts – volume of chest cavity increased
ii) The diaphragm contracts – volume of chest cavity decreased
iii) The diaphragm expands – volume of chest cavity increased
iv) The diaphragm expands – volume of chest cavity decreased
A) i B) i and ii C) ii and iii D) iv
Answer: A

9. Respiration is a catabolic process because of [ ]
A) Breakdown of complex food molecules
B) Conversion of light energy
C) Synthesis of chemical energy
D) Energy storage
Answer: A

10. Energy is stored in [ ]
A) Nucleus
B) Mitochondria
C) Ribosomes
D) Cell wall
Answer: B

10th Class Biology 2nd Lesson Respiration – The Energy Releasing System

Activity – 1

How do you test the presence of water vapour and heat in the exhaled air?
Answer:

1. Keep your palm around an inch away from your nose.
2. Feel you breathing out.
3. Do not remove your palm until you have finished the activity.
4. Breathe steadily for 1 – 2 minutes.
5. Now take a piece of any fruit.
6. Chew and before swallowing it keep the fingers of the other palm on your neck, now swallow it.

Questions:

1. What did you notice? What happens to your breath as you try to swallow?
   Answer:
   We cannot swallow while breathing. We usually stop breathing when we swallow food.
2. What is helping you to swallow without deflecting it to the windpipe?
   Answer:
   Epiglottis is helping me to swallow without deflecting food to the windpipe.

Activity – 2
Write an experiment to observe changes during combustion of sugar.
(OR)
What are your observations in combustion of sugar activity.
Answer:
Aim: To observe changes during combustion of sugar.
Apparatus: Wooden stand, test tubes, rubber stopper, delivery tube, glucose or sucrose powder, lime water, spirit lamp.
Procedure:

1. Take a small amount of glucose in a small test tube.
2. Arrange the apparatus as shown in the figure.
3. Heat the test tube until the glucose catches fire.
   

Observations :

1. In the initial stage the glucose becomes liquid.
2. Later it turns to black colour after catching fire.
3. In this process carbon dioxide and water are produced.
4. Energy is released as heat.
5. The carbon dioxide released changes lime water to milky white.

Conclusion:

1. From this experiment, we can conclude that carbon dioxide, water and heat are produced during combustion of glucose in the laboratory.
2. The carbon dioxide changes lime water to milky white in nature.

Activity – 3

How can you prove that carbon dioxide is evolved during respiration?
(OR)
Write the experimental procedure and draw the arrangement of apparatus to show that CO₂ is evoloved in respiration.
To understand that CO₂ is evolved during respiration, what experiment you have performed in your laboratory? Explain the procedure.
(OR)
Write an experiment to prove that CO₂ is released during respiration.
Answer:
Aim: To prove that CO₂ is released during aerobic respiration.
Apparatus: Two wide mouthed plastic or glass bottles, germinating seeds, dry seeds, two small injection bottles or beakers with lime water.

1. Take two wide mouthed glass bottles.
2. Keep germinating bengal gram seeds in one bottle and dry seeds in another bottle.
3. Keep two small beakers with lime water in each glass bottles.
4. Close the glass bottles tightly.
5. Keep both the sets undisturbed for one or two days.
   

Observation:

1. After two days it can be observed that lime water of the beaker placed in the bottle containing germinating seeds turns into milky white.
2. And the lime water kept in the glass bottle containing dry seeds do not change its colour.
   Result: It indicates that germinating seeds liberated carbon dioxide which turns lime
   water into milky white.

Activity – 4

Explain the procedure you have adopted in your school to prove that heat is liberated during respiration. What result we will get, if you perform this experiment with dry seeds?
(OR)
Write the procedure you have followed to observe “heat is evolved during respiration” in your laboratory. What precautions did you take during the activity?
Answer:
Aim: To prove that heat is liberated during respiration.
Apparatus: Two Thermos flasks, two thermometers, two rubber corks, dry seeds, germinating seeds.
Procedure:

1. Take a handful of moong or bazra seeds.
2. Soak the seeds in water a day before experiment.
3. Keep these soaked seeds in a cloth pouch and tie with a string tightly.
4. Next day collect the sprouts / germinated seeds from the pouch in a thermos flask and take dry seeds in another thermos flask.
5. Remove the lid and prepare a cork through which you can bore a hole to insert thermometers into two flasks in such a way that the bulb of the thermometer should dip into the germinating and dry seeds.
6. Close the thermos flasks with tight fitting rubber corks.
7. Record the initial temperature in both the flasks and record it for every two hours for at least 24 hours.
   

Observation: Constant increase in the temperature is observed in thermometer placed in the germinating seeds.
Result: Hence it is proved that germinated seeds respire and liberate heat which is responsible for increase in the temperature.
Questions:

1. Make a graph by using your observations.
   Answer:
   
2. Is there any increase in temperature?
   Answer:
   Yes, there is increase in temperature.
3. Does the temperature increase steadily or does it abruptly increase at a time of the day?
   Answer:
   The temperature in the thermometer increases steadily.
4. Where does the heat come from?
   Answer:
   The sprouting or germinating seeds respire and liberate heat.

10th Class Biology 2nd Lesson Respiration – The Energy Releasing System InText Questions and Answers

10th Class Biology Textbook Page No. 25

Question 1.
Can it be said that Priestly’s experiment helped us to find out more about composition of air? How?
Answer:
Yes, Priestly’s experiments helped to find out the composition of air when burning of charcoal, carbon dioxide is produced which is the one of the composition of air done by Lavoisier.
Another experiment with phosphorus done by Lavoisier was cleared that a gas which is the respirable air that is helped in burning was oxygen also a component of air.
Lavoisier proved experimentally that carbon dioxide and oxygen were the components of air. Lavoisier confirmed the experiments of Priestly about the gases present in the air.

Question 2.
What gas was produced by combustion according to Lavoisier?
Answer:
The gas produced by combustion is carbon dioxide.

Question 3.
What did Lavoisier find out about air from his experiments?
Answer:
A fixed air carbon dioxide and respirable air oxygen which helped in burning were liberated during his experiments.

Question 4.
What conclusion can be drawn from Lavoisier’s experiments?
A. Oxygen and carbon dioxide are the compositions of air.

10th Class Biology Textbook Page No. 26

Question 5.
Which gas do you think is Lavoisier talking about when he says chalky acid gas?
Answer:
Carbon dioxide.

Question 6.
Which gas according to Lavoisier is respirable air?
Answer:
Oxygen.

Question 7.
What steps in the process of respiration does Lavoisier mention as an inference of his experiments?
Answer:
Lavoisier mentioned that there were two steps in the respiration.
1. Inspiration: Breathing oxygen.
2. Expiration: Eliminating carbon dioxide from lungs.

Question 8.
It is a common observation that our breath is warmer than the air around us ; does respiration have anything to do with this?
Answer:
Our exhaled air is warmer than the air around us because heat is liberated during respiration.

10th Class Biology Textbook Page No. 27

Question 9.
What does this experiment indicate?
Answer:
This experiment indicates that carbon dioxide is liberated during respiration.

Question 10.
Which gas turns lime water milky?
Answer:
Carbon dioxide.

Question 11.
Which gas do you think might be present in greater quantities in the air we breathe out as compared to air around us?
Answer:
Nitrogen (78%) is present in greater quantities in the air.

Question 12.
We are also aware of the fact that water vapour deposits on a mirror if we breathe out on it; where does this water vapour come from in Exhaled air?
Answer:
Water vapour is liberated during respiration.

10th Class Biology Textbook Page No. 29

Question 13.
Why are we advised not to talk while eating food?
Answer:

1. When we are eating food, epiglottis helps to avoid food entering into trachea.
2. If we talk while we eat food, there is a chance of food entering into trachea and causes choking.
3. As a result irritation and inflammation takes place in the respiratory tract.
4. So we are advised not to talk while eating.

10th Class Biology Textbook Page No. 30

Question 14.
What is the role of diaphragm and ribs in respiration? Are both active in man and woman?
Answer:

1. Diaphragm and ribs are helpful the chest cavity to increase or decrease the volume for inspiration and expiration in respiration.
2. Diaphragm plays a major role in men and ribs play a major role in mechanism of respiration.

10th Class Biology Textbook Page No. 31

Question 15.
What can be concluded from this?
Answer:
All movements of breathing is controlled by nerves leading from the brain.

Question 16.
What happens during the process of breathing?
Answer:
During the process of breathing, the patterns of breathing show a great range for they are coordinated with moment by moment needs of the body for supply of oxygen and removal of carbon dioxide.

Question 17.
Which gas needs to be removed from our body during exhalation? Where does the extra amount of gas come from?
Answer:
Carbon dioxide needs to be removed during exhalation. The extra amount of gas comes from the breakdown of glucose to release energy in the mitochondria. Carbon dioxide gas is released here.

Question 18.
What is the composition of inhaled air?
Answer:
Inhaled air contains oxygen -21%, C09 – 0.03%, Nitrogen – 78%.

Question 19.
When exhaled air is compared with inhaled air, is there any difference in composition?
Answer:
Yes, there is a difference between inhaled air and exhaled air.
The difference is

10th Class Biology Textbook Page No. 32

Question 20.
Why does the amount of oxygen vary between exhaled and inhaled air?
Answer:
Because some amount of oxygen will be utilised during cellular respiration in the body. Hence the difference in amount of oxygen occurs.

Question 21.
What has raised the percentage of carbon dioxide in exhaled air?
Answer:
CO₂ is released from all the cells in the body in respiration and is added to the exhaled air.

10th Class Biology Textbook Page No. 34

Question 22.
Do cells of alveoli or lungs also require oxygen to carry out cellular respiration? Why / Why not?
Answer:

1. Alveoli are made of squamous epithelium tissue which is very thin and elastic
2. Alveoli are so thin that oxygen can pass from air-filled alveoli to R.B.C inside the vessels.
3. Simple squamous epithelial cells function as mediators of filtration and diffusion. As these cells are living tissue they also need oxygen.
4. This is done through the exchange of gases in the alveoli.

Question 23.
After undergoing strenuous exercise we feel pain in muscles, does adequate oxygen reach the muscles?
Answer:
No. Adequate oxygen does not reach the muscles.

Question 24.
What is being formed in the muscles?
Answer:
Lactic acid.

10th Class Biology Textbook Page No. 42

Question 25.
In which set does the colour change faster? Why?
Answer:
In the set which has germinating seeds the colour changes faster. Because CO₂ is formed faster in aerobic respiration.

Think and Discuss

10th Class Biology Textbook Page No. 29

Question 1.
What will happen if the respiratory tract is not moist?
Answer:

1. If the respiratory tract is not moist the dirt particles in the inhaled air will not be removed from air in the nasal cavities and reaches lungs and create problems to lungs.
2. The temperature of the inhaled air is brought close to that of the body for the smooth passage in the respiratory tract. If it is dry, it is not possible.
3. If the surface dries out, gas exchange will happen at a very reduced rate since fast moving gaseous oxygen molecules do not efficiently cross the alveoli membrane.
4. The reduced gas exchange is most likely not enough to support blood oxygenation for vital functions of the body.
5. Hence respiratory tract should be moist for smooth exchange of gases.

Question 2.
Are both lungs similar in size?
Answer:
No. Right lung is slightly bigger than left lung.

Question 3.
Why are alveoli so small and uncountable in number?
Answer:

1. The pouch-like air sacs at the ends of the smallest bronchioles are called alveoli.
2. The walls of the alveolus are very thin and they are surrounded by very thin blood capillaries.
3. It is in the alveoli that gaseous exchange takes place.
4. There are millions of alveoli in the lungs. The presence of millions of alveoli in the lungs provides a very large area for the exchange of gases.
5. And the availability of large surface area maximises the exchanges of gases.

 

AP State Board Syllabus AP SSC 10th Class Biology Important Questions Chapter 3 Transportation.

AP State Syllabus SSC 10th Class Biology Important Questions 3rd Lesson Transportation

10th Class Biology 3rd Lesson Transportation 1 Mark Important Questions and Answers

Question 1.
What happens if blood platelets are absent in blood?
Answer:

1. Blood clotting do not be takes place.
2. So bleeding from the injuries occurs continuously leads to death of the person.

Question 2.
When do you think that our pulse rate goes up?
Answer:
Running, Exercise, Fear, Tension, Climbing up stairs.

Question 3.
List out the apparatus required to conduct root pressure experiments in plant.
Answer:
Clamp, glass tube, strong rubber tube, potted plant.

Question 4.
What happens if there are no valves in the Heart?
Answer:

1. The valves between each atrium and its ventricles are one way valves. They allow the blood to flow from atrium to the ventricles without any hindrance, back flow of blood is stopped.
2. If there are no valves in the heart, blood flow will not be proper, heart can not pump the blood properly into the blood vessels.

Question 5.
What is meant by pulse?
Answer:

1. When we keep our finger at the wrist where the artery is passing into the hand, we feel the pressure of blood moving in it. This is the pulse,
2. The rate of pulse will be equal to the number of heart beats.

Question 6.
Two person’s Blood Pressure is like this:

Whose Blood Pressure is high? What does it indicate?
Answer:
The normal blood pressure is 120/80
The numerator 120 indicates systolic pressure.
The denominator 80 indicates diastolic pressure.
Ramaiah B.P. is 140/80. So he has high blood pressure.

Question 7.
How does lymph differ from blood?
Answer:

1. RBC are present in blood, RBC are absent in lymph.
2. Blood is Red in colour, lymph is colourless.

Question 8.
Name the largest artery in the body.
Answer:
Aorta is the largest artery in the body.

Question 9.
Name the apparatus, shown in the figure below.

Answer:
Sphygmomanometer.

Question 10.
List out the materials you have used to observe the goat heart in your laboratory.
Answer:

1. Freshly collected specimen of goat’s heart
2. Soda straws
3. Used pen refils
4. The sharp and long blade
5. Tray
6. A jug of water
7. Dissection scissors
8. Forceps
9. Gloves

Question 11.
Name any two valves present in human heart.
Answer:

1. The valve that is present between left atrium and left ventricle is mitral valve or bicuspid valve.
2. The valve that is present between right atrium and right ventricle is the tricuspid valve.

Question 12.
Siri injured while playing, and the blood is flowing continuously from the wound, what may be the reason for this?
Answer:
a) Vitamin – K is helpful for clotting of blood. Perhaps Siri might be suffering from a deficiency of Vitamin – K. So, blood is flowing continuously from the wound,
b) He may be suffering from thalassemia.

Question 13.
Prepare two questions, which you ask the doctor to know more details about high blood pressure.
Answer:
a) How can we know that we have high blood pressure?
b) What are the adverse affects of high blood pressure?
c) How can we prevent high blood pressure?
d) What diet should you prescribe for high BP patients?

Question 14.
What is the number of heart beats in new born babies.
Answer:
Number of heart beats in new born babies are 100-150 times.

Question 15.
What is the number of heart beats in well trained adult athletes.
Answer:
Number of heart beats in well trained adult athletes are 40 – 60 times.

Question 16.
Where is heart located in our body? How is it protected?
Answer:
Heart is located in between the lungs and protected by rib cage.

Question 17.
What is the size of our heart?
Answer:
The size of our heart is approximately size of our fist.

Question 18.
What is the shape and structure of heart?
Answer:
The heart is a pear shaped structure, triangle in the outline, wider at the anterior end and narrower at the posterior end.

Question 19.
What protects the heart from shocks?
Answer:
The space between the two layers of pericardial membrane (Pericardium) is filled with pericardial fluid which protects the heart from shocks.

Question 20.
What divides the heart into four parts?
Answer:
The heart is divided into four parts by grooves.

Question 21.
What are the blood vessels that supply blood to muscles of the heart?
Answer:
The blood vessels that supply blood to muscles of the heart are coronary vessels.

Question 22.
Which is the largest artery in the body?
Answer:
Aorta is the largest artery in the body.

Question 23.
Which artery supplies deoxygenated blood from heart to lungs?
Answer:
Pulmonary artery supplies deoxygenated blood from heart to lungs.

Question 24.
What are the two veins that collect blood from anterior parts and posterior parts of the body?
Answer:
Superior venacava (pre-caval vein) collects blood from anterior parts of the body and inferior venacava (Post-caval vein) collects blood from posterior parts of the body.

Question 25.
Who studied the veins in the leg and what did he notice?
Answer:
In 1574, an Italian doctor, Girolamo Fabrici, studied the veins in the leg and noticed the presence of valves in them.

Question 26.
What are the very fine blood vessels that connect smallest arteries and veins called?
Answer:
The very fine blood vessels that connect smallest arteries and veins are called capillaries.

Question 27.
Who discovered the capillaries in the wings of bats ?
Answer:
Marcello Malpighi discovered the capillaries (1661) in the wings of bats.

Question 28.
On which day the human heart starts beating during the embryonic development?
Answer:
The human heart starts beating around 21st day during the embryonic development.

Question 29.
What is cardiac cycle ?
Answer:
One contraction and one relaxation of atria and ventricles is called one cardiac cycle.

Question 30.
One cardiac cycle completes in approximately?
Answer:
The whole process of one cardiac cycle completes in approximately in 0.8 seconds.

Question 31.
The cardiac cycle includes?
Answer:
The cardiac cycle includes an active phase systole and a resting phase the diastole of atria and ventricles.

Question 32.
The number of heart beats in Blue Whale?
Answer:
The number of heart beats in Blue Whale are 7 times.

Question 33.
The number of heart beats in the bird Coaltit?
Answer:
The number of heart beats in the bird coaltit are 1200 times.

Question 34.
What is Edema?
Answer:
Edema is the condition in which the lower part of the legs will be swollen due to overnight journey in sitting position without moving legs.

Question 35.
What is single circulation of blood?
Answer:
If blood flows through heart only once in one circulation is called single circulation, e.g: Fish.

Question 36.
What is double circulation of blood?
Answer:
If the blood flows through the heart twice in one circulation is called double circulation, e.g : Frog and man.

Question 37.
What is lymph?
Answer:
Lymph is the substance that contains blood without solid particles.

Question 38.
What is tissue fluid?
Answer:
To supply nutrients to the cells the liquid portion of the blood with nutrients flows out of the capillaries. This is called tissue fluid.

Question 39.
What is serum?
Answer:
The light yellow coloured liquid portion after formation of the blood clot is called serum.

Question 40.
In which organism does protoplasm show Brownian movements?
Answer:
Protoplasm shows Brownian movements in Amoeba.

Question 41.
Which organisms use sea water for transportation?
Answer:
The poriferans/parazoans like sponges use sea water for transportation.

Question 42.
Which takes up the function of digestion and transportation of nutrients to each and every cell of the body in cnidarians?
Answer:
Gastrovascular cavity takes up the function of digestion and transportation of nutrients to each and every cell of the body in cnidarians. e.g: Hydra and Jelly fish.

Question 43.
In which animals is the digestive system highly branched and digested food to all the cells is supplied?
Answer:
The digestive system is highly branched and supplies digested food to all the cells in platyhelminthes.

Question 44.
Which takes up the function of collection and distribution of materials in Nematyhelminthes?
Answer:
The Pseudocoelom takes up the function of collection and distribution of materials in Nematyhelminthes.

Question 45.
What are the first Eucoelomate animals?
Answer:
The Annelids are the first eucoelomate animals.

Question 46.
Which have developed the heart, a pulsative organ to pump the blood?
Answer:
The Arthropods have developed the heart, a pulsative organ to pump the blood.

Question 47.
What is lymphatic system?
Answer:
Lymphatic system is a parallel system to venous system which collects tissue fluid from tissues and transports it to the venous system.

Question 48.
What is open type of circulatory system?
Answer:
The transportation system which supplies nutrients to the tissues directly is called open type of circulatory system, e.g: Arthropods, many molluscs and lower chordates.

Question 49.
What is closed type of circulatory system?
Answer:
The transportation system where the blood takes the responsibility of delivering the materials, which flows in the blood vessels is called closed type of circulatory system, e.g : Annelids, echinoderms, cephalopod molluscs and all the higher animals.

Question 50.
Where do doctors measure blood pressure in human beings?
Answer:
Doctors measure blood pressure in the upper arm artery.

Question 51.
What is the instrument used to measure blood pressure?
Answer:
The instrument used to measure blood pressure is a sphygmomanometer.

Question 52.
What is the normal blood pressure of a human being?
Answer:
The normal blood pressure of a human being is 120/80.

Question 53.
What is Hypertension? (OR)
What is high blood pressure?
Answer:
In some people high blood pressure more than the normal blood pressure of 120/80 is present during rest period. Such a condition is called Hypertension usually called high B.P.

Question 54.
Which vitamin plays an important role in coagulation of blood?
Answer:
Vitamin – K plays an important role in the coagulation of blood.

Question 55.
What is Haemophilia?
Answer:
Due to genetic defect, the blood may not coagulate or clot. This type of defect is called haemophilia.

Question 56.
What is Thalassemia?
Answer:
Thalassemia is a group of inherited blood disorders characterized by mild to severe anaemia caused by haemoglobin deficiency in the red blood cells.

Question 57.
Why is the blood pressure more in arteries than veins?
Answer:
The arteries receives blood directly from the heart hence the pressure is more in arteries than veins.

Question 58.
Why is the wall of left ventricle thicker than that of the right ventricle?
Answer:
The left ventricle pumps blood to more distant parts of the body such as from heart to fingers and toes. Hence the wall of left ventricle is thicker than that of the right ventricle.

Question 59.
How is xylem situated in the root and the stem?
Answer:
In the root the xylem tissue is situated towards the exterior while in the stem it is arranged in bundles towards the center.

Question 60.
Which process plays an important role in the absorption of water by root hairs?
Answer:
Osmosis plays an important role in the absorption of water by root hairs.

Question 61.
What is transpiration?
Answer:
Evaporation of water in the form of water vapour through stomata of leaves is called transpiration.

Question 62.
What are the different types of nutrients required for plant growth?
Answer:
Micronutrients and macronutrients are the different types of nutrients required for plant growth.

Question 63.
Which tissue transports water to all the other parts of the plant?
Answer:
Xylem tissue transports water to all the other parts of the plant.

Question 64.
Which tissue transports food to all the other parts of the plant?
Answer:
Phloem tissue transports food to all the other parts of the plant.

Question 65.
What is the amount of water that an oak tree can transpire per day?
Answer:
The amount of water that oak tree can transpire per day is 900 liters.

Question 66.
How many liters of water does a fully grown maize plant transpire in a week?
Answer:
Fully grown maize plant transpires 15 liters per week.

Question 67.
How does the opening and closing of stomata take place?
Answer:
When guard cells are filled with water, the walls of the cells are pulled away and the pores open up. When the water content is low the walls of guard cells collapse and close the stomata.

Question 68.
The rate of transpiration depends upon?
Answer:
The rate of transpiration depends on temperature, humidity, wind velocity, soil, water content, etc.

Question 69.
How does the transpiration help the leaf of a plant?
Answer:
Transpiration helps to keep the leaf surface at a lower temperature than the surrounding air.

Question 70.
What is translocation?
Answer:
The transport of soluble product of photosynthesis through phloem is known as translocation.

Question 71.
Why are the artery walls very strong and elastic?
Answer:
Because they are carrying blood away from the heart to every cell of the body tissue and are doing with a lot of pressure. So the walls are thick to enable it to do its job and are elastic.

Question 72.
The lumen size is bigger in vein when compared with artery. Why?
Answer:
Veins are generally large in diameter, carry more blood volume and have thinner wall in proportion to their lumen.

Question 73.
What is the function of the Gastrovascular cavity?
Answer:
Digestion and transportation of nutrients to each cell of the body in cnidarians is the function of Gastrovascular cavity.

Question 74.
What is the meaning of the word lymph in Latin?
Answer:
In Latin, lymph means water.

Question 75.
It is advisable to take limited food in journey? Why?
Answer:
The body movements will be less in the journey. So taking little food is good for easy digestion.

Question 76.
It is advised to take low amounts of salt in food? Why?
Answer:
Salt (sodium) levels will be more in accumulated water at the time of edema. If salt is not reduced in food the salt levels increase in blood and cause other problems in the body. Hence it is advised to take low amounts of salt in food.

Question 77.
When do you think that our pulse rate goes up?
Answer:
Our pulse rate goes up after jogging, running, strenuous exercise, during fear, anxiety, etc.

Question 78.
Sometimes barks of the tree damaged more than a half, even though tree is alive. How is this possible?
Answer:
In the root the xylem tissue is situated towards the exterior while in the stem it is arranged in bundles towards the center. Hence if the barks of the tree are damaged more than a half there is no obstruction to flow of water, the tree is alive.

Question 79.
Which animals do great damage particularly to beech and sycamore?
Answer:
Grey squirrels do great damage particularly to beech and sycamore.

Question 80.
Which predators are encouraged by foresters to keep down the population of voles and rabbits that damage plants?
Answer:
Foxes, Badgers, Hawks, Owls are encouraged by foresters to keep down the population of voles and Rabbits that damage plants.

Question 81.
What is Rhesus factor?
Answer:

1. It is an antigen occuring on the red blood cells of many humans (85%) and same other primates known as the rhesus factor.
2. It also plays major role in transfusion.
3. Rhesus factor was first discovered in rhesus monkeys.

10th Class Biology 3rd Lesson Transportation 2 Marks Important Questions and Answers

Question 1.
Using the data collected by you, from internet and other sources, make a report on coagulation of blood.
Answer:
The process of clotting of blood from the blood vessels when a person injured is known as blood coagulation. Blood platelets starts the process of blood coagulation. When the blood flows out, the platelets release an enzyme called “Thrombokinase”. Thrombokinase acts on prothrombin converting it into thrombin.
Thrombin acts on another substance called fibrin that is present in dissolved state converting it into insoluble fibrin. The blood cells entangle in the fibrin fibres forming the clot.

Question 2.
By the information provided by scientist William Harvey, complete the following table.

SI. No.	Vessel Structure / function	Artery	Vein
1.	Thickness of walls (Thick / Thin)
2.	Valves (Present / Absent)
3.	Pressure in the vessels (low / high)
4.	Direction of blood flow (heart to organs / body organs to heart)

Answer:

SI. No.	Vessel Structure / function	Artery	Vein
1.	Thickness of walls (Thick / Thin)	Thick	thin
2.	Valves (Present / Absent)	Absent	Present
3.	Pressure in the vessels (low / high)	high	low
4.	Direction of blood flow (heart to organs body organs to heart)	heart to organs	body organs to heart

Question 3.
How did you prepare a match-stick Stethoscope in your school?
Answer:

1. Take a shirt button.
2. Insert a matchstick into the button.
3. Place it on wrist.
4. We have to observe the movements of the matchstick.

Question 4.
After reading the functions of lymphatic system, what precautions you would suggest to your elders about Edema ?
Answer:

1. Should not sit in the same position for long time.
2. Should move legs frequently.
3. Should sit in a up right position.
4. Take low salt diet.
5. Do exercise regularly.
6. Protect themselves from extreme temperature changes.

Question 5.
What will happen if pulmonary veins are tied with a thread?
Answer:
The pulmonary vein brings oxygenated blood from the lungs and open into left auricle. If the pulmonary veins are tied with a thread the oxygenated blood will not supply to the heart and body parts from the lungs. Hence the person will die because of lack of oxygen.

Question 6.
Suggest some precautions to avoid cardiac problems.
(OR)
What changes would you like to bring in your life style to avoid cardiac problems?
Answer:
I will bring following changes in my lifestyle.

1. Avoid heavy fat food and junk food.
2. Try to spend stress free life as stress leads to cardiac problems.
3. I will do regular physical exercise or work to keep myself fit.
4. Keep away from bad habits like smoking and alcohol consumption.
5. After 40 years, yearly twice I will consult cardiologist.

Question 7.
Read the Para:
Platelets play major role in the coagulation of blood. Whenever the blood flows from the wound, platelets releases the enzyme called Thrombokinase. Thrombokinase acts on another substance present in the blood called prothrombin converting it into thrombin. Thrombin acts on another substance called fibrin that present in the dissolved state converting it into insoluble Fibrin fibers. The blood cells entangle in the Fibrin fibers forming the clot.
Now, answer the following questions:
a) What happens if blood is not coagulated?
Answer:
If blood is not coagulated, it bleeds continuously from the wound, some times it leads to death of a person.

b) Which enzyme helps in the coagulation process?
Answer:
The enzyme thrombokinase helps in coagulation process.

c) How is Thrombin formed?
Answer:
Thrombokinase acts on another substance present in blood called prothrombin converting it into thrombin.

d) What do we call the yellow coloured fluid appear after the formation of the clot?
Answer:
The yellow coloured fluid appear after the formation of the clot is SERUM.

Question 8.
Observe the following table and answer the questions.

Name of the animal	Weight of the body	Weight of the heart	No. of beats / min.
Blue whale	1,50,000 kgs	750 kgs	7
Elephant	3,000 kgs	12-21 kgs	46
Man	60-70 kgs	300 grams	76
Coal Tit Bird	8 grams	0.15 grams	1200

i) What is meant by Cardiac cycle?
Answer:
One contraction and one relaxation of atria and ventricles is called one Cardiac Cycle.

ii) Write relation between the weight of the heart and heart beat.
Answer:
If the heart weight increases the rate of heart beat decreases and if the heart weight is less and the rate of heart beat is more.

Question 9
Look at the following table and answer the questions.

Name of the Student	Systolic Pressure	Diastolic Pressure
Kiran	120	80
Rajesh	160	100

a) Who is healthy person? Why?
b) Who is suffering from hypertension? What are the reasons?
Answer:
a) Kiran is a healthy Person as he has normal blood pressure of 120/80 mm/Hg.
b) Rajesh is suffering from hypertension. Reasons for hypertension are eating foods with high salt, obesity, smoking habits, alcohol consumption, lack of physical exercises and hereditary reasons.

Question 10.
What would happen if transpiration doesn’t occur in plants?
Answer:
i) Transpiration is a process by which plants lose excess of water in the form of water vapour, which in turn returns to environment and comes down as rain. Forests have the highest rainfall due to transpiration.

ii) If plants do not transpire, it affects rainfall.

Question 11.
Neelima conducted an activity on her friends and got the following results.

S.No.	Name	Heart beat at rest/min	Heart beat after jogging / min	Pulse rate at rest / min
1.	Jeevan	72	109	72
2.	Raju	75	110	74
3.	Reshma	73	111	73

i) What is the relation between heart beat and pulse rate?
Answer:
Heart beat rate is equal to pulse rate.

ii) Why is the heart beat rate more after jogging?
Answer:
In the jogging muscles need more oxygen to produce high energy. To supply this oxygen heart beat is increased after jogging.

Question 12.
A person is injured while playing on the ground. Blood is flowing continuously. What might be the reasons?
Answer:
In this case blood is not clotting. Because

1. He may be suffering from ‘Haemophilia’.
2. Blood platelets are less in number.
3. He may suffer from vitamin-K deficiency.
4. Enzyme ‘Thrombokinase’ may not release.

Question 13.
What questions do you pose to your teacher to understand ‘blood clotting’?
Answer:

1. What is coagulation?
2. How does blood coagulate?
3. What are the factors responsible for coagulation?
4. What happens if coagulation occurs in blood vessels?
5. Which substance prevents coagulation of blood in blood vessels?
6. Which vitamin is required for coagulation of blood?
7. What happens if coagulation of blood does not occur when we meet with accidents?
8. Which cells present in blood help in coagulation of blood?

Question 14.
Where are the valves located in human heart? Write their names.
Answer:
Valves present in human heart.

Name of the valve	Location	Allows blood to flow from
1. Tricuspid Valve	Right auriculoventricular septum	Right atrium to right ventricle.
2. Bicuspid Valve (Mitral Valve)	Left auriculoventricular septum.	Left atrium to left ventricle.
3. Pulmonary Valve	At the origin of pulmonary aorta in the right ventricle.	Allows blood to flow from right ventricle into pulmonary aorta.
4. Systemic Valves (Aortic Valves)	At the origin of systemic- aorta in the left ventricle.	Allows blood to flow from left ventricle into the systemic aorta.

Question 15.
What happens if there are no valves in veins?
Answer:

1. If the valves are absent in veins blood will not flow in unidirection and flows backward too.
2. Blood will not be supplied to heart properly.
3. Bulging of veins may takes place.

Question 16.
Which items do you take into consideration to explain the differences of arteries and veins?
Answer:
I would like to consider the following items to explain the difference between arteries and veins. They are thickness of walls, valves, capacity to retain shape when blood is absent, direction of blood flow, pressure in the vessels, type of blood transported, type of blood carried by pulmonary artery and type of blood carried by pulmonary vein.

Question 17.
When you know the heart pumping method is circulatory system, which issue do you remember particularly? What’s the reason for that?
Answer:
The heart beats faster during and after an exercise remembered by me. Because at that time our body needs more energy under these conditions. The faster breathing of heart pumps blood more rapidly to the body organs which supplies more oxygen to the body cells for rapid respiration to produce more energy. That is a great job for heart muscle.

Question 18.
Classify different types of blood vessels in humans. On what bases do you classify blood vessels?
Answer:

1. There are three types of blood vessels called arteries, veins and capillaries present in humans.
2. These blood vessels are classified on the basis of thickness of walls, valves, capacity to retain shape when blood is absent, direction of blood flow, pressure in the vessel, type of blood transported, type of blood carried by pulmonary artery or vein.

Question 19.
Anil fell down while going to school, got knee injury, started bleeding. After sometime he wondered on seeing blood clot? Why did blood clot?
Answer:
Blood clotting normally occurs when there is damage to blood vessel. Platelets immediately begin to combine to the cut edges of the vessel and release chemicals to attract even more platelets. A platelet clot is formed and the external bleeding stops.

Question 20.
How is the human heart protected from shocks or injuries?
Answer:
Protection of human heart:

1. Heart in human beings is protected in different ways.
2. It is enclosed in a double layered, transparent thin membrane called pericardium.
3. The space between the inner and outer layers is called pericardial space.
4. This space is filled with a fluid called pericardial fluid.
5. Pericardium and pericardial fluid protect the heart from physical shocks.
6. It is also protected by ribcage or chest cavity.

Question 21.
Describe the blood vessels that carry away blood from human heart.
Answer:

1. The rigid vessels called arteries which originate from the heart supply blood to various organs in the body.
2. From the upper part of the left ventricle a thick blood vessel called Systemic Aorta arises. It supplies oxygenated blood to the body parts.
3. From the upper part of the right ventricle pulmonary artery arises. It supplies deoxygenated blood to the lungs.
4. A pair of coronary arteries (vessels) carry oxygenated blood to the muscles of heart.

Question 22.
What is a mitral valve? What is its function?
Answer:

1. Mitral valve: The valve present between left atrium and vertricle is known as mitral valve.
2. Function: It allows blood to flow from left atrium to left ventricle. It also known as bicuspid valve.

Question 23.
Describe the external features of heart.
Answer:

1. Heart is a hollow organ. It is situated slightly towards left side in the middle of the chest cavity.
2. It is made up of cardiac muscle.
3. It is pear shaped wider at the anterior and narrower at the posterior end.
4. It is protected by ribcage and vertebral column.
5. Generally it is the size of the one’s fist.

Question 24.
What are the differences between right ventricle and left ventricle?
Answer:

Right ventricle	Left ventricle
1. Smaller in size.	1. Larger in size.
2. Pulmonary artery takes its origin.	2. Aorta takes its origin.
3. Receives deoxygenated blood from right auricle.	3. Receives oxygenated blood from left auricle.
4. Pumps deoxygenated blood to lungs.	4. Pumps oxygenated blood to all parts of the body except lungs.
5. Tricuspid valve guards the auriculo – ventricular aperture.	5. Bicuspid valve (mitral) guards the left auriculo – ventricular aperture.

Question 25.
How can Thalassemia major be treated?
Answer:

1. Thalassemia major should be diagnosed as early as possible in order to prevent growth restriction, thin bones and infections in the first year of life.
2. If Hb is less than 70% or the child shows signs of poor growth and development.
3. Regular transfusion is the treatment of choice.
4. This can usually be achieved by carrying out transfusions of concentrated red blood cells at intervals of every three to four weeks.
5. Today Thalassemia major can be cured by stem cell transplantation.

Question 26.
Why is double circulation necessary in human beings? Or Why is it necessary to separate oxygenated and deoxygenated blood in mammals and birds?
Answer:

1. In humans the right side and left side of the human heart is useful to keep deoxygenated and oxygenated blood from mixing.
2. The separation of oxygenated and deoxygenated blood ensures a highly efficient supply of oxygen to the body.
3. It is useful in case of humans which constantly require energy to maintain their body temperature constant.

27. In some people blood does not coagulate. Give the reasons for it.
(OR)
What is Haemophilia? What are the causes for it?
Answer:

1. Normally the blood that comes out from a wound clots in 3 – 6 minutes. But in some people due to vitamin K deficiency it takes more time to clot.
2. Due to genetic defect blood may not coagulate. This type of defect is called Haemophilia.
3. Haemophilia is a common disorder in the children who have born from the marriages between very close relatives.

10th Class Biology 3rd Lesson Transportation 4 Marks Important Questions and Answers

Question 1.
What is coagulation of blood ? Explain the process of coagulation in brief.
(OR)
Collect information from internet and other sources about blood clotting and prepare a note on it.
Answer:
When the blood vessel is injured, the platelets collect at the site of the injury and form a clot and prevents further loss of blood. This is known as coagulation of blood. Process of Coagulation:

1. When the blood flows out from injuries, the platelets release an enzyme called thrombokinase.
2. Thrombokinase acts on another substance present in the blood called prothrombin converting it into thrombin.
3. Thrombin acts on another substance called fibrin, that is present in dissolved state converting it into insoluble fibrin.
4. The blood cells entangle in the fibrin fibers forming the clot.
5. The fibrin fibers are attached to the edges of the wound and pull them together.

Question 2.
B₁, B₂, B₃, A, C, D, E, K are the symbols of vitamins. Classify these vitamins based on solubility and diseases due to vitamins deficiency.

S.No.	Water soluble	Disease due to deficiency	Fat solube	Disease due to deficiency

Answer:

S.No.	Water soluble	Disease due to deficiency	Fat solube	Disease due to deficiency
I	B1	Beri – Beri	A	Eye, Skin disease
2	B2	Glossitis	D	Rickets
3	B3	Pellagra	E	Fertility disorders
4	Vit C	Scurvy	K	Delay in Blood clotting

Question 3.
Ramu got injured while playing Kabaddi. His blood clotted within 6 minutes. Write the procedure involved in it.
Answer:

When the blood flows out from injuries, the platelets release an enzyme called thrombokinase.
2) Thrombokinase acts on inactive prothrombin and converts into thrombin.
3) Thrombin converts the soluble fibrinogen into insoluble fibrine fibers.
4) The blood cells entangle in the fibrin fibers forming the clot.
(or)

Question 4.
Read the para:

In the heart, superior vena cava and inferior vena cava opened into right atrium. The pulmonary veins bring blood from the lungs and open into left atrium. The valve present between the right atrium and right ventricle is referred as ‘Tricuspid valve ’. The valve present between the left atrium and left ventricle is refferred as Bicuspid valve. A major blood vessel that originate from right ventricle is Pulmonary Aorta. The valves present at the region of Pulmonary Aorta are called pulmonary valves. A major blood vessel originates from left ventricle is Systemic Aorta. The valves present at the region of Systemic Aorta are called systemic valves.

Now, fill the table with the above information.

Name of the valve	Location	Way of blood flow	Nature of the blood oxygenated / deoxygenated
a. Tricuspid Valve
b. Bicuspid Valve
c. Pulmonary Valves
d. Systemic Valves

Answer:

Name of the valve	Location	Way of blood flow	Nature of the blood oxygenated / deoxygenated
a. Tricuspid Valve	Right auriculo ventricular septum	Right atrium to right ventricle	Deoxygenated blood
b. Bicuspid Valve	Left auriculo ventricular septum	Left atrium to left ventricle	Oxygenated blood
c. Pulmonary Valve	At the origin of pulmonary aorta in the right ventricle.	From right ventricle into pulmonary aorta	Deoxygenated blood
d. Systemic Valves	At the origin of systemic aorta	From left ventricle into the systemic aorta	Oxygenated blood

Question 5.
Study the given paragraph and answer the questions.

When you cut yourself the blood flows out of the wound for only a short time. Then the cut is filled with a reddish solid material. This solid is called a blood clot. When blood flows,out, the plate lets release an enzyme called thrombokinase. Thrombokinase acts on another substance present in the blood called pro – thrombin converting it in to thrombin. Thrombin acts on another substance called fibrinogen that is present in dissolved state converting it in to insoluble fibrin. The blood cells entangle in the fibrin fibers forming the clot.

A) Which blood cells are helpful in blood coagulation?
B) Which enzyme is responsible for blood coagulation? When is it released?
C) How does soluble fibrinogen in blood convert into insoluble fibrin fibers?
D) What will happen, if blood doesn’t coagulate when wound occurs?
Answer:
A) Blood platelets
B) Thrombokinase is responsible for blood coagulation. When the blood flows out the platelets release this enzyme thrombokinase.
C) Thrombin converts fibrinogen in blood into insoluble fibrin.
D) Blood bleeding from the injuries occurs continuously leads to death.

Question 6.
i) Label the parts of heart in the diagram below:
ii) Which blood vessel brings deoxygenated blood from all parts of the body?
iii) Which chamber(s) of the heart have more thick walls? Why?
Answer:
i)

1. Artery to left arm
2. Pulmonary artery
3. Left atriu
4. Left artrioventricular valve
5. Inferior vena cava
6. Right atrio – ventricular valve
7. Right atrium
8. Superior vena cava

ii) Superior vena cava / Inferior vena cava
iii) Ventricles; to pump blood.

Question 7.
Describe the internal structure of heart with a neat labelled diagram.
(OR)
What is called pumping station in human body? Explain its structure with suitable diagram.
Answer:

1. Heart is called pumping station in human body.
2. Internally heart is divided into four parts by grooves.
3. Two upper parts are called atria, and two lower parts are called ventricles.
4. The two atria are separated from each by inter-atriolar septum and the right and left ventricles are separated from each other by inter-ventricular septum.
5. The inter-atriolar septum and inter-ventricular septum prevent mixing of deoxygenated blood in the right side of the heart with oxygenated blood in the left side of the heart.
6. The walls of the ventricles are relatively thicker than atrial walls.
7. The largest artery is the aorta which arises from the left ventricle supplies blood to all the body parts except lungs.
8. Pulmonary artery that arises from the right ventricle carries deoxygenated blood to lungs.
9. The right atrium and right ventricle are connected to each other by right atrioventricular aperture.
   
10. The left atrium and left ventricle are connected to each other by left atrioventricular aperture.
11. Tricuspid valve guards the right auriculoventricular aperture and mitral valve or bicuspid valve guards the left atrioventricular aperture.
12. Blood from the anterior parts of the body is collected by superior venacava which opens into right atrium.
13. Blood from the posterior parts of the body is collected by inferior venacava or post caval vein which also opens into right atrium.
14. Coronary arteries supply blood to the muscles of the heart whereas coronary veins collect blood from the heart. It also opens into right atrium.

Question 8.
Write about the valves, their positions, their functions in human heart. How many blood vessels are attached to heart? Write about their positions and functions.
Answer:
Valves and their positions in Human Heart:

1. The valve present in between right atrium and right ventricle is Tricuspid valve.
2. The valve present in between left atrium and left ventricle is Bicuspid valve.
3. The valve present at the region of pulmonary arota is called Pulmonary valves.
4. The valves present at the region of systemic arota is called systemic valves.

Blood vessels attached to the heart, their positions and functions:

1. The blood vessels found in the walls of the heart are coronary vessels which supply blood to muscles of the heart.
2. From the upper part of the left ventricle aorta arises it supplies oxygenated blood to the body parts.
3. From the upper part of the right ventricle pulmonary artery arises which supplies deoxygenated blood to the lungs.
4. The vein which is right side of the heart is superior venacava.
5. The vein which is coming from the posterior part of the heart is inferior venacava which collects blood from posterior part of the body.

Question 9.
Read the table and answer the following questions.

S.No.	Name of the Phylum	Type of transport system
1.	Cnidarians	Gastro vascular cavity
2.	Platyhelminthes	Digestive system
3.	Nematyhelminthes	Pseudocoelom
4.	Annelida	Blood vessels
5.	Arthropoda	Open circulatory system

i) In which phylum, blood vessels are first formed?
Answer:
Blood vessels first formed in phylum annelida.

ii) In which phylum, organisms have haemoglobin in their blood?
Answer:
Organisms in phylum annelida have haemoglobin in plasma of blood,

iii) In which phylum, digestive system helps in transportation?
Answer:
The digestive system in the phylum cnidarian helps in transportation,

iv) Why do arthropods have open circulatory system?
Answer:
In arthropods blood vessels are absent, sinuses are present. So they have open circulatory system.

Question 10.
Write a short note on Human Lymphatic System and its functions.
Answer:

1. Lymphatic system consists of lymph capillaries, lymph vessels, lymph nodes and lymph glands.
2. To supply nutrients to the cells (tissues), the liquid portion of the blood with nutrients flows out of the capillaries. This is called tissue fluid.
3. To transport the tissue fluid into the main blood stream, a separate system called lymphatic system is present.
4. Lymph is the vital link between blood and tissues by which essential substances pass from blood to cells and excretory products from cells to blood.
5. Lymph is the substance that contains blood without solid particles.
6. From intercellular spaces, lymph goes into lymphatic capillaries.
7. Lymphatic capillaries join to form large lymph vessels which finally open into larger veins.
8. Lymph flows only in one direction, that is from tissues to heart through veins.
   Functions of Lymph:
   a) Lymph carries digested and absorbed fats from small intestine to different tissues of the body.
   b) It helps in removing waste materials from the cells in the body to drain into blood.
   c) Lymph protects cells in the tissues from infection.

Question 11.
Explain the process of coagulation of blood.
Answer:

1. When the blood flows out from injuries, the platelets release an enzyme called thrombokinase.
2. Thrombokinase acts on another substance present in the blood called prothrombin converting it into thrombin.
3. Thrombin acts on another substance called fibrin, that is present in dissolved state converting it into insoluble fibrin.
4. The blood cells entangle in the fibrin fibers forming the clot.
5. The fibrin fibers are attached to the edges of the wound and pull them together.

Question 12.
Observe the given diagram. Which type of cardiac cycle does it indicate? Explain the process that happens here.
Answer:

1. It indicates double circuit circulation. It includes pulmonary circulation and systemic circulation.
2. Here blood flows through the heart twice for completing one circulation. Hence it is called double circulation.
3. In this circuit deoxygenated blood from organs of body is collected into the right auricle and then sent into right ventricle. From right ventricle blood is pumped to the lungs. In the lungs blood is oxygenated and is returned to the left auricle by pulmonary vein. This circulation is known as pulmonary circulation.
4. In systemic circulation the oxygenated blood from the left auricle is pumped into the left ventricle. From the left ventricle blood is pumped into the systemic aorta. This aorta supplies blood to various organs of the body.

Question 13.
In human body “A” is a pumping organ. From lungs blood vessel “B” with oxygen¬ated blood enters upper “C” part of left chamber of the organ. When “C” chamber contracts blood flows into “D” lower left chamber. “D” chamber contracts blood is pumped to all parts of the body except lungs through blood vessel E. Deoxygen¬ated blood from body parts is collected by blood vessel “F’ and opens upper “G” right chamber. This chamber contracts blood flows “H” lower chamber. Lastly “H” contracts De-oxygenated blood sent to lungs by blood vessel “I”.
a) “A” represents what organ?
b) (i) B (ii) E (iii) F and (iv) I are what blood vessels? Write their names.
c) (i) C (ii) D are what chambers?
d) (i) G (ii) H are what chambers? Write their names.
Answer:
a) Heart
b) i) B – Pulmonary vein
ii) E – Systemic aorta
iii) F – Superior or Inferior venacava
iv) I – Pulmonary artery
c) i) C – Left atrium
ii) D – Left ventricle
d) i) G – Right atrium
ii) H – Right ventricle

Question 14.
Which blood vessels bring blood to human heart and from where?
Answer:

1. There are three large veins that bring blood to heart from all the body parts.
2. From upper parts of the body (from head and neck) blood is collected by superior venacava.
3. The inferior venacava brings deoxygenated blood from lower parts of the body like abdomen, hands and legs. These caval veins open into right auricle.
4. The third vein called pulmonary vein brings oxygenated blood from lungs and open into left ventricle.
5. In addition to these, veins called coronary veins bring deoxygenated blood from the walls of the heart. They also open into right auricle.

Question 15.
Give an account of valves in the human heart. (OR)
Write about different valves present in human heart and their uses.
Answer:

1. Heart has valves which allow the flow of blood only in one direction and prevents its flow in backward direction. Valves are held in position by tough connective tissue called chordaetendinae.
2. Right auriculo – ventricular aperture is controlled by a tricuspid valve which allows the blood flow from right auricle to right ventricle.
3. Left auriculo – ventricular aperture is provided with bicuspid valve which controls the blood flow from left auricle to left ventricle.
4. At the origin of pulmonary aorta in the right ventricle three half moon shaped or semilunar valves present which allow the blood to flow from right ventricle into pulmonary aorta.
5. At the origin of systemic aorta in the left ventricle there are three semilunar aortic valves which allow the blood flow from left ventricle into the aorta.

Question 16.
What is pulmonary circuit ? Explain it with the help of a block diagram.
Answer:

1. In pulmonary circulation the deoxygenated blood collected by superior and inferior venacava enters right auricle.
2. From right auricle the deoxygenated blood enters right ventricle from there it send to the lungs by pulmonary artery.
3. From lungs pulmonary vein carries oxygenated blood into left auricle. From here blood enters into left ventricle.
   

Question 17.
What is systemic circuit? Explain it with the help of a block diagram.
Answer:

1. In systemic circulation oxygenated blood from left atrium is pumped into left ventricle.
2. From left ventricle the blood is carried to different parts of the body through systemic Aorta.
3. The deoxygenated blood from all the body parts is collected into right auricle through inferior and Superior Venacava.
   

Question 18.
Complete the following table with the details of arteries and veins.

Blood vessels	Draw figure	Thickness of the wall	Layers of the wall	Lumen size	Capacity to retain the shape

Answer:

Question 19.
How did multicellular animals solve their problem of transport of substances?
(OR)
Write about the evolution we see in the transport system of multicellular animals.
Answer:

1. Early in the evolution, multicellular animals have solved their problem of transport by dissolving majority of the required substances in water and then transporting to various body parts. Ex: Sponges to Heimenthes.
2. Later on the evolution, special fluids like blood and lymph have been developed for the transport of substances within the body. Ex: Insects.
3. In primitive animals, necessary force for transport of these fluids was given by contraction and relaxation of body muscles. These fluids were circulated with in the body cavity. Ex: Earthworm.
4. Later on evolution, for circulation of fluids a closed circulatory system was developed. This consists of heart, blood vessels and blood. Ex: Amphibians, reptiles, aves and mammals.

Question 20.
What is blood pressure? How is it measured?
Answer:

1. The pressure with which the blood flows in the blood vessels is known as blood pressure.
2. Blood pressure is measured in the upper artery.
3. There are two pressure readings.
4. One measures the strongest pressure during the time blood is forced out of the ventricles. This is called systolic pressure.
5. For a healthy young adult it will be 120 mm of Hg.
6. The second reading is taken during the rest period, as the ventricles refills with blood. This is called diastolic pressure.
7. The diastolic pressure will be 80 mm of Hg.
8. Doctors measure the blood pressure with a device called sphygmomanometer.

Question 21.
How do you prove that transpiration is done through stomata of a leaf? (OR) Describe an experiment to show that water is lost from the stomata of leaf.
Answer:
Aim: To prove that transpiration is done through stomata present in the leaves.
Required material: A healthy potted plant, a polythene cover, water.
Procedure: Take a well watered plant. Tie a polythene cover to one of its small branch and keep it in the sunlight. After sometime observe the inner sides of the polythene cover.
Observation: It is observed that the inner sides of polythene cover is moist with water drops.
Inference: The excess of water from the plant evaporates through stomata of leaves into the atmosphere. This process is called Transpiration.

Question 22.
Explain the process of absorption of water by the root hair and movement of water in xylem.
Answer:

1. The soil water is an extremely dilute solution of salts, more dilute than that of the cell sap in the root hair.
2. Therefore water will pass into the vacuole of the root hair by osmosis.
3. The entry of water dilutes the contents of the root hair vacuole so that it becomes weaker than its neighbour.
4. Therefore water passes into the neighbouring cell which in turn becomes diluted, finally water enters the xylem vessels.
5. As there are vast numbers of root hairs and root cells involved, a pressure in the xylem vessels develops which forces the water upwards.
6. This total pressure is known as root pressure which is responsible for movement of water in xylem.
7. The water which passed into the xylem vessels forms a continuous system of tubes through root and stem into the leaves.
8. The evaporation of water creates the main pull from above root pressure gives a variable and minor push from below.

Question 23.
Explain the process of transport of mineral salts and water in plants.
(OR)
Explain how root pressure and transpiration pull help in the transport of mineral salts and water in plants.
Answer:

1. Xylem tissue transports water and mineral salts in plants.
2. Xylem vessels and tracheids of root, stem and leaves are interconnected to form a continuous system of water and minerals conducting channels to each part of the plant.
3. The cells of root hair present in the soil absorb water from the soil by osmosis.
4. The entry of water dilutes the contents of the root hair vacuole so that it becomes weaker than its neighbour.
5. Therefore water passes into the neighbouring cell which in turn becomes diluted, finally water enters the xylem vessel.
6. This creates a column of water that is steadily pushed upward, called root pressure.
7. Root pressure is not enough to push water and dissolved minerals to leaves in the tall trees.
8. There is a continuous loss of water through stomata of the leaves in the form of water vapour. This process is called transpiration.
9. The water lost due to transpiration is taken up from the xylem vessels and tracheids in the leaves.
10. This loss of water during transpiration creates a suction pressure which pulls water from the xylem cells of roots.
11. This results in enhanced absorption and upward movement of water and dissolved minerals from roots to the leaves due to transpiration.
12. At night when stomata are closed root pressure has an effect on transportation of water.
13. Transpiration pull is the major force in the movement of water and dissolved minerals in the xylem during daytime.

Question 24.
Write an experiment to illustrate the conduction of sugars by phloem.
(OR)
How are sugars conducted by phloem in plants?
Answer:

1. Experiments to illustrate the conduction of sugars by the phloem have been done by removing a ring of bark from a shoot to expose the wood.
2. Remove all tissues from the cambium outwards including the phloem.
3. After a few days, when the tissues above and below the ring were analyzed.
   
4. It was shown that food had accumulated above the ring but was not present below it.
5. If it is left for sometime, the stem increases in thickness immediately above the ring, but no growth occurred below it.
6. So, any damage to the phloem all around the stem will prevent food from passing down to the roots and the tree will eventually die.

Question 25.
Write about the changes in the evolution of transport system in animals.
Answer:

1. In Amoeba due to Brownian movements nutrients and oxygen are distributed throughout the protoplasm equally.
2. The parazones like sponges use sea water for transportation. Sponges create their own currents by beating of flagella that are present in their body.
3. Cnidarians developed blind sac like gastro vascular cavity, which has taken up the function of digestion and transportation of nutrients, e.g.: Hydra and jelly fish.
4. In platyhelmenthes, the digestive system supplies digested food to all the cells directly, excretory system collects wastes from each cell individually.
5. In animals belonging to Nematyhelmenthes the pseudocoelom has taken up the function of collection and distribution of materials.
6. In Annelids, animals have developed a pulsative vessel to move the fluid and the transporting medium is blood.
7. In Arthropods have developed a pulsative organ to pump the blood. The blood flows in the tissues, directly supplying the nutrients to the tissues.
8. Transportation system which supplies nutrients to the tissues directly is called open type of circulatory system, e.g. : Arthropods, many molluscs and lower chordates.
9. The other type of transportation system where the blood takes the responsibility of delivering the materials, which flows in the blood vessels.
10. Such type of closed circulatory system is present in annelids, echinoderms, cephalopod molluscs and all the higher animals.

Question 26.
Briefly explain about Thalassemia disease.
(OR)
What is thalassemia disease ? What is the main cause for it?
Answer:

1. Thalassemia is a group of inherited blood disorders characterized by mild to severe anaemia caused by haemoglobin deficiency in the red blood cells.
2. In individuals with thalassemia, the production of the oxygen carrying blood pigment haemoglobin is abnormally low.
3. There are two main types of thalassemia: alpha thalassemia and beta thalassemia.
4. In each variant a different part of the haemoglobin is defective.
5. Individuals with mild thalassemia may have symptoms such as anaemia, enlarged liver and spleen; increased susceptibility, slow growth, thin and brittle bones and heart failure.

Question 27.
What are the facts known about Thalassemia?
Answer:

1. Thalassemia is a serious inherited Blood disorder.
2. 4.5% of world population (250 million) suffering with Thalassemia minor.
3. There are over 35 million Indians are carriers of the abnormal Gene for Thalassemia.
4. It is estimated that about 1,00,000 infants are born with major Haemoglobinopathies every year in the world.
5. 10,000 – 12,000 Thalassemic children are born every year in our country.
6. Survival depends upon repeated blood transfusion and costly medicines.
7. Thalassemia can be prevented by awareness, pre marital or pre conceptual screening followed by ante-natal diagnosis is required.

Question 28.
What is the effect of Rhesus factor in childrens if Rh⁺ person marries Rh^– woman?
Answer:

1. If a Rh⁺ man marries a Rh^– woman, some of the children are likely to be RlT.
2. If a child is Rh⁺ some of its blood will leak into its mother’s circulation and cause antibodies to form in her blood.
3. If the mother has more children the amount of antibodies in her blood often increases with each pregnancy, and in some instances the antibodies in her blood may pass into the baby’s blood in sufficient quantities to produce very serious anaemia and even death.
4. When such cases occur, the baby is given a complete transfusion soon after birth sp that the baby’s blood is replaced by blood containing no antibodies to the rhesus factor.

Question 29.
What are the components of the circulatory system in human beings? What are their functions?
Answer:

1. The circulatory system or transport system in human beings consists of heart, blood and blood vessels.
2. Heart is a pumping organ to push blood around the body. It receives deoxygenated blood from body organs and pump it to lungs for oxygenation.
3. Heart receives oxygenated blood from lungs and sends it to different body parts.
4. Blood is a fluid connective tissue consists of a fluid medium known as plasma in which white blood cells, red blood cells and platelets are suspended.
5. Blood transports food, carbondioxide and nitrogenous wastes in dissolved form.
6. Red blood cells transports oxygen.
7. Platelets present in blood help in coagulation of blood.
8. Blood pushed by the heart flows in blood vessels called arteries and also comes back to the heart in the blood vessels called veins.

Question 30.
Draw T.S. of flow of blood in arteries and veins. Write flow of blood in between them.
(OR)
Write the differences between T.S. of artery, T.S. of vein and T.S. of blood capillary.
Answer:

1. In arteries, oxygenated blood flows. Arteries supply oxygenated blood to all body parts except lungs. Pulmonary artery supplies deoxygenated blood from right ventricle to lungs.
2. Veins collects deoxygenated blood from all body parts into the right atrium. Pulmonary vein brings oxygenated blood from lungs into left atrium.
3. Blood capillaries are the microscopic vessels that connect smallest arteries and veins.

Question 31.
What was the classical experiment conducted by William Harvey to demonstrate movement of blood in veins ?
(OR)
How do you repeat the classical experiment to demonstrate the movement of blood in veins?
Answer:

1. In early 17th century William Harvey conducted an experiment to demonstrate the movement of blood in veins.
2. Tie a tornquit just above the elbow of a person, whose blood vessels are prominent in the hand.
3. Ask that person to hold the fist with a piece of cloth rolled in the hand. Now the blood vessels can be seen more prominently.
4. Find undivided blood vessel, where we have to work for the next few minutes.
5. At the end of the vessel farthest from the elbow apply steady pressure, so as to close its cavity.
6. Now apply pressure from elbow towards the palm slowly and observe the changes in the blood vessels.
   

Question 32.
What are the structural and functional differences of arteries, veins and capillaries?
Answer:

1. The walls of arteries are made up of muscle fibers and are elastic. When the blood enters with a pressure into the arteries then walls will stretch and this enables the arteries to withstand the increase in the pressure without bursting.
2. Veins are closer to the skin and contain valves. They are made of connective tissue called Tunica adventitia or Tunica externa. Middle layer has bands of smooth muscle called Tunica media. Generally veins are thin, lined internally with endothelial cells Tunica intina.
3. Blood capillaries are microscopic vessels made of single layer of cells. They allow diffusion of various substances. They establish continuity between arterioles and venules. Capillaries is the Latin word which means “hair” because they were as thin as the finest of hairs.
   

Question 33.
What is the cardiac cycle? Explain it with the help of a diagram.
(OR)
Draw a diagram of different stages of systole and diastole. Explain.
Answer:
One contraction and one relaxation of atria and ventricles is called one cardiac cycle.

1. We start with imagination that all the four chambers of the heart are in relaxed state.
2. Blood from venecava and pulmonary veins enters the right and left atria respectively.
3. Now the atria contract and forcing the blood to enter into the ventricles.
4. On ventricular contraction due to pressure the blood moves into the aorta and pulmonary artery.
5. When the valves between the atria and ventricles are closed we can hear the sharp sound of the heart lub.
6. When the ventricles start relaxing, the pressure in the ventricles is reduced. The blood which has entered the arteries tries to come back into the ventricles. The valves which are present in the blood vessels are closed to prevent backward flow of blood into the ventricles.
7. Now we can listen to a dull sound of the heart dub. The atria filled up with blood and are ready to pump them into the ventricles.
8. The sequential events in the heart which are cyclically repeated are called cardiac cycle. It includes an active phase systole and a resting phase the diastole of atria and ventricles.
   

Question 34.
What is hypertension? How is it caused? Mention the preventive steps to be taken.
Answer:

1. Blood flows in the blood vessels with a specific pressure called Blood Pressure (B.P.) In healthy individuals, the normal B.P. is 120/80.
2. The numerator (120) represents Systolic pressure and the denominator (80) represents Diastolic pressure.
3. Blood pressure is measured by the doctors by an instrument called SPHYGMOMANOMETER.
   
4. However in some people blood pressure is very high more than normal B.P. This condition is called Hypertension.
5. One of the reasons for hypertension is the blocking of arteries by cholesterol. Constant stress and strain for a long time, improper functioning of kidneys, smoking and alcohol consumption are the reasons for high B.P.
6. Hypertension can be prevented by diet control moderate exercise, avoiding stress and strain, avoiding
   alcohol consumption and smoking.

AP State Board Syllabus AP SSC 10th Class Biology Important Questions Chapter 5 Coordination.

AP State Syllabus SSC 10th Class Biology Important Questions 5th Lesson Coordination

10th Class Biology 5th Lesson Coordination 1 Mark Important Questions and Answers

Question 1.
“Plants respond to stimuli.” During a project work on it, from which plants do you collect information and record it?
Answer:
a) Mimosa Pudica (Touch me not plant) b) Sunflower c) Cucumber d) Bittergourd

Question 2.
Write two points about insulin from the information you collected from internet. (OR)
Write two sentences about insulin hormone using the data collected from your school library.
Answer:

1. Insulin is secreted by islets of longerhans of pancreas gland.
2. Deficiency of insulin results in diabetis mellitus.

Question 3.
You have performed the activity of Seed Germination in a glass jar in your school lab. You might have observed the growth of shoot and root. What information did you record regarding the shoot growth after a week if the glass jar is tilted and plant kept horizontally.
Answer:

1. More auxins collects on light falling side of the stem.
2. Cells on that side grow faster and make the stem bends towards light due to phototropism.

Question 4.
Write the functions of Spinal-cord from the information collected from your school library and from internet.
Answer:

1. Carries the information to the brain from the lower parts of the body.
2. It carries the information from brain to body parts.
3. It plays a key role in the reflex actions.
4. It acts as relay centre.

Question 5.
Where do we find Cerebro-spinal fluid? Mention one of its functions.
Answer:
The space between the inner layers of brain is filled with fluid called cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). It serves as a shock-absorbing medium and protects the brain against shocks, jerks along with the meninges and cranium.

Question 6.
Mention at least one activity done at school to show involuntary reflexes.
Answer:
Knee-jerk.

Question 7.
Write the name of the nerve given in the following diagram and write its function.
Answer:
The given diagram is the sensory Neuron. They are also called Afferent nerves.
Function: They carry messages towards central nervous system (Brain or spinal cord) from nerve endings on the muscles of different sense organs, that sense the change in surroundings.

Question 8.
Identify the given part in the diagram and write its use.
Answer:
i) Synapse.
ii) It is a functional region of contact between two neurons where infromation from one neuron is transmitted to another neuron.

Question 9.
Name the part of the brain that maintains the equilibrium.
Answer:
The part of the brain that maintains the equilibrium is cerebellum.

Question 10.
Who discovered the first plant hormone auxin?
Answer:
The first plant hormone auxin was discovered by F.W. Went.

Question 11.
What was the belief of Greeks?
Answer:
The Greeks believed that all functions of the body were controlled by the brain, since damage to that organ produced remarkable changes in behaviour.

Question 12.
How many types of nerves are present in human body? What are they?
Answer:
Nerves are classified mainly into three types.

1. Afferent neurons
2. Efferent neurons
3. Association neurons.

Question 13.
What are Afferent neurons?
Answer:
Afferent neurons: Nerves which carry messages towards the central nervous system (Spinal cord or brain) from sense organs are called afferent neurons. These are also called sensory nerves.

Question 14.
What are efferent neurons or nerves?
Answer:
Efferent neurons: Nerves which carry messages from the central nervous system to parts that shall carry out the response are called efferent neurons. They are also called as motor nerves.

Question 15.
What are association nerves?
Answer:
The nerves, which link together the afferent and efferent nerves are called association nerves.

Question 16.
What is stimulus?
Answer:
Stimulus is a thing or event that causes a specific functional reaction in an organ or tissue.

Question 17.
What is response?
Answer:
Response is a effect of a change in the environment of the organism or signals of change or stimuli.

Question 18.
What does rapidity of response indicate?
Answer:
Rapidity of response indicates an efficient communication system linking those parts that pick up stimuli to those that trigger a response.

Question 19.
How are responses bring about?
Answer:
Responses are brought about by rapid changes in some muscle.

Question 20.
According to Galen a Greek physiologist how many kinds of nerves are present in body?
Answer:
According to Galen, nerves are of two kinds. They are 1) for sensation and 2) for action.

Question 21.
What are the major parts of neuron?
Answer:
The major parts of neuron are cell body or cyton, dendrites and axon.

Question 22.
What are the two types of projections that extend from cell body?
Answer:
The two types of projections that extend from cell body are dendrites and axon.

Question 23.
What is synapse?
Answer:
Synapse is the functional region of contact between two neurons.

Question 24.
Synapses are mainly found in?
Answer:
Synapses are mainly found in the brain, spinal cord and around the spinal cord.

Question 25.
What are reflexes?
Answer:
The responses to a stimulus on which we do not have control are called reflexes or reflex action.

Question 26.
What is the importance of reflex action?
Answer:
Reflex action save us from painful or dangerous stimuli.

Question 27.
How many types does the nervous system is divided?
Answer:
Nervous system is divided into two types. They are central nervous system and peripheral nervous system.

Question 28.
What are the parts of central nervous system?
Answer:
The parts of the central nervous system are brain and spinal cord.

Question 29.
What are the three major divisions in brain?
Answer:

1. Forebrain
2. Mid brain and
3. Hind brain.

Question 30.
What are the parts present in fore brain?
Answer:
The parts present in fore brain are cerebrum and diencephalon.

Question 31.
What are cranial nerves? How many cranial nerves are present?
Answer:
Nerves originate from brain are called cranial nerves. 12 pairs of cranial nerves arise from brain.

Question 32.
How many pairs of spinal nerves are present?
Answer:
31 pairs of spinal nerves are present.

Question 33.
Which is called peripheral nervous system?
Answer:
Peripheral nervous system consists of nerves arising from the brain and spinal cord. 12 pairs of cranial nerves from brain and 31 pairs of spiral nerves from spinal card together called peripheral nervous system.

Question 34.
What is autonomous nervous system?
Answer:
The peripheral nervous system that controls the involuntary actions of the body is called autonomous nervous system.

Question 35.
What are the systems involved in control and coordination in animals?
Answer:
The systems involved in control and coordination in animals are nervous system and endocrine system.

Question 36.
The hormone insulin is secreted by?
Answer:
The hormone insulin is secreted by Islets of Langerhans of pancreas gland.

Question 37.
Give examples for endocrine glands.
Answer:
The examples for endocrine glands are pituitary gland, thyroid gland, parathyroid, adrenal, hypothalamus, pancreas, thymus, testes and ovaries.

Question 38.
The nervous system that regulates heart beat, breathing, etc., is?
Answer:
The nervous system that regulates heart beat, breathing etc., is autonomous nervous system.

Question 39.
What is thigmotropism?
Answer:
The directional growth movement of a plant part in response to the touch of an object is called thigmotropism.

Question 40.
Name the receptors of taste and smell.
Answer:
The receptor of taste is gustatory receptor and that of smell is olfactory receptor.

Question 41.
What is reflex action? Give examples.
Answer:
Reflex action is a quick involuntary response to a stimulus by an effector.
e.g: Withdrawing our hand from hot object, blinking of eyelids when a moving object approaches eye.

Question 42.
What is the difference between a reflex action and walking?
Answer:
Reflex action is an involuntary action whereas walking is a voluntary action.

Question 43.
Which part of the brain maintains posture and equilibrium of the body?
Answer:
The part of the brain that maintains posture and equilibrium of the body is cerebellum.

Question 44.
How do we detect the smell of agarbathi or incense stick?
Answer:
We detect the smell of agarbathi or incense stick when the olfactory receptors in the nose detect smell by sending nerve impulses to the olfactory centre of the brain.

Question 45.
What is target tissue?
Answer:
Tissues or organs on which hormones act are called target tissues or organs.

Question 46.
What are the main cells of the nervous system?
Answer:
The main cells of the nervous system are the neurons. Besides the neurons the nervous system also consists of glial cells.

Question 47.
What is phototropism?
Answer:
The movement of a plant part in response to light is called phototropism.

Question 48.
What is geotropism?
Answer:
The movement of a plant part in response to gravity is called geotropism.

Question 49.
What is chemotropism?
Answer:
The movement of a plant part in response to chemical stimulus is called chemotropism.

Question 50.
What is hydrotropism?
Answer:
The movement of a plant part in response to water is called hydrotropism.

Question 51.
How many nerve cells does human nervous system consist of?
Answer:
Human nervous system consists of about 100 billion cells.

Question 52.
What is reflex arc?
Answer:
The structural and functional unit that carries reflex action is called reflex arc.

Question 53.
The three layers covering the brain are called?
Answer:
The three layers covering the brain are meninges.

Question 54.
What are the functions carried out by cerebrum?
Answer:
Cerebrum is a seat of mental abilities, controls thinking, memory, reasoning, perception, emotions and speech.

Question 55.
What are the functions of cerebellum?
Answer:
Cerebellum maintains posture, equilibrium and muscle tone.

Question 56.
Which parts are present in hind brain?
Answer:
Cerebellum and medulla oblongata are the parts present in hind brain.

Question 57.
What is the function of feedback mechanism?
Answer:
The function of feed back mechanism is to regulate the production and release of hormones in the body.

Question 58.
Thyroxine hormone controls the body’s function like?
Answer:
Thyroxine hormone controls body’s function like general growth rate and a metabolic activity.

Question 59.
What are voluntary actions? Give examples.
Answer:
The movements under the control of the conscious mind are called voluntary actions. Example : Kicking foot ball, lifting bucket of water, reading book, running, walking, playing, eating, etc.

Question 60.
What are involuntary actions? Give examples.
Answer:
The movements which are not under the control of the conscious mind are called involuntary actions. Example : Respiration, circulation, digestion.

Question 61.
What is nerve impulse?
Answer:
The information passing through a neuron in the form of electrical and chemical signals is called nerve impulse.

Question 62.
What are phytohormones?
Answer:
The hormones present in the plants are called phytohormones.

Question 63.
The phytohormone Abscisic acid is responsible for?
Answer:
Closing of stomata and seed dormancy are caused by the phytohormone Abscisicacid.

Question 64.
What are the functions of auxins?
Answer:
Auxins are responsible for cell elongation and differentiation of shoots and roots.

Question 65.
What is the speed of nerve transmission?
Answer:
Nerve transmission from stimulus to a response can occur at a maximum speed of about 100 meters per second.

Question 66.
What is vasomotor?
Answer:
Vasomotor refers to actions upon a blood vessel which alter its diameter.

Question 67.
What are dorsal and ventral root ganglion?
Answer:
The dorsal root and ventral root ganglions are the regions very close to the spinal cord in which the nerve cell bodies lie. Dorsal root ganglion is present on the dorsal side of spinal cord and ventral root ganglion is present on the ventral side of the spinalcord.

Question 68.
What is the function of dorsal root ganglion?
Answer:
The dorsal root ganglion carries messages of sensation toward brain or spinal cord.

Question 69.
What is the function of ventral root ganglion?
Answer:
The ventral root ganglion carry the instructions from the brain or spinal card to muscles.

10th Class Biology 5th Lesson Coordination 2 Marks Important Questions and Answers

Question 1.
What questions will you ask a doctor to know about endocrine glands?
Answer:

1. Which glands are known as endocrine glands?
2. Where can we find endocrine glands in our body?
3. What do you call chemical substances secreted by Endocrine glands?
4. Which endocrine gland is attached to the brain?
5. What are the functions of endrocrine glands?
6. What will happen if endocrine glands are absent?

Question 2.
How do you feel when you realize that plants respond to the stimuli of their surroundings?
Answer:

1. It is very interesting and amazing to observe trophic and nastic movements of plants in our surroundings.
2. For example, the bending of shoots of creepers towards light kept near the window.
3. The plant roots always grow downwards.
4. The creepers like cucumber and bittergourds develops tendrils in response to contact or touch.
5. Butterflies fluttering around the flowers for nectar.

Question 3.
What will happen if a plant is placed near the window of your classroom? What is this process called?
Answer:

1. The plant bends towards the sun light and grow.
2. This process is called phototropism.

Question 4.
How do you appreciate the role of Spinal-cord in reflex actions?
Answer:

1. Spinal cord responds very fast and immediate.
2. The nerve impulses are transmitted very fast at the speed of 100 m/min.
3. So that we are protected from many dangerous situations.
4. So I really appreciate and amazing reflex actions of the spinal cord.

Question 5.
Read the following table:

Name of the Gland	Location	Hormone secreted	Function
Thyroid	Neck	Thyroxine	General growth rate and Metabolic activity
Ovary	Abdomen	Estrogen	Growth of uterus and Control of menstrual cycle
Testis	Scrotal sac	Testosterone	Growth of beard, mustache and development of male sex organs.
Adrenal	Kidney	Adrenalin	Increase in heart beat, rise in blood sugar.

Answer the following questions:
i) Which hormone is released at the time of emotions?
Answer:
Adrenaline

ii) Name the hormone responsible for the development of Secondary sexual characters.
Answer:
Estrogen, Testosteron.

Question 6.
Ram met with an accident. After that he lost the capacity to walk in straight manner and cannot smell anything. Which part of the brain got damaged in the above cases?
Answer:

1. The forebrain and hind brain of Ram might have been damaged.
2. The olfactory lobes of the forebrain are concerned with sense of smell. Here, Ram lost the sense of smell anything. Hence the olfactory lobes of forebrain got damaged.
3. The cerebellum of hind brain maintains posture, equilibrium and muscle tone.
4. After accident, Ram lost the capacity to walk in a straight manner and hence, I predict that cerebellum of Ram also got damaged.

Question 7.
What questions will you ask a doctor to know about pancreatic gland?
Answer:

1. Where is pancreas located?
2. Why is it called a mixed gland?
3. What is the role of pancreas as an endocrine gland?
4. Name the disorders occur to pancreas.

Question 8.
What is the role of Adrenalin in controlling emotions?
Answer:
Adrenalin increases rate of heart beat, causes rise in blood sugar, dilation of coronary artery and dilation of pupil of the eye.

Question 9.
What is the significance of the adrenal gland in the human body?
Answer:
Adrenal gland secrets adrenaline. It helps in

1. Increase heart beat rate
2. Rise in blood sugar
3. Dilation of the coronary artery
4. Dilation of pupil of the eye.

Question 10.
Write the difference between hormone and enzyme.
Answer:

Hormone	Enzyme
1. These are secreted by ductless glands.	1. These are secreted by duct glands.
2. These are travel through blood.	2. These are travel through the ducts.
3. Less in quantity.	3. More in quantity.
4. Reaction is slow.	4. Reaction is fast.
5. Involved in metabolic activities	5. Involve in digestion.
6. Ex: Insulin	6. Ex: Lipase

Question 11.
Observe the following table and answer the questions.

Hormones	Uses
Thyroxine	Normal growth rate, effect on metabolism
Auxins	Cell elongation and differentiation of shoots and roots

i) Name the phytohormone in the table.
ii) Name the hormone which influences growth rate in humans.
Answer:
i) Auxin
ii) Thyroxine.

Question 12.
What questions you will ask a neurologist on function of brain?
Answer:

1. How does alcohol cosumption affect the brain?
2. Which part of brain is responsible for creativity?
3. How do we get fits ? 4) How do we get paralysis?
4. What kind of food should we take to increase?

Question 13.
Label a, b, c, d in the diagram given below and write their functions.
Answer:
a) Sensory Neuron/-Afferent Neuron: These carry messages towards the central nervous system.
b) Motor Neuron /- Efferent Neuron: These carry messages from central nervous system to body parts
c) White Matter
d) Effector Muscles: Respond to stimuli.

Question 14.
Prepare a table showing tropic movements in plants in response to stimuli.
Answer:

SI. No.	Tropic movement	Response to stimuli
1.	Phototropism	Movement towards light.
2.	Geotropism	Respond positively for gravitational force.
3.	Hydrotropism	Roots grow towards presence of water in the soil.
4.	Thigmotropism	Tendrils and climbing plants grow towards support.

Question 15.
Explain two tropic movements with suitable examples.
Answer:

1. Phototropism: Response of plant to light cite example is called phototropism.
   Ex: sunflower
2. Geotropism: Response of a plant to gravitational force Ex: root growth of plant
3. Hydrotropism: Response of root to water availability in the soil.
   Ex : Plants which are growing very close to rocks and walls.
4. Thigmotropism: Response to make contact or touch is called Thigmotropism.
5. Chemotropism: Response to chemical is called chemotropism (Stigma secretes sugary substances)

Question 16.
Write two voluntary functions and two involuntary functions you have observed in your body.
Answer:
a) Examples for voluntary functions:

1. Cleaning the table
2. Playing on the keyboard.

b) Examples for involuntary functions :

1. Salivating when food is kept in the mouth
2. Closing of eyes when bright light is focussed.

Question 17.
Plants show tropic movements in different situations. Give examples.
Answer:

1. Movement of individual parts of plants is possible when they are subjected to external stimuli. This type of response is called tropism or tropic movement.
2. The response of a plant to light is called phototropism. Respond of plants for gravity is called geotropism. Movement of plant towards water is called hydrotropism. The type of response by plants to make contact or touch is called thigmotropism. The response of plants to chemicals is called chemotropism.
3. Pollen grains respond to this stimulus as pollen tubes grow to reach the ovule for fertilization.

Question 18.
Divide the following into groups. Walking, blinking of eye lids, heart beat, laughing, digestion of food and reading. How do you divide them into groups?
Answer:
These can be divided into voluntary actions, involuntary actions and reflex actions.
Voluntary actions: Walking, laughing, reading
Involuntary actions: Digestion of food, heart beat
Reflex actions: Blinking of eye lids

Question 19.
What are ganglia?
Answer:

1. Ganglia or neural ganglia are the structures located in the peripheral nervous system (for example beside the spinal column or near viscera) made of concentration of neuron bodies.
2. Examples of neural ganglia are the ganglia that concentrate cell bodies of sensory neurons in the dorsal roots of the spinal cord and the ganglia of the myenteric plexus responsible for the peristaltic movements of the digestive tube.

Question 20.
Write a brief note on the functioning of sympathetic nervous system.
Answer:

1. This part of the autonomous nervous system increase the activity of an organ as per the need.
2. For example, during running there is an increased demand for oxygen by the body.
3. This is fulfilled by an increased breathing rate and increased heart rate.
4. The sympathetic nervous system works to increase the breathing rate and the heart rate.

Question 21.
Explain briefly about the action of parasympathetic nervous system.
Answer:

1. This part of the autonomous nervous system decrease the activity of an organ and it has calming effect.
2. During sleep, the breathing rate and also the heart rate slows down.
3. This is facilitated by the parasympathetic nervous system.
4. It can be said that the parasympathetic nervous system helps in conservation of energy.

Question 22.
Why are some patients of diabetes treated by giving injections of insulin?
Answer:

1. Insulin is produced by Islets of Langerhans of pancreas.
2. Insulin regulates the level of glucose in the blood.
3. Deficiency of insulin results in disease called ‘diabetes’.
4. Such diabetic patients are given injections of insulin so that the sugar or glucose level in the blood can be controlled.
5. Insulin is now produced in large quantities for the treatment of human sufferers from ‘sugar diabetes’.

Question 23.
What is chemotropism? Explain it with suitable example.
Answer:

1. Response of a plant towards chemicals is known as chemotropism.
2. If we taste the carpel of a flower, it is sweet.
3. Butterflies flutter on flowers for nectar.
4. Ripen stigma secretes sugary substance.
5. This chemical substance stimulates the pollen grain which falls on the stigma.
6. Pollen grains respond to this stimulus as pollen tubes grow to reach the ovule for fertilization.

Question 24.
What are plant growth substances? Give examples.
Answer:

1. Plant growth substances are the chemical (organic) substances which are produced in plants and act at minute concentration on growth and other phisiological functions of plants.
2. There are five major types of plant growth substances. They are auxins, Gibberellins, cytokinins, Ethylene and Abscisic Acid.

Question 25.
What is ethylene? Explain its action.
Answer:

1. Ethylene is a gaseous growth inhibiting substance.
2. Ethylene causes ripening of the fruits.
3. It modifies the growth of the plant by inhibiting stem elongation.
4. It accelerates abscission of leaves, flowers and fruits.

Question 26.
What is Apical dominance?
Answer:

1. In some plants main stem grows by the activity of terminal bud without giving any branches.
2. It means the activity of lateral buds is suppressed and this phenomenon of suppression of the growth of lateral buds by terminal bud is called Apical dominance.

Question 27.
What happens at the synapse between two neurons?
Answer:
At synapse, in between the end of one axon and end of another dendrite electrical impulse sets off the release of some chemicals (neurotransmitter). These chemicals cross the gap or synapse and reach to dendrites of the next neuron and start electrical impulse there.

10th Class Biology 5th Lesson Coordination 4 Marks Important Questions and Answers

Question 1.
i) This diagram belongs to which system of the body?
Answer:
Human nervous system

ii) Name the parts A and B.
Answer:
A. Cerebellum
B. Medulla oblongata

iii) The part ‘C is endocrinal gland. This is called master gland. What is the name of this gland?
Answer:
Pituitary gland

iv) Which part in this diagram is useful to solve problems and puzzles?
Answer:
Cerebrum

Question 2.
Name the important parts of the brain and write the functions of fore-brain.
(OR)
Write in a tabular form the different parts of human brain and their functions.
Answer:

1. Brain has the following divisions.
   1. Fore brain – Cerebrum, diencephalon
   2. Mid brain – Optic lobes.
   3. Hind brain – Cerebellum, medulla.
2. Functions of the various parts of the brain.
   

   Parts of the brain	Functions
   Cerebrum	i)    Seat of mental abilities, controls thinking memory, reasoning, perception, emotions and speech. ii)    Interprets sensations and responds to cold, heat, pain and pressure.
   Diencephalon	i)     Relay centre for sensory impulses, such as pain, temperature and light. ii)    Reflex centre for muscular activities. iii)     Centre for certain emotions such as anger. iv)     Centre for water balance, blood pressure, body temperature, sleep and hunger. v)    The hypothalamus controls the pituitary gland, which functions as the master gland.
   Mid brain	i) It relays motor impulses from the cerebral cortex to the spinal cord and relays sensory impulses from the spinal cord to thalamus, reflexes for light and hearing.
   Cerebellum	i)     Maintains posture, equilibrium and muscle tone. ii)    Coordinates voluntary movements initiated by cerebrum.
   Medulla oblongata	i)     Contains centre for cardiac, respiratory and vasomotor activities. ii)    Coordinate reflexes like swallowing, coughing, sneezing and vomiting.

Question 3.
Observe the following diagram. What does it represent? Explain the process in a flow-chart.
Answer:

Question 4.
Read the following table:

Part of the Brain	Functions
a) Olfactory lobes	Sense of smell
b) Cerebrum	Mental abilities, memory, reasoning, perception, emotion and speech, respond to cold, heat, pain and pressure
c) Diencephalon	Controlling emotions, center for water balance, blood pressure, sensory impulses such as pain, temperature and light, sleep and hunger.
d) Cerebellum	Maintains posture, equilibrium and muscle tone, co­ordinates voluntary movements initiated by cerebrum.

Now, identify the part of the brain which participate in the below situations.

a) Ravi is an intelligent boy. He can remember the things for a long time.
Answer:
Cerebrum

b) The drunken man does not walk properly.
Answer:
Cerebellum

c) Identifies the food items without seeing which are being prepared in the kitchen
Answer:
Olfactory Lobes

d) Naveen lost his money purse while coming to the school. But he is not crying.
Answer:
Diencephalon

e) It is time for lunch.
Answer:
Cerebrum

f) I cannot tolerate this type of heat in the summer.
Answer:
Cerebrum

g) Catching the ball perfectly.
Answer:
Cerebellum

h) There may be a drainage behind the house.
Answer:
Olfactory Lobes

Question 5.
Look at the picture and answer the questions:
a) To which system does the diagram belong ?
Answer:
The diagram belongs to T.S. of Spinal cord (peripheral).

b) What is the name of A, B parts ?
Answer:
A – Dorsal Root,
B – Ventral Root

c) What is ‘C’ ? What is its function ?
Answer:
C – Association neuron
It analyse the information – and send the order (function) through motor neuron to muscle.

d) Through which horn the sensory nerve enters ?
Answer:
Sensory nerve enters through dorsal horn.

Question 6.
Fill the following table related to Endocrine glands.

1.	Name of the endocrine gland	Location	Hormone secreted	Response of body to that hormone
2.
3.
4.

Answer:

S.No.	Name of endocrine the gland	Location	Hormone secreted	Response of body to that hormone
1.	Pituitary	Floor of brain	Somatotropin	Growth of bone.
			Gonadotropin	Activity of ovary and testis.
2.	Thyroid	Neck	Thyroxine	General growth rate and metabolic activity.
3.	Ovary	Lower abdomen	Estrogen	Growth of the uterus and skeleton of the pelvis.
4.	Testis	Scrotal sac	Testosterone	Growth of male secondary sexual characters.

Question 7.
Observe the following table and answer the questions.

Division -1	Division – II
Auxins	Adrenalin
Gibberellins	Testosterone
Ethylene	Estrogen
Abscisic Acid	Thyroxin
Cytokinins	Growth Hormone

a) On what basis the above classification done?
Answer:
Hormones in animals and hormones in plants.

b) From which gland is Adrenalin released?
Answer:
Adrenal gland.

c) Which hormone is responsible for closing of stomata?
Answer:
Abscisic Acid (ABA)

d) What are the functions of Auxins?
Answer:
Cell elongation and differentiation of shoots and roots.

Question 8.

A) What does the given picture represent?
B) Name the parts A, B and C.
C) What carries the nerve impulse to the spinal cord?
D) Wrhat is the function of association neuron?
Answer:
A) The given picture represents
T.S. of Spinal cord (peripheral).
B) A – Dorsal root B – Ventral root C – Association neuron
C) Through dorsal root the nerve impulse reaches the spinal cord.
D) Association neuron analyses the information and sends the order through motor neuron to muscle.

Question 9.
The following table is about parts of brain and their functions. Read it and fill the blanks.

Part of the brain	Functions
Cerebrum
	Centre for certain emotions such as anger
Midbrain	It relays motor impulses from the cerebral cortex to the spinal cord and relays sensory impulses from the spinal cord to the thalamus, reflexes for sight and hearing.
	Maintains posture, equilibrium and muscle tone.
Medulla oblongata

Answer:

Cerebrum	i) Site of mental abilities, controls thinking, memory, reasoning, perception, emotions and speech. ii) Interprets sensations and responds to cold, heat, pain and pressure.
Diencephalon	Centre for certain emotions such as anger.
Midbrain	It relays motor impulses from the cerebral cortex to the spinal cord and relays sensory impulses from the spinal cord to the thalamus, reflexes for sight and hearing.
Cerebellum	Maintains posture, equilibrium and muscle tone.
Medulla oblongata	i) Contains centre for cardiac, respiratory and vasomotor activities. ii) Coordinates reflexes like swallowing, coughing, sneezing and vomiting.

Question 10.
Ramya ran away shouting loudly after seeing a snake on the way to school. Arrange the events involved in this situation in the correct order and rewrite it.
i) Brain receives the information, analyses and produces the reponse.
ii) Sensory nerves carry the information from sense organs to brain,
iii) Effector muscles exhibit the response.
iv) Sense organs receive the information from the environment.
v) Motor nerves carry the response from the brain to effector muscles.
Answer:
1-d, 2-b, 3 -a, 4-e, 5-c
d) Sense organs receive the information from the environment.
b) Sensory nerves carry the information from sense organs to brain,
a) brain receives the information analyse and produces the response.
e) Motor nerves carry the response from the brain to effector muscles.
c) Effector muscles exhibit the response.

Question 11.
Observe the following information and answer the following questions.

S.No.	Hormones	Uses
1.	Auxins	Cell elongation and differentiation of shoots and roots.
2.	Abscisic acid	Closing of stomata, seed dormancy
3.	Ethylene	Ripening of fruit
4.	Cytokinins	Promote cell division, promote sprouting of lateral buds, delay ageing of fruits.

i) What do we call the hormones that are present in plants?
Answer:
We call phyto hormones which are present in plants.

ii) Name the hormones which are helpful in the growth of the plants.
Answer:
Auxins, gibberellins, cytokinins are helpful in the growth of the plants.

iii) Farmers keep carbide powder in between raw mangoes. What might be the reason? What will be the end result after 3 to 4 days?
Answer:
Carbide release Ethylene, which promotes the fruit ripening. After 3 or 4 days fruits will ripen.

iv) Plants also respond like animals. Do you agree with this statement? Support your answer.
Answer:
Yes, plants also respond like animals. They shut off leaves in summer, germinate in rainy season, blooms according to seasons.

Question 12.
Read the following table and answer the questions given below.

S.No.	Name of the gland	Location	Hormone secreted	Response of the body to hormone
1.	Pituitary	Floor of brain	Somatotropin	Growth of bone.
			Gonadotropin	Activity of ovary and testis.
2.	Thyroid	Neck	Thyroxine	General growth rate and metabolic activity.
3.	Ovary	Lower abdomen	Estrogen	Growth of the uterus and skeleton of the pelvis.
4.	Testis	Scrotal sac	Testosterone	Growth of male secondary sexual characters.

i) Write the importance of glands and hormones.
Answer:
Glands and hormones controls and coordinates various functions of the body with nervous system.

ii) Which hormone is responsible for growth of bone?
Somatotropin is responsible for growth of bone.

iii) What happens if testosterone is not secreted?
Secondary sexual characters in male are not developed if testosterone is absent.

iv) Where does the gland that secretes thyroxine is located?
Thyroid gland which secretes thyroxine is located near the neck.

v) Which glands are common in male and female?
Pituitary, thyroid, adrenal glands, parathyroid and pancreas are common in male and female.

Question 13.
Explain the different types of adaptations in plants with suitable examples.
Answer:

1. Most plants can aerate their roots bj’ taking in the oxygen through the lenticels or through the surface of their root hairs.
2. But plants which have their roots in very wet places, such as ponds or marshes, are unable to obtain oxygen.
3. They are adapted to these water-logged conditions by having much larger air spaces which connect the stems with the roots, making diffusion from the upper parts much more efficient.
4. The most usual adaptation is to have a hollow stem.
5. The problem of air transport is more difficult for trees.
6. An exception is the mangrove tree of the tropics which have aerial roots above the soil surface and takes in oxygen through these roots.

Question 14.
Karthik is suffering from excess sugar in urine and Varun is suffering from repeated dilute urination. What are the reasons for these diseases ? Explain.
Answer:

1. Excess sugar in urine condition is known as diabetes milletus. (sugar diabetes)
2. Repeated dilute urination is known as diabetes insipidus, (diuretic condition)
3. Deficiency of insulin causes high level sugar in the blood and urine. It leads to diabetes milletus (Sugar diabetes).
4. Vasopressin maintains osmotic concentration of body fluids. Deficiency of vasopressin causes excessive repeated dilute urination it is called as diabetes insipidus.

Question 15.
Analyse the following information and answer the questions.

S.No	Organ	List-1 Effect of Nervous system	List-2 Effect of Nervous system
1.	Eye	Dialates pupil	Constricts pupil.
2.	Mouth	Inhibits salivation	Stimulates salivation
3.	Lungs	Relaxes bronchi	Constrict bronchi.
4.	Heart	Accelerates heart beat	Heart beat to normally.
5.	Blood vessels	Increase blood pressure	Decrease blood pressure.
6.	Pancreas	Inhibits Pancreas activity	Stimulates Pancreas activity.

i) Write two functions of Sympathetic Nervous System.
ii) Name two organs that are influenced by Parasympathetic Nervous System.
iii) Name the Nervous system mentioned in the table that increases the blood pressure.
iv) What systems constitute Autonomous Nervous System?
Answer:
i) Dilates pupil, inhibits salivation, relaxes branchi, accelerates heart beat, etc.
ii) Eye, heart, pancreas, etc.
iii) Sympathetic nervous system
iv) Sympathetic and para sympathetic nervous system.

Question 16.
Explain the Phytohormones which control growth in plants.
Answer:
Major plant hormones and their action:

Hormones	Uses
Auxins	Cell elongation and differentiation of shoots and roots.
Cytokinins	Promote cell division, promotion of sprouting of lateral buds, delaying the ageing in leaves, opening of stomata.
Gibberellins	Germination of seeds and sprouting of buds; elongation of stems; stimulation of flowering; development of seedless fruits, breaking the dormancy in seeds and buds.
Abscisic acid	Closing of stomata; seed dormancy, promoting aging of leaves.
Ethylene	Ripening of fruit.

Question 17.
Analyse the table and answer the following questions.

Sl.No.	Part of Brain	Functions
1.	Cerebrum	Mental abilities, memory, speech.
2.	Diencephalon	Sensory impulses, emotional impulses, muscular activities.
3.	Midbrain	Reflexes of sight and hearing.
4.	Cerebellum	Equilibrium.
5.	Medulla oblongata	Respiratory, cardiac centres, blood pressure.

i) Which part of the brain recollects the childhood incidents?
Answer:
Cerebrum.

ii) Write two parts of hind brain.
Answer:
Cerebellum, medulla oblongata.

iii) Name the part of the brain that will not function in drunken person.
Answer:
Cerebellum.

iv) Name the part of the brain that controls involuntary actions.
Answer:
Medulla oblongata.

Question 18.
Write contrasts and comparisons of the style of response in plants and animals to the stimuli.
Answer:

1. Both plants and animals react to various stimuli around them. But the method of responding to stimuli is not similar in plants and animals. .
2. Higher animals respond to stimuli because they have a nervous system and an endocrine system.
3. Plant do not have a well defined nervous or endocrine system. They do have some mechanism of control by means of some chemicals or hormones.
4. Plants can sense the presence of stimuli like light, heat, water, touch, pressure, chemicals, gravity, etc.
5. The hormones present in the plants called phytohormones control response towards the stimuli. Phytohormones coordinate the activities of the plant usually by controlling one or the other aspect of the growth of the plant.

Question 19.
Read the below paragraph and write answers.

There is systematic method in showing response to stimuli. There is different stages in it. First stage starts with the response recognising the changes in outside or inside of the body atmosphere with recognising the stimuli. Transmitting the received information is second stage, analysing that information is third stage and showing correct response to that stimuli is the last stage.

a) What does this information shows?
b) Convert the above information into flow chart.
c) Write about the mechanism that conducts this action.
Answer:
a) It shows the systematic method in showing response to stimuli.

b)

c) Nervous system can sense the changes inside and outside the body through specialised cells called Receptors. This information in the form of small electrical currents is sent to brain and analysed and responses are generated in the nervous system. These responses once again in the form of small electrical currents are conveyed to the appropriate organs such as muscles and glands at a greater speed. Nervous system may store this information for future use.

Question 20.
See the below action. What does it indicate? Explain with an example.
Answer:

1. It indicates the stimulus – response action. This stimulus response can be explained with an example.
2. Suppose a mosquito is biting you on your arm. Mosquito bite is stimulus.
3. The receptor in the skin responds and send the information in the form of electrical impulses through sensory nerve to spinal cord or brain.
4. Brain or spinal cord analyses the information that the mosquito bite is causing pains.
5. The brain or spinal cord sends the message through motor nerve to the effector organ i.e., hand to kill the mosquito.
6. As per the message our hand immediately hits the mosquito and kills it.

Question 21.
Rangaiah is not feeling well. The following table is the results of tests. Analyse the table.

Tests	Present Status	Normal Range
Blood Test
1. Blood Pressure	160/90	120/80
2. Glucose (Fasting)	120	60-100
3. Glucose (Post Lunch)	220	160-180
4. Bilirubin	1.0	0.1 – 0.8
Urine Test
1. 24 hours protein	150 mg	100 mg
2. Sodium	140	125-250

Write answers for the following questions.
i) How can you state that Rangaiah is diabetic?
Answer:
After blood test it was found that level of glucose (Fasting) is 120 whereas the normal range is 60 -100. After lunch the level of glucose in blood of Rangaiah further raised to 220, the normal being between 160 – 180. This shows that Rangaiah is diabetic.

ii) What are the tests to know about Bilirubin?
Answer:
We can know about bilirubin by blood test.

iii) What do you understand from the above report?
Answer:
It shows that Rangaiah is diabetic and his systolic pressure is slightly high. The levels of bilirubin in blood also slightly high, almost normal range. Urine test shows sodium levels are at normal range but 24 hours protein is much higher than normal levels.

iv) What questions do you ask the doctor on the above report?
Answer:

1. What are symptoms shown by Rangaiah as diabetic patient?
2. What are the ways to control sugar in the blood?
3. Which hormone is responsible for raise of glucose in the blood?
4. How sodium maintains blood pressure at normal levels?
5. What is the role of bilirubin in digestion?

Question 22.
What is reflex arc? Write the components of reflex arc and their functions.
Answer:

1. The structural and functional unit that carries out reflex action is called a reflex arc.
2. It consists of five components.
3. They are receptor, a sensory nerve, a association neuron, a motor nerve and an effector organ.
   

   SI. No.	Component of reflex arc	Functions
   1.	Receptor	Receives information and generates impulses.
   2.	Sensory neuron (Afferent)	Carries information from the receptor to the interneurons in the spinal cord.
   3.	Interneuron (Association neuron)	Processes the information and generates responses
   4.	Motor neuron (Efferent)	Carries the information from the spinal cord to the effector organ.
   5.	Effector organ	Receives the information from the efferent neuron and shows the appropriate responses.

Question 23.
What are endocrine glands ? What are their functions?
Answer:
Endocrine glands:

1. Endocrine glands are the ductless glands.
2. They secret complex organic substances called hormones directly into the blood.
3. Hormones are transported through blood to different tissues.
4. Their secretions act as biochemical messengers in the body.

Functions:

1. The hormones secreted by these glands play an important role in co-ordinating various organ systems.
2. Hormones can increase or decrease the metabolism and synthesis of substances like proteins, carbohydrates and lipids.
3. Irregular functioning of these glands may lead to serious diseases.
4. The quantity of hormone required is very minimum (1/10,00,000 gram).
5. A slight increase or decrease may brings out large changes in the target tissue.

Question 24.
How does a nerve impulse travel through the body?
Answer:

1. The information acquired at the dendritic tip of a nerve cell sets off a chemical reaction that creates an electrical impulse.
2. This impulse travels from the dendrite to the cell body and then along the axon to its end.
3. At the end of the axon the electrical impulse sets off the release of some chemicals.
4. These chemicals cross the gap or synapse and start a similar electrical impulse in a dendrite of the next neuron.
5. A similar synapse finally allows the delivery of such impulse from neurons to other cells such as muscles or glands.

Question 25.
How is the brain anatomically divided?
Answer:

1. The cerebrum is divided into two cerebral hemispheres, the right and left.
2. Each hemisphere is made of four cerebral lobes. Frontal lobe, parietal lobe, temporal lobe and occipetal lobe.
3. Each cerebral lobe contains the gray matter and the white matter.
4. The gray matter is the outer portion and is made of neuron bodies, the gray matter is also known as the cerebral cortex.
5. The white matter is the inner portion and it is white because it is in the region where axons of the cortical neuron pass.

Question 26.
What are the divisions of the autonomous nervous system?
Answer:

1. Ganglia near the vertebral column are connected to the spinal cord by nerves.
2. The two divisions of autonomic nervous system are sympathetic nervous system and parasympathetic nervous system.
3. The sympathetic nervous system is formed by the chain of ganglia on either sides of the vertebral column and the associated nerves.
4. The parasympathetic nervous system is formed by the nerves arising from the ganglia of the brain and the posterior part of the spinal cord.
5. These together constitute the autonomous nervous system which is the part of the peripheral nervous system consisting of twelve pairs of cranial nerves and thirty one pairs of spinal nerves.

Question 27.
What is autonomous nervous system? Explain how it controls voluntary functions with an example.
Answer:

1. The peripheral nervous system that controls involuntary functions of the body is known as Autonomous nervous system.
2. It has voluntary control of muscles of some areas of skin and the skeletal muscle.
3. For example when we enter a dark room we can not see anything immediately. Slowly we are able to see the things around us in the room.
4. This is because of increase in diameter of pupil, which allows more light in.
5. When we come out of the dark room into broad day light the diameter of the pupil decreases allowing less light to enter into the eyes.
6. Both these functions occur under the influence of the autonomous nervous system.

Question 28.
What is the master gland in the human body? What are the functions of the hormones it secretes? (OR)
Why is pituitary gland known as master gland? How does it control all the other glands in the body?
Answer:

1. Pituitary gland is known as the master gland of the body as it controls the functions of all the other endocrine glands.
2. It serves as a link between nervous system and endocrine system.
3. The hormones secreted by pituitary gland and their functions are as follows.

Hormone	Response of the body to hormone
a) Somatotrophin	Growth of bones
b) Thyrotrophin	Activity of thyroid gland
c) Gonadotrophin	Activity of ovary and testis
d) Andrenocortico trophic	Stimulates secretion from adrenal cortex
e) Luteinising hormone	In males – secretion of testosterone; In females – Ovulation, development of Corpus Luteum and secretion of progesterone.

Question 29.
What are the differences between the manner in which movement takes place in a sensitive plant and the movement of our legs?
Answer:

1. The stimulus of touch causes the response in a sensitive plant Mimosa pudica.
2. Droping of the leaves takes place due to change in osmotic pressure at the base of the leaf.
3. When the stimulus is over, the osmotic pressure increases causing the leaf to become normal.
4. This is not a growth related movement.
5. It is not connected with the direction of the stimulus.
6. Nerve messages in the form of electrical impulse reaches the leg muscles from the brain.
7. On reaching the leg muscles, the muscles contract causing the movement of the leg.

Question 30.
What is the need for a system of control and coordination of organisms? (OR)
How is control and coordination brought in organisms?
Answer:

1. The various physiological processes in an organism are closely linked and depen¬dent on each other.
2. The linking together of body activities in time and space is called coordination.
3. Without coordination, the activities of the body would be disturbed a lot.
4. For example when eating food at meal, the position of food is recorded by the eyes and as a result of this information the arms are moved to the right place to pick it up with precision and accuracy.
5. As the food is raised to the mouth, the latter opens to receive it. Chewing movements commence and saliva is secreted.
6. At the moment of swallowing, epiglottis closes trachea.

Question 31.
What is the experiment conducted by Charles Darwin and Francis Darwin? What is their conclusion?
Answer:

1. Charles Darwin and his son Francis Darwin performed some experiments on phototropism.
2. They covered the terminal portion of the tip of stem (coleoptile) with a cylinder of metal foil.
3. Exposed the plant to light coming from the side.
4. The characteristic bending of the seedling did not occur.
5. If light was permitted to penetrate the cylinder, bending occurred normally.
6. They concluded that when seedlings are freely exposed to a lateral light some influence is transmitted from upper to the lower part causing the material to bend.

Question 32.
What are the different types of tropisms found in plants?
Answer:

1. The different types of tropisms found in plants are phototropism, geotropism, chemotropism, hydrotropism and thigmotropism.
2. Different stimulus and type of tropism.
   Stimulus Type of tropism
   Light – Phototropism
   Gravity – Geotropism
   Chemical substance – Chemotropism
   Water – Hydrotropism
   Touch – Thigmotropism

Question 33.
Describe the story of invention of insulin. (OR)
Collect the information about insulin from internet and other sources and report on it.
Answer:

1. In Latin “insula” means an Island.
2. In 1868 Paul Langerhans of Germany working on the structure of Pancreas found Islets of Langerhans specialised cells richly supplied with blood vessel.
3. But the function of pancreas remained unknown.
4. Many others interested in the function of pancreas found that its removal from the body of an experimental animal would lead to the development of disease called ‘sugar diabetes’ (or) diabetes mellitus.
5. Diabetes is a condition in which the amount of free sugar in the blood and in the urine is abnormally high.
6. Later scientists found that when they tied the pancreatic duct that emerge from the duodenum caused the degeneration of pancreas but not Islets of Langerhans.
7. Moreover the animal would not develop diabetes. This was really a strong evidence that the level of blood sugar is linked with the Islet cells.
8. By 1912 workers were convinced that the Islets produced a secretion which directly liberated into the blood.
9. Ten years later in Toronto, Banting, Best and Macleod finally succeeded in extracting insulin from degenerate animal pancreas whose ducts to the intestine had been tied.
10. Insulin is now produced in large quantities for the treatment of human sufferers diabetes, to whom it is administered by injection into the skin.

Question 34.
Compare and contrast the nervous and hormonal mechanism for control and coor-dination in animals.
Answer:

Nervous system	Hormonal system
1) Nervous system has a network of nerves.	1) Hormone system does not have such a network in the body.
2) Nervous impulses pass from the receptors to the central nervous system and then to the effectors, through nerve fibers.	2) Hormone system does not have such a network in the body. Hormones pass from the endocrine glands through blood.
3) Nerve impulses reach only the cells required to respond.	3) Hormones reach all the cells but special cells on the target organs using special molecules on their surfaces recognize the information and act.
4) There is no feedback mechanism in generating electrical impulses.	4) The timing and amount of hormones released are dependent on feedback mechanism.

Question 35.
Write brief notes on Ivan Pavlov’s experiment on dog to demonstrate conditioned reflexes.
Answer:

1. Conditioned reflexes are not inherited.
2. Ivan Pavlov, a Russian scientist did experiments on conditioned reflexes. His experiments on dogs have become very famous.
3. When the dog sees food, it secretes salvia. He rang a bell whenever the dog was given food.
4. After doing this for few days he noticed that the dog secretes salvia when it hears the bell even if the food is not given.
5. In otherwords dog associated the sound of the bell with the food and assumes that whenever the bell rings food is given.
6. In expectation of food, saliva start flowing from its mouth. Human beings are no exception to this.
7. For example, standing in attention when you hear National Anthem.

Question 36.
Collect information about the major plant hormones from library or internet?
Answer:
Some major plant hormones and their action are given in the following table.
Major plant hormones and their action.

Hormones	Uses
Abscisic acid	Closing of stomata; seed dormancy.
Auxins	Cell elongation and differentiation of shoots and roots.
Cytokinins	Promote cell division, promotion of sprouting of lateral buds, delaying the ageing in leaves, opening of stomata.
Ethylene	Ripening of fruit.
Gibberellins	Germination of seeds and sprouting of buds; elongation of stems; stimulation of flowering; development of fruit, breaking the dormancy in seeds and buds.

Question 37.
What are auxins? How do they affect plant growth?
Answer:

1. Auxins are phytohormones which promote longitudinal growth in plants.
2. The term auxin usually refers to a chemical compound called Jndole Acetic Acid (IAA) which is the principal nature auxine.
3. IAA promotes growth and elongation of stems, roots and enlargement of many fruits.
4. Auxins are known to loosen the cellulose frame work of cell wall which helps in cell enlargement.
5. Auxins promotes cell division in vascular cambium and also root initiation.
6. Auxins are also responsible for bending of plants in response to light (phototropism) and also to the gravity stimulus (Geotropism).
7. Auxin is responsible for Apical dominance.
8. A large number of auxins are synthesized by artificial methods in chemical laboratories.
9. Substances like Naphthalene Acetic Acid (NAA) and Indole Butyric Acid (IBA) are used for inducing roots in cuttings.
10. Auxin spray can prevent premature fruit drop .
11. Auxin is also known to inhibit the abscission of leaves and fruits.

Question 38.
What is the role of Gibberellins in plant growth and development?
Answer:

1. Gibberellins has a significant effect on stem elongation.
2. It also increases the leaf lamina area. This is due to stimulation of cell division and cell elongation to both leaves and stem.
3. It leads to the formation of seedless fruits.
4. Gibberellins along with auxins promote cell elongation and leaf expansion.
5. Parthenocarpy is induced in fruits like apple and pear with spray of Gibberellins.
6. These substances are also known to induce enzymes like amylase, protease, lipase, etc. at the on set of seed germination and break the seed dormancy.
7. These substances are used for fruit setting and also for growing seed less fruits.
8. In beverages industry gibberellin is used to stimulate amylase activity in barley seeds. This is known to enhance the malting of barley grains.

Question 39.
What are the functions of cytokinins?
Answer:

1. Cytokinins are capable of stimulating cell division along with auxins.
2. They promote cell elongation.
3. They have ability to delay the pocess of ageing in leaves.
4. Cytokinins can prolong the life of fresh leaf crops like cabbage, spinach.
5. They are also used for keeping the flowers fresh.
6. Cytokinins are most effective in breaking dormancy of buds and seeds.
7. The levels of cytokinins decrease in senescing leaves.

Question 40.
What is ABA? Explain its function in the plant.
Answer:

1. ABA means Abscisic acid. It is the plant growth inhibiting substance.
2. It induces dormancy in buds, tubers and many seeds.
3. ABA is responsible for the formation of separation layer or abscission layer between main plant and the leaf or between plant and flower or fruit. It results in the falling of leaves, fruits and flowers.
4. It prevents the water loss during drought conditions by closing the stomata.

Question 41.
Draw a diagram of Reflex area and describe the functions of different parts of Reflex arc.
Answer:
Functions of different parts of Reflex arc : Reflex arc consists of a receptor, a sensory nerve (afferent) an association neuron or inter neuron, motor nerve (effferent) and a effector organ.

S.No.	Component of the Reflex arc	Function
1.	Receptor	Receives information and generates impulses.
2.	Sensory (Afferent) nerve	Carries information from the receptor to the inter neurons in the spinal cord.
3.	Inter neurons	Processes the information and generates responses
4.	Motor (efferent) nerve	Carries the information from the spinal cord to the effector organ.
5.	Effector organ	Receives the information from the efferent neuron and shows the appropriate response.

Question 42.
Write a brief account on peripheral nervous system.
Answer:

1. The peripheral nervous system consists of nerves that arise from the brain and
   spinal cord; and a vast system of dorsat and ventral root nerve cell heads.
2. The peripheral nervous system has 43 pairs of nerves.
   
3. Of these 12 pairs are called cranial nerves and the rest of 31 pairs are called spinal nerves.
4. Nerves attached to the spinal cord have two types of connections or roots – One to the back or the dorsal side and other to front or the ventral side of cord.
5. The peripheral nervous system can either involuntarily control several functions of regions like our internal organs, blood vessels, smooth and cardiac muscles. So it is called autonomous nervous system.

Question 43.
Write briefly about the spinal cord. (OR)
Describe the transverse section of spinal cord with the help of a diagram.
Answer:

1. Spinal cord is a long and cylindrical structure.
2. It passess through vertebral column extending all along the dorsal surface of trunk.
   
3. In other words, vertebrae of the vertebral column protect the spinal cord from injuries.
4. In a cross section of the spinal cord, the grey matter appears like butterfly or in the shape of letter ‘H’.
5. Each segment of the ‘H’ shaped grey matter is called a horn.
6. The upper horns are called dorsal horns, and the lower horns are called ventral horns.
7. In the middle of the grey matter is a canal called spinal canal.
8. It runs all along the length of spinal cord and is filled with cerebrospinal fluid.
9. From the sides of spinal cord, 31 pairs of nerves take their origin and supply branches to various parts of the body.

Question 44.
Describe an experiment to demonstrate hydrotropism. (OR)
The roots of a plant move or grow towards water in the soil. How do you prove this with the help of an experiment ?
Answer:
Aim: To prove that roots grow towards water.
Apparatus or materials: Two glass troughs, soil, two similar plants, clay pot, water.

Procedure:

1. Take two glass troughs A and B,
2. Fill each one of them with two thirds of soil,
3. Plant a tiny seedling in trough A.
   
4. In trough B, plant a similar seedling and place a small clay pot inside the soil.
5. Water the soil in the trough A daily and uniformly.
6. Do not water the soil in trough B, but put some water in the clay placed in the soil.
7. Leave both the troughs for a few days.

Observation: On examining the roots later, it will be found that the root in the trough B has bent towards the source of water. Roots in trough A grew normally straight. Result: The growth of roots towards water is known as hydrotropism. In this experiment roots bent towards water. By this experiment it was proved that roots always grow towards water.

Question 45.
Observe the diagram and answer the following questions.
i) To which organs of the body do the nerves go from the ganglions near the vertebral column ?
Answer:
Eyes, salivary glands, heart, lungs, liver, stomach, gall bladder, intestine, adrenal gland, sex organs are the body parts, the nerves go from the ganglions near the vertebral column.

ii) Which are the organs that receives nerves starting from the brain ?
Answer:
Nose, eye, tongue, ear, head, neck and shoulder receive nerves from the brain.

iii) Which are the organs whose activities are influenced by the sympathetic nervous system?
Answer:
Eyes, lungs, kidneys, gastro intestinal tract, heart, stomach, sweat glands, sex organs, adrenal gland, salivary glands.

iv) Which tire the organs whose activities are influenced by the parasympathetic nervous system ?
Answer:
Eye, lungs, kidneys, gastro intestinal tract, heart, stomach, sweat glands, sex organs, adrenal gland, salivary glands.

v) What do you understand about the functions of parasympathetic nervous system ?
Answer:

1. The major functions of parasympathetic nervous system is to keep the body in its normal state and it is called as rest and digestive system or feed or breed system.
2. The function of parasympathetic nervous system is to restore the body to its nor¬mal functioning after all the stress is gone.
3. The parasympathetic nervous system helps the body to do simple things such as breathing regularly, excreting hormones, eating and digesting food.
4. It also keeps a person alive when sleeping.

vi) What do you understand about the functions of sympathetic nervous system ?
Answer:

1. The major functions of the sympathetic nervous system is to activate the response of the body during stressful situation including the fight or flight mechanism of the body.
2. Sympathetic nervous system is essentially responsible for helping the body to get ready for action or feeling.
3. It dilates the pupil so one can see better especially in the dark, it increases heart rate so that to increase supply of oxygen to the muscles, decreases digestion so that the energy be better utilized for fighting and so on.

Question 46.
Describe the structure of brain with the help of a neat diagram.
Answer:

1. Proportionate to the body size, the human brain is the largest of all animals.
2. The brain is present in the hard bony box like structure called cranium.
   
3. It is covered by three layers called the meninges. The meninges are continued and cover the spinal cord as well.
4. The space between the inner layers is filled with fluid called cerebro – spinal fluid.
5. It serves as a shock – absorbing medium and protects the brain against shocks / jerks along with meninges and cranium.
6. The nerve cell bodies together with capillaries form a mass called grey matter while the myelinated axons form white matter.
7. The grey matter is in the outer layers while the white matter is present towards inner layers.

Question 47.
Describe the structure of cerebrum.
Answer:

1. Fore brain is the largest part of the brain. It is also called CEREBRUM.
2. A deep groove in the middle of the cerebrum divides into two equal halves.
3. Each calf is called as a cerebral hemisphere.
   
4. Right and left cerebral hemispheres are connected each other by a bundle of axon.
5. The outer portion of the cerebral hemisphere is gray in colour and is called CEREBRAL CORTEX.
6. There are several ridges called GYRI and the grooves are called SULCI.
7. They increase the surface area of the cortex in order to accumulate more number of neurons.
8. In the cerebral cortex, there are centres to receive and analyse various informations like visual (sight), auditory (hearing), olfactory (smell), etc.
9. Three very deep grooves present across each cerebral hemisphere divides it into four lobes. FRONTAL, PARIETAL, TEMPORAL, and OCCIPITAL LOBES.

Question 48.
Write a brief account of Adrenal glands.
Answer:
There are two adrenal glands one on the top of each kidney. Adrenal gland has 2 parts.

1. Cortex – outer part
2. Medulla – Inner part

i) Adrenal cortex: Adrenal cortex secretes two hormones i) cortisol and ii) Aldosterone
a) Cortisol regulates the protein, fat and carbohydrate metabolism.
b) Aldosterone increases the re-absorption of water and sodium in the kidney. It regulates the sodium levels in the body.

ii) Adrenal medulla: It secretes a hormone called Adrenaline at times of physical and mental stress. It is secreted in conditions like:

1. fall in blood sugar levels
2. When the person is injured.
3. When exposed to cold conditions
4. Suffering from pain

The hormone helps in facing such as situation. Therefore it is called the hormone of FIGHT or FLIGHT.

Question 49.
What is feedback mechanism? Illustrate with an example.
Answer:

1. It is necessary that the hormones are secreted by the endocrine glands in our body in precise quantities which are required for the normal functioning of the body.
   
2. This means there should be some mechanism to regulate the production and release of hormones in the body.
3. For example, anger is always short lived factor and adrenalin is the hormone responsible for anger.
4. When the levels of adrenalin in the blood came down slowly, we come to normal state.
5. When we are afraid the rate of heart-beat increases, the breathe rate will be faster, blood pressure increases.
6. After sometime we come to normal state only when we reach a safe spot.
7. The timings and amount of hormones released by endocrine gland is controlled by the feed back mechanism, which is in build in our body.

Question 50.
Write short note on simple goitre. (OR)
What happens if we do not take sufficient amounts of iodine in food? (OR)
Why are people advised to take iodised salt in the food they eat?
Answer:

1. Iodine is required for the synthesis of thyroxine in the body.
2. If there is a reduced intake of iodine in food, it hinders the formation of thyroxine and results in increase the size of the thyroid gland.
3. This results in the enlargement of neck. This condition is called simple goitre.
   

AP State Board Syllabus AP SSC 10th Class Biology Important Questions Chapter 7 Coordination in Life Processes.

AP State Syllabus SSC 10th Class Biology Important Questions 7th Lesson Coordination in Life Processes

10th Class Biology 7th Lesson Coordination in Life Processes 1 Mark Important Questions and Answers

Question 1.
Complete the following table.
Answer:

Question 2.
What is the apparatus used in your class, while performing the demonstration of peristaltic movement in Oesophagus?
Answer:
a) A piece of waste cycle tube.
b) Oil for lubrication.
c) Potatoes.

Question 3.
You have conducted an experiment to prove that HC1 secreted in our stomach, does not harm walls of the stomach. Write the apparatus used in that experiment.
Answer:
Apparatus: Green leaves, petroleum jelly, weak acid.

Question 4.
What will happen, if there is no diaphragm in the human body?
Answer:

1. Diaphragm flattens during inhalation, thus increasing the volume of the thoracic cavity.
2. If the diaphragm is absent the inhalation and exhalation become very difficult in human beings.

Question 5.
What happens if the direction of peristalsis is not reversed in animal like cow?
Answer:
If the direction of peristalsis is not reversed (rumination is not done) in animal like cow, the food will not be masticated in the mouth and fermentation of the food with the micro-organisms in the stomach will not be taken place.

Question 6.
What happens if there is no mucus in the Oesophagus?
Answer:

1. The walls of the food pipe secrete a slippery substance called mucus.
2. Mucus lubricates and protects the oesophageal walls from damage.
3. This helps the food bolus to slide down easily in the tube.
4. If there is no mucus, lubrication will not occur for the food bolus to slide and walls get damage.

Question 7.
Which part of small intestine absorbs digested food?
Answer:
Microvilli/villi.

Question 8.
Name the chemical which is used to test the action of saliva on flour (ata).
Answer:
Iodine Solution.

Question 9.
What happens, if there is no peristaltic movement in Oesophagus?
Answer:

1. The food won’t slidedown in the oesophagus.
2. The digestion of food won’t takes place in the stomach and small intestine.

Question 10.
Number of Neurons present in enteric Nervous System?
Answer:
Number of neurons present in enteric nervous system are 100 millions.

Question 11.
Why do every life process is dependent on other life process?
Answer:
Every life process is dependent on other life process to keep the body in good condition.

Question 12.
Which life process generally maintain the level of different substances in the blood?
Answer:
The life process that maintain the level of different substances in the blood is digestive system.

Question 13.
When do we feel hunger pangs in stomach?
Answer:
When the level of glucose in the blood falls we feel hunger pangs in stomach.

Question 14.
Which hormone is responsible for hunger pangs in stomach?
Answer:
Ghrelin hormone is responsible for hunger pangs in stomach.

Question 15.
The hormone ghrelin is secreted by?
Answer:
The hormone ghrelin is secreted by certain cells in the wall of the stomach.

Question 16.
Which one plays an important role in carrying hunger signals to brain?
Answer:
The diencephalon in fore brain and vagus nerve which is 10th cranial nerve plays an important role in carrying hunger pangs.

Question 17.
How much time does the hunger pangs continue?
Answer:
The hunger pangs continue up to 30 to 45 minutes.

Question 18.
Increase in ghrelin levels results in?
Answer:
Increase in ghrelin levels results in sensation of hunger and motivation to consume food.

Question 19.
Which hormone suppresses hunger?
Answer:
Hormone leptin suppresses hunger.

Question 20.
Which senses enhance our perceptions of the food we eat?
Answer:
Interactions between the senses of taste and smell enhance our perceptions of the food we eat.

Question 21.
What are the different types of papillae present on the tongue?
Answer:
The different types of papillae present on the tongue are filiform papillae, fungiform papillae, foliate papillae and circumvallate papillae.

Question 22.
When do you identify the taste easily?
Answer:
Taste can be identified easily by me when the tongue is pressed against the pallate.

Question 23.
Who conducted experiments on conditioned reflexes?
Answer:
Russian scientist Ivan Pavlov has conducted experiments on conditioned reflexes and found that even the thought of food will water our mouth.

Question 24.
Name the different sets of teeth present in your mouth.
Answer:
The different sets of teeth present in human beings is incisors, canines, premolars and molars.

Question 25.
Write the number of different sets of teeth in human Beings.
Answer:
The number of different sets of teeth in human beings are incisors – 8, canines – 4, premolars – 8, molars -12.

Question 26.
What is mastication?
Answer:
Grinding, chewing and shredding of food in the mouth by teeth is called mastication.

Question 27.
Which cranial nerve controls the movement of a muscle in the jaw?
Answer:
The fifth cranial nerve (Trigeminal nerve) controls the movement of muscles in the jaw.

Question 28.
What is bolus?
Answer:
Food that is formed due to the mastication in the mouth is called bolus.

Question 29.
What is the function of salivary amylase?
Answer:
The enzyme salivary amylase in the saliva breaks down the large starch molecules into smaller subunits usually into sugars.

Question 30.
The controlling center for swallowing food is present in?
Answer:
The controlling center for swallowing food is present somewhere in the brain stem „ (medulla oblongata and others).

Question 31.
Which medium aids in action of enzyme, salivary amylase?
Answer:
Alkaline medium aids in action of enzyme, salivary amylase.

Question 32.
The pH value of alkaline medium is?
Answer:
The pH value of alkaline medium is above 7.

Question 33.
The pH value of acidic medium is?
Answer:
The pH value of acidic medium is below 7.

Question 34.
What are nocturnal animals? Give some examples.
Answer:
The animals which are active during nights are called Nocturnal animals.
Ex: Cockroach, rodents, bats etc.

Question 35.
The amount of saliva secreted by human beings per day is?
Answer:
The amount of saliva secreted by human beings per day is 1 to 1.5 liters.

Question 36.
What kind of tube is oesophagus?
Answer:
Oesophagus is muscular and elastic tube.

Question 37.
How does mucus help in passage of food?
Answer:
Mucus lubricates, protects the walls from damage and helps bolus slide down easily to stomach.

Question 38.
What are the two kinds of smooth muscles present in oesophagus?
Answer:
The two kinds of smooth muscles present in oesophagus are the inner layer consists of circular muscles and the outer layer of longitudinal muscles.

Question 39.
What is peristalsis?
Answer:
The involuntary contraction and relaxation of the muscles of oesophagus, stomach and intestine bring in a wave like motion called peristalsis.

Question 40.
APiich nervous system controls the peristalsis?
Answer:
The involuntary movements peristalsis is under the control of autonomous nervous system.

Question 41.
Which juice is secreted by the wall of stomach?
Answer:
The juice secreted by the wall of stomach is gastric juice which contains hydrochloric acid, mucus and enzyme pepsin.

Question 42.
What is chyme?
Answer:
The digestive juices turns the food into a smooth substance known as chyme. It is the partially digested food in the stomach.

Question 43.
Rumination in cow is the result of?
Answer:
Rumination in cow is the result of reverse peristalsis.

Question 44.
What is the use of reverse peristalsis in human beings?
Answer:
The use of reverse peristalsis in human beings helps in vomiting, (expelling unwanted substances from the food canal.)

Question 45.
How much time does it takes to emptying the food from stomach?
Answer:
Emptying of food from stomach takes nearly 4 to 5 hours.

Question 46.
What causes the stomach to churn and mix the food?
Answer:
Peristalsis causes the stomach to churn and mix the food.

Question 47.
What issthe location of pyloric sphincter? What is its function?
Answer:
Pyloric sphincter present at the opening of stomach and the first part of the small intestine. It releases small quantity of food into the duodenum.

Question 48.
Why should only a small quantity of food be passed from stomach to duodenum?
Answer:
For the complete digestion of the food only a small quantity of food be passed from stomach to duodenum.

Question 49.
What is the nature of the chyme?
Answer:
The nature of the chyme is acidic.

Question 50.
Which hormones in small intestine produced due to the Acidic nature of chyme?
Answer:
Acidic nature of chyme initiates the production of hormones like secretin and cholecystokinin in small intestine.

Question 51.
Secretin and cholecystokinin stimulates the production of?
Answer:
Secretin and cholecystokinin stimulates the production of pancreatic juice, bile juice and succus entericus from pancreas, liver and walls of intestine respectively.

Question 52.
Which process is involved in absorption of nutrients from food?
Answer:
Selective absorption is involved in absorbing nutrients from food.

Question 53.
Which absorb nutrients from the food in small intestine?
Answer:
Finger-like projections called villi absorb nutrients from the food in small intestine.

Question 54.
Anyone with severe cough and cold cannot make out the difference in tastes of certain food items, when the sense of smell is impaired. Why?
Answer:

1. The flavour of food is produced with the combination of taste and smell.
2. The taste or food odour is not individually detected.
3. The interactions between the senses of taste and smell enhance our perceptions of the food.

Question 55.
Seventy percent of our immune system is aimed at?
Answer:
Seventy percent of our immune system is aimed at the gut (elementary canal) to expel and kill foreign invaders.

Question 56.
What is the second brain?
Answer:
The entric nervous system present below the gut or alimentary canal which controls digestion is called second brain.

Question 57.
What is the other name for second brain?
Answer:
The other name for second brain is enteric nervous system.

Question 58.
What is the length of gut or alimentary canal?
Answer:
The length of gut or alimentary canal in man measures about nine meters.

Question 59.
Which part or muscle controls the exit of stool from the body?
Answer:
Anal sphincter controls the exit of stool from the body.

Question 60.
What happens during inhalation?
Answer:
During inhalation oxygen moves across the walls of the alveoli and enters the blood.

Question 61.
What happens during exhalation?
Answer:
During exhalation, carbon dioxide from the blood moves into the alveoli of the lungs and breathed out.

Question 62.
What would be the path of salt removal from gut to the outside of our body?
Answer:
Salt is removed via blood through the kidneys, skin from our body.

Question 63.
Respiration in human beings is controlled by?
Answer:
Respiration in human beings is controlled by medulla oblongata of the autonomous nervous system.

Question 64.
For oxidation of food and transport of substance which processes are to be coordinated?
Answer:
Respiration and blood circulations are to be coordinated for oxidation of food and transport of substances.

10th Class Biology 7th Lesson Coordination in Life Processes 2 Marks Important Questions and Answers

Question 1.
The mere smell or sight of food stimulates hunger. Describe the process in a flow chart.
Answer:

Question 2.
What happens if salivary ducts are closed?
Answer:

1. Salivary glands secrete saliva. Saliva contains mucin and ptyalin or salivary amylase.
2. Mucin gives lubrication to the bolus so that we can easily swallow the food.
3. Ptyalin or salivary amylase digest the complex carbohydrates into simple sugars.
4. If salivary ducts are closed the above processess don’t occur. So that food is not digested properly.

Question 3.
“It is believed that the Diencephalon in fore-brain and vagus nerve (10th cranial nerve) plays an important role in carrying hunger signals to the brain. Hunger pangs continue upto 30-45 minutes. Increase in ghrelin levels results in sensation of hunger and motivation to consume minutes. Increase in ghrelin levels results in sensation of hunger and motivation to consume food.
Read above content and prepare any two questions.
Answer:

1. What are the nerves involved in carrying hunger signals?
2. How long hunger pangs continue?
3. Which part of the brain is the centre for hunger pangs?
4. Which chemical substance is responsible for motivating to consume food?
5. What are the hormones related to hunger?

Question 4.
What will happen, if the small intestine is not like a long coiled tube?
Answer:

1. If size and shape of small intestine is like oesophagus the height of the person should be more than 22 feet as the length of the small intestine is about 22 feet. So it will not fit in the human body.
2. Food will not be digested completely.
3. Digested food will not be absorbed effectively.
4. The food taken into the body is expelled out only after completing partial digestion in stomach.
5. The body suffers from starvation of nutrients.

Question 5.
What did you observe in acid and leaf experiment ? What did you have understand regarding human digestive system from this? (OR)
Take two similar green leaves. Apply grease on one leaf and leave the other free. Add 1 or 2 drops of acid on each leaf. What kind of change do you observe from this?
Answer:

1. The leaf to which grease is applied is not effected with the acid.
2. The leaf to which grease is not applied is effected.
3. From the above activity we can conclude that mucus secreted by the walls of stomach protect it from the harmful effects of hydrochloric acid in the stomach.

Question 6.
Identify the diagram and write two functions of it.
Answer:
This diagram is Liver.
Liver – Functions:

1. Breakdown of larger fats into small globules/emulsification of fats.
2. It excretes Bile salts, cholesterol steroid, hormones, extra drugs, vitamins and alkaline salts through urine.

Question 7.
What will happen if Islets of langerhans fail to function?
Answer:

1. Insulin may not be produced.
2. Human may suffer from sugar/diabetes.
3. Sugar level increases in blood.

Question 8.
What may happen if villi are absent in small intestine?
Answer:

1. Villi increase the surface area of the small intestine for absorption when food passes through it. If villi are absent, food will not be digested completely.
2. Digested food will not be absorbed effectively.
3. The food taken into the body is expelled out only after completing partial absorption in the small intestine.
4. The body will suffer from starvation of nutrients.

Question 9.
Draw the diagram showing peristaltic movement. Write the names of the parts responsible for it.
Answer:
a) Mucus lubricates and protects the walls of oesophagus.
b) Circular muscles and longitudinal muscles of oesophagus help in the movement of food ‘bolus’.
c) Peristalsis is under the control of Autonomous nervous system.

Question 10.
How do we know the taste of the food material? (OR)
What helps us in tasting food material?
Answer:

1. On the tongue different types of papillae are present to sense different tastes.
2. If we want to taste the food material, the food should be dissolved in saliva.
3. We can taste the food that is in the form of liquid only.
4. Only after the dissolved food enters into the cup like taste buds (papillae), the sense of taste is carried to the brain for analysis.
5. Then only we will know the taste of the food material.

Question 11.
Write a short note on digestion of food in mouth.
(OR)
How food is digested in the mouth?
Answer:

1. Saliva is secreted by the action of autonomous nervous system in the mouth.
2. Saliva moistens the food to make chewing and swallowing easier.
3. Due to the mastication of food in the mouth it forms a slurry mass called bolus.
4. The enzyme salivary amylase in the saliva breaks down the large starch molecules into smaller subunits usually into sugars of maltose and dextrose.
5. It is easier and convenient to swallow food after mastication in the mouth.

Question 12.
Why do we salivate during a nap of daytime?
Answer:

1. We are diurnal animals, we are active during daytime and take rest at night.
2. Ail the systems of our body are active in function during the daytime of our activity. Hence, man is a diurnal animal.
3. Our digestive system is also active and ready to receive the food for digestion.
4. If we sleep during daytime saliva oozes out of our mouth and wets the pillows.
5. This will not happen during night time.

Question 13.
Write a brief account on travel of food through oesophagus.
(OR)
How food travels in the oesophagus?
Answer:

1. Oesophagus is a tube like structure.
2. the wall of the oesophagus is made up of two kinds of smooth muscles.
3. The inner layer consisting of circular muscles and the outer layer with longitudinal muscles.
4. Contraction of the circular muscles results in narrowing of the oesophagus just behind the bolus. So the food is squeezed downwards.
5. Contraction of the longitudinal muscles in front of the bolus widen the tube, this results in shortening of that particular part of the oesophagus.
6. Contraction and relaxation of these muscles bring in a wave like motion that propels the food bolus into the stomach by ‘peristalsis’.

Question 14.
The digestive tract is unique among internal organs. Write few lines by supporting this statement.
Answer:

1. The digestive tract is unique among internal organs because it is exposed to a large variety of physio chemical stimuli from the external world in the form of ingested food.
2. As a consequence, the intestine has developed a rich store of coordinated movements of its muscular apparatus along with neural apparatus to ensure the appropriate mixing and propulsion of contents during digestion, absorption and excretion.
3. The neural apparatus of our digestive tract comprises of such a vast and complicated network of neurons that it has been nicknamed by scientists as the second brain.

Question 15.
How taste is identified by us? (OR) How can we identify taste?
Answer:

1. Any food substance when placed on the tongue gets dissolved in the saliva secreted by salivary glands in the mouth.
2. When the tongue is pressed against the palate the food substance is pressed against the opening of the taste bud letting it to reach the taste cells and triggering taste signals.
3. Finally the taste is recognized in the brain.

10th Class Biology 7th Lesson Coordination in Life Processes 4 Marks Important Questions and Answers

Question 1.
Give reasons:
A) Hunger generating signals reach the brain when stomach gets empty.
Answer:
Ghrelin is secreted from walls of the stomach.
B) When your stomach is filled with full of food, you feel you don’t need food any more.
Answer:
Leptin Hormone is secreted which suppresses hunger.
C) In severe cold and cough, one cannot feel the taste of the food.
Answer:
During cold olfactory receptors are blocked.
D) We cannot identify the taste of a grape fruit, when it is placed on the tongue.
Answer:
We cannot taste the grapes because it is not in the liquid state.

Question 2.
A) What is the function of peristalsis in these parts of Human digestive system?
a) Oesophagus
b) Stomach
c) Small intestine
d) Large intestine
Answer:
a) Oesophagus: Bolus moves towards the stomach.
b) Stomach : Peristalsis helps in storing food, breaking down food, mixing the food with gastric juice.
c) Small intestine : Peristalsis helps in mixing the chyme with digestive juices.
d) Large intestine: Peristalsis helps to propel undigested material into rectum.

Question 3.
Observe the following schematic diagram and answer the following questions:

i) What do you call the wave like movements shown by the muscles of Oesophagus?
Answer:
Peristalsis.

ii) What is the structure of Oesophagus?
Answer:
Long tube like structure.

iii) How does mucus help in passage of food?
Answer:
Mucus helps the food to slide down easily.

iv) Which parts of alimentary canal are connected by the Oesophagus?
Answer:
Pharynx and stomach.

Question 4.
What is peristaltic movement? Compare the similarity of bolus movement in oesophagus with cycle tube and potato experiment which you have conducted in school.
Answer:
Peristalsis: Contraction and relaxation of circular and longitudinal muscles bring in a wave – like motion that propels the food bolus into the stomach from oesophagus by the action called as peristalsis.
Experiment:
Aim: Making a model of oesophagus to observe how bolus moves forward.
Material required: Potatoes, cycle tube lubricate oil.
Procedure:

1. Take a piece of waste cycle tube and insert one or two potatoes into it.
2. Lubricate the inner side of the tube with oil.
3. In the same way smear oil over potatoes.
4. Insert oil coated potatoes in the tube. Potatoes in cycle tube
5. Now try to push the potatoes by squeezing the tube from behind the potato.

Observation: Oil acted as lubricant to push the potato easily in the forward direction. Conclusion: The muscles in the wall of the oesophagus have bring in a wave like movement due to contraction and relaxation, that propels the food bolus into the stomach.
This action is called as peristalsis.

Question 5.
Write the procedure involved in the acid and leaf experiment to understand the concept “how the stomach gets protected from its own acid secretions”. Compare the observations with the changes that takes place in human digestive system.
Answer:

1. Take two similar green leaves.
2. Grease one leaf with petroleum jelly, leave the other free.
3. Add 1 or 2 drops of some weak acids on both the leaves.
4. Observe them after half-an-hour or so and write your observations.
5. The leaf to which petroleum jelly was not applied effected by the acid.
6. We observe the colour of the leaf changes.
7. The other leaf was not affected by the acid because of petroleum jelly.
   From the above activity we can conclude that mucus secreted by the walls of stomach protects the stomach it from the harmful effects of hydrochloric acid.

Question 6.
Vasu is doing experiment, lab activities in his classroom. He is tired due to hungry. How hungry feeling occurs? How will one know?
Answer:

1. Levels of different substances are generally maintained in the blood mainly by our digestive system.
2. One of the major substance is glucose.
3. When its levels in the blood fall, we get hunger pangs in stomach.
4. Ghrelin is secreted from the certain cells in the wall of the stomach.
5. Hunger contractions (hunger pangs) start to occur in the stomach due to the secretion of Ghrelin hormone.
6. Increase in ghrelin levels results in sensation of hunger and motivation to consume

Question 7.
What is peristaltic movement? Explain the food movement in alimentary canal comparing with the experiment of moving potatoes in cycle tube.
Answer:
Peristaltic movement is the contraction and relaxation of the muscles of the digestive system. The movement of food through food pipe is known as peristaltic movement.
Food movement in alimentary canal:

1. The walls of the food pipe secrete a slippery substance called mucus. Mucus lubricates and protects the oesophageal walls from damage.
2. This helps the food bolus to slide down easily just as the oiled potatoes that move in the tube. Oil acts as lubricant and push the potatoes easily in the forward direction.
3. The wall of the oesophagus is made up of two kinds of smooth muscles. The inner layer consists of circular muscles and the outer layer of longitudinal muscles.
4. Contraction of the circular muscles results in narrowing of the oesophagus just behind the bolus.
5. So the food is squeezed downwards.
6. Contraction of the longitudinal muscles in front of the bolus widen the tube, this results in shortening of that particular part of the oesophagus.
7. Contraction and relaxation of these muscles bring in wave like motion that propels the food bolus into the stomach by the action called as peristalsis.
8. This is involuntary and under the control of autonomous nervous system.

Question 8.
Write briefly about the functional and structural aspects of oesophagus in human beings.
Answer:

1. Oesophagus is a long muscular and elastic tube-like part of the digestive system which lies between pharynx and stomach.
   
2. The wall of the oesophagus is made up of two kinds of smooth muscles.
3. The inner layer consists of circular muscles and the outer layer of longitudinal muscles.
4. The walls of the oesophagus secrete mucus, a slimy substance which helps in the easy movement of food into the stomach.
5. Walls of oesophagus carry on wave-like movement by contraction and relaxation. These movements are known as peristalsis.
6. Due to the peristalsis movements food passes from oesophagus into stomach.

Question 9.
Explain briefly about the structure of stomach. (OR)
What is the role of stomach in digestion of food ?
Answer:

1. Our stomach is not a bag with specific volume. It is a like a pouch which is elastic in nature.
2. The size of the stomach increases based on the food we intake.
3. Digestive juices are produced depending on the quantity of food material.
4. The walls of the stomach secrete juice containing hydrochloric acid.
5. Mucus secreted by some cells in the walls of the stomach form a thin lining on the walls of the stomach. This counters the action of acid.
6. The food is thoroughly mixed with the digestive juices by peristaltic movements of muscles in stomach.
7. The digestive juices of the stomach turns food into a smooth liquid mass called chyme.

Question 10.
Draw peristaltic movement of food in stomach. Describe movement of food in stomach.
Answer:

1. The stomach acts like a washing machine, churning the food around to break it into even smaller pieces.
   
2. Mechanical mixing of food in stomach occurs by peristalsis, which is waves of muscular contractions that move along the stomach wall.
3. The contractions of the stomach muscles squeeze and mix the food with the acids and juices of the stomach.
4. The digestive juices turns the food into smooth paste like substance called chyme.
5. As the process of digestion in the stomach nears completion, the contractions of the stomach decrease.

Question 11.
Describe with diagram how villi are helpful in absorption of digested food in small intestine.
(OR)
How digested food is absorbed in small intestine?
Answer:

1. The small intestine is the main region for the absorption of digested food.
2. The inner surface of the small intestine contains thousands of finger like projections called Villi.
   
3. These villi increase the surface area;so that the food retained in the folds can remain longer thereby enhancing absorption.
4. Blood vessels and lymph vessels are present in the form of a network in the villi.
5. Products of digestion are absorbed first into the villi and from there into the blood vessels and lymph vessels.

Question 12.
Write about the experiment conducted by Ivan Pavlov on conditioned reflex.
Answer:

1. Ivan Pavlov was a Russian scientist conducted experiments on conditioned reflexes.
2. He discovered that dogs produced extra saliva when they were offered food.
   
3. Pavlov noticed, that they also did the same when the person who fed them came into the room, even if the person had not brought any food.
4. Pavlov went on to ring a bell at the start of feeding time, and eventually the dogs produced extra saliva when they heard the bell, before any food was brought.
5. A dog salivating when it hears a bell is not a natural response.
6. They would not do this without being conditioned to do so.
7. The behaviour has been learned. It is called a conditioned response.

Question 13.
Explain the process of exit of waste materials from large intestine.
Answer:

1. When the unwanted waste material reach the large intestine, the peristaltic waves move the stool into the rectum.
2. Water gets reabsorbed and the remaining waste usually hard mass that gets stored in the last part of the large intestine i.e., rectum.
   
3. There are two muscular layers helping the exit of stools.
4. One that is under involuntary control and the other is under voluntary control.
5. The muscular structures helps in opening and closing of the aperture of a canal is called sphincter.
6. Anal sphincter controls the process of exit of waste materials from large intestine.

AP State Board Syllabus AP SSC 10th Class Biology Solutions Chapter 10 Natural Resources Textbook Questions and Answers.

AP State Syllabus SSC 10th Class Biology Solutions 10th Lesson Natural Resources

10th Class Biology 10th Lesson Natural Resources Textbook Questions and Answers

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Question 1.
The BP Statistical Review of World Energy in June measured total global oil at 188.8 million tonnes, from proved oil resources at the end of 2010. This is only enough for oil to last for the next 46.2 years. What measures should be taken to conserve oil? What will happen if we do not conserve it?
Answer:
Measures to be taken to conserve oil are:

1. Walk, ride a bike, carpool and use public transportation whenever possible.
2. Prefer public transport system like bus or train instead of travelling in personal vehicles.
3. Choose materials other than plastic which uses crude oil for household items.
4. Use cloth or paper bags instead of plastic bags when shopping.
5. Use organic fertilizers for agriculture and gardening because fossil fuels are used in making chemical fertilizers.
6. Produce renewable biofuels to power cars and trucks.
7. Vehicle owners should keep their vehicles serviced i.e., correct amount of air in fires, oil change, spark plug/fuel injector checks, often-at least quarterly.
8. Drive in the correct gear. Incorrect gear shifting can lead to as much as 20% increase in fuel consumption.
9. Consider a hybrid vehicle or an electric vehicle.

If we do not conserve oil, we never get oil after 46-47 years. So all the industries that depend on the oil for energy will break down. Facilities linked with oil will be hampered. So the future generations will suffer.

Question 2.
Here is a news strip, read it carefully and answer the following questions.

Villagers oppose sand mining project Santhabommali (Srikakulam):

People of more than 20 villages in two mandals of Srikakulam have raised a banner of revolt against the proposed beach sand mining project by o private company and threatened to intensify their agitation if the government does not cancel the project. The sand mining is being taken up to extract rich minerals from the area. The villages are located around the forest belt were mining was initiated.

i) Do you think the villagers are doing the right thing to agitate? Why?
Answer:
Yes, the villagers are doing a right thing to agitate. Because beach sand mining leads to certain problems such as –

1. Destruction of natural beaches and ecosystems.
2. Habitat loss for globally important species such as turtles, shore birds, etc.
3. Destruction of nearshore marine ecosystems.
4. Increased shoreline erosion rates.
5. Reduced protection from storms, tsunamis and wave events.
6. Economic losses through tourist abandonment.
7. Loss of coastal aesthetics and
8. Increased saline water intrusion.

The threats posed by sand mining are made even more critical given the prospect of a significant rise in global sea level over the coming decades,

ii) What resources are the villagers trying to save by their agitation?
Answer:

1. Villagers can save the biodiversity of the area by agitating.
2. They can save flora like mangroves and fauna like turtles, gharials (a species of crocodiles) etc.

iii) Will the villagers be benefited by the rich minerals extracted from sand?
Answer:

1. No, the villagers will not be benefitted by the rich minerals extracted from sand.
2. Extraction of minerals may provide employment for few people in that area but most of the local people who are depending on fishing for their livelihood may lose their livelihood as the sand mining brings some disturbances in the ecosystem.

iv) Why does the private company want to carry out mining in the area?
Answer:
Private company wants to carry out mining in that area, for the rich minerals like Titanium and Zirconium. That can be extracted from the sand in the beaches.

v) Does the government have any role to play?
Answer:

1. The government’s role is very important in this regard.
2. It has to make some laws to protect the beaches and their biodiversity.
3. These laws should be implemented very carefully.
4. Indiscriminate and unlawful mining should be prohibited strictly.

vi) How will mining in that piece of land affect people of the area?
Answer:
Mining in that piece of land affects people of the area in many ways.

1. People who depend on tourism may lose their livelihood.
2. People who depend on fishing and other natural products may also lose their livelihood.
3. They may not get proper drinking water due to increased saline water intrusion
4. They may get severe loss whenever natural calamities like tsunamis and storms occur due to reduced protection.
5. In severe cases they have to leave that place due to increased soil erosion and deepening of seashore.

Question 3.
What is sustainable development? How is it useful in natural resource management?
Answer:
Sustainable development: When we use the environment in ways that ensure we have resources for the future, it is called sustainable development.
Useful in natural resources management:

1. Sustainable development ensures the judicial management of natural resources.
2. It helps in optimum utilization of alternative resources and renewable resources.
3. Thus it helps in decreasing the ever increasing demand for fossil fuels and non-renewable resources.
4. Sustainable development practices will give more scope for planning new methods of natural resource management.

Question 4.
Write a detailed note on management of a natural resource.
Answer:

1. Natural resource management refers to the management of natural resources such as land, water, soil, plants and animals, with a particular focus on how management affects the quality of life for both present and future generations.
2. The main goal of natural resource management is sustainability – balancing social, economic and environmental factors to make sure that our children and grandchildren can equally benefit from our natural resources.
3. Our social, economic and environmental well-being depends on the sustainable management of natural resources.
4. Natural resource management deals with managing the way in which people and natural landscapes interact.
5. It brings together land use planning, water management, biodiversity conservation and the future sustainability of industries like agriculture, mining, tourism, fisheries and forestry.
6. Natural resource management specifically focuses on a scientific and technical understanding of resources and ecology and the life-supporting capacity of those resources.
7. The various approaches applied to natural resource management include
   a) Command and control
   b) Community-based natural resource management
   c) Adaptive management
   d) Precautionary approach and
   e) Integrated natural resource management
8. Reduce, Reuse and Recycle are the key concepts for Natural resource management.

Question 5.
Suggest some ways of reusing a resource in your locality.
Answer:
Reusing of a resource (water) in our locality :

1. Washing hands in the garden.
2. Washing machine rinse water can be used for toilet flushing and floor cleaning.
3. Water from washing of fruits and vegetables can be used to water plants.
4. Laundry water can be reused to clean the cars.
5. Even the drain water can also be recycled.
6. After purification recycled water can be used for agriculture.
7. Recycled water can be used to cool down the machinery in the industries.
8. Once used water can be used to recharge the ground water.
   Once used water can be used again like this to conserve the water resource.

Question 6.
Why should we conserve forests and wildlife?
Answer:
We should conserve forests and wildlife for the following reasons.

1. These are the rich habitat for plants and animals (wildlife).
2. Forests are needed for the smooth functioning of biogeochemical cycles.
3. Forests are necessary for the formation of humus and for maintaining soil fertility.
4. Forests serve as lung for the world. They purify air and protect the earth from greenhouse effect and global warming.
5. Many industries such as sport equipment, paper, lac manufacturing, timber and furniture etc., depend on forests.
6. Forests and wildlife provide many fruits, medicines, dyes, sandal wood, bamboo, etc.
7. Forests provide employment to a large number of people and also help in generating revenue.
8. Wildlife act as ‘gene bank’.
9. Conservation of wildlife ensuring that all diverse species in an area survive, breed and flourish.
10. Conservation of forests and wildlife is vital for the ecological stability of a particular area.

Question 7.
Suggest some approaches towards the conservation of forests.
Answer:
The approaches towards the conservation of forests.

1. Sustainable forestry methods should be adapted.
2. Avoiding certain logging techniques such as removing all the high-value trees or all the largest trees from a forest should be avoided.
3. There should be proper laws for the exploitation of forest resources.
4. People should be made more aware about the importance of forests.
5. All possible forest should be announced as the reserve forests.
6. Participation of local people and villagers must be taken in the conservation of forests and they should be given proper employment.
7. Over exploitation by industrial groups and due to the activities of tourist depart¬ment should be checked.
8. There should be incentives and rewards for the efforts made by the people towards the conservation of forests.
9. Overgrazing of forest vegetation by the cattle of local people should be prevented.
10. Measures should be taken to prevent and control forest fires.

Question 8.
Natural resources are decreased more rapidly. Guess what will be the consequences.
What are the consequences of depletion of natural resources?
Answer:
The consequences of rapid decrease of Natural resources.

1. The resources scarcity will arise shortly and demand for them will increase.
2. Future generations may not get these resources.
3. Vehicles running with fossil fuels become useless.
4. All the industries that depend on these sources will shutdown.
5. Electricity production through these sources will be stopped. So we have to stay in dark during night.
6. All the utensils and other articles should be made out of recycled materials.
7. Balance in the nature will be disturbed due to decrease in these sources like forest and biodiversity.
8. We have to search for other sources as the alternative for these resources.

Question 9.
Prepare a questionnaire to conduct interview with petrol filling station personnel about consumption of fossil fuels. (OR)
What questions are you going to ask petrol-filling personnel about consumption of fossil fuels?
Answer:
Questionnaire to conduct interview with petrol filling station personnel about the consumption of fossil fuels:

1. What is the name of the filling station?
2. Where is it located (landmark)?
3. How many litres of petrol is being imported everyday or week or month?
4. How many litres of diesel is being imported?
5. How many two wheelers are being filled everyday here?
6. How many autos are being filled everyday here?
7. How many lour wheelers are being filled everyday here?
8. How many litres of petrol is being sold per day in this filling station?
9. How many litres of diesel is being sold per day in this filling station?
10. What is the total amount of fossil fuel consumed by the people through this filling station per month?
11. Why the rates of petrol and diesel changing everyday?

Question 10.
Prepare model for rain water harvesting or energy saving or soil management. That reflect your innovative thoughts.
Answer:
Rain Water Harvesting:
Procedure to prepare a model for rain water harvesting:

1. Make a model of a house with roof little slanting towards one side.
2. Connect a tube/pipe to the down end such that the rain water that falls on roof can be collected.
   
3. Connect the other end of this tube to a barrel like structure which can be used as storage tank.
4. From the tank arrange a tube towards the garden along with a valve that can be closed and opened.
5. Arrange one more tube with valve into a recharge pit or percolation pit arranged at one corner.
6. Arrange a tap to the tank that can be opened to collect the water for cleaning floor, vehicles etc.
7. During rain, water from roof can be collected into tank and we can utilize it later for gardening or cleaning purposes.
8. When water is in excess it can be used to recharge underground water.

Question 11.
List out names of villages, farmers and procedure followed to the restoration of any natural resource in your area.
(OR)
How villagers and farmers of your village restore natural resources in your area?
Answer:

S.No.	Village name	Farmer’s name	Procedure followed to restoration of natural resources
1.	Kandlagunta	Ch. Ramaiah	Constructed recharge pits to restore under – ground water.
2.	Kotappakonda	B.Bangar Raju	Constructed check dams to restore under – ground water.
3.	Reddy Palem	T. Ranganadh	Recharged the well by building dykes in the nalla.
4.	Uppalapadu	R. Sundaram	Motivated the villagers to construct percola­tion pits.
5.	Nagaram Palem	D. Raja Reddy	Removed silt from the tank.

Question 12.
You might have heard the Natural Gas drillings near Kakinada by ONGC (Oil and Natural Gas Corporation). Collect information and prepare a note on the status of Gas production at the basin.
Answer:

1. Presently ONGC producing gas at the rate of 3.05 MMM³ / day to 4.0 MMM³ / day.
2. ONGC, GSPC, Reliance Industries are companies exploring oil and natural gas in this region.
3. GAIL is marketing and distributing the natural gas through gas collection station.
4. ONGC is associated with GAIL, in planning the additional facilities and technical inputs needed for the future enhanced gas supplies.
5. ONGC has established mini oil refinery at Tatipaka.
6. Total allocation of natural gas from K.G. area is 8.5 MMM³ / day.
7. ONGC has already projected a production potential of 6.5 MMM³ / day of availability of which entire quantity has been allocated to the industrial consume of the area.
8. 16 Industries are actively using Natural gas investing Rs. 5500 crores are working well for power generation, steel re-rolling, producing fertilizers, etc. and some power projections are almost invested Rs. 4000 crores and waiting for a supply of Natural gas.

Question 13.
Does your village or nearest city have a mechanism in place for recycling these waste materials? Find out how it is done and write in detail.
Answer:
Near to our village, there is a center that recycles paper waste. Here the waste paper is recycled in the following way.

1. Waste paper is collected from various sources.
2. This paper is taken to the recycling plant where it is separated into types and grades.
3. The separated paper is then washed with soapy water to remove inks, plastic film, staples and glue.
4. The paper is put into a large holder where it is mixed with water to create slurry.
5. By adding different materials to the slurry different paper products can be created, such as cardboard, newsprints or office paper.
6. The slurry is spread using large rollers into large thin sheets.
7. The paper is left to dry.
8. Then it is rolled up, ready to be cut and sent to the shops.

(OR)

Plastic Recycling process:
Stage – 1: Plastic needs to collected by the recycling company. Once plastic arise recycling plant, the first stage is to sort the plastic into specific types because plastic recycling is more complex than of other metals like glass or paper. Due to many different types of plastic, mixed plastic cannot be used in manufacturing without delivering poor quality products.

Stage – 2: Once the waste plastic is identified and separated, the cleaning process will begin. This starts with washing to remove paper labels, adhesives and other impurities to be completely removed as this lowers the quality of recyclic plastic.

Stage – 3: The shredding stage is when the plastic is taken and loaded on to conveyor belts or directly into huge hoppers, that funnel the clean scrap towards rotating metal teeth that rip the plastic into small pellets which are bagged up and ready for testing.

Stage – 4: Identify and classify the plastic: Once the shredded plastic has been bagged, it is then chemically tested and labelled as to it’s exact specification. This grade plastic can be used as it is by adding to a mix of vergin plastic in a manufacturing run alternatively the grade plastic can be further recycled.

Stage – 5: Extruding: This is the final stage in recyclic plastic. This involves cleaning and melting, shredded plastic and extruding the form of pellets which then go on to manufacture the next lot of plastic products.

Reasons to recyclic plastic:
Millions of tons of waste plastic end up in land fill. When the vast majority of it can be recycled, it is too easy to throw away rubbish without second thought.

But we need to take care of our planet and not just reducing the amount of rubbish we bury but also given that plastic is derived from oil, a natural product with ever depleting resource, it makes sense to recycling as much as possible.

Question 14.
Collect any graph that shows oil (petroleum) consumption in India.
i) Does the production meet consumption in India?
ii) During which period of time shows highest increase in consumption rate?
iii) What will you say happened to production from past ten years, for example, 2004 to 2014?
iv) Suggest some ways to bring down the consumption of petroleum.
Answer:
i) No, the production of oil doesn’t meet the consumption in India.
ii) During 2009 to 2011, there is highest increase in consumption rate.
iii) There was a gradual increase in production from 2001 to 2011. 139.94 million bbl more petroleum was produced in 2011 than 2001. But it does not meet the increased consumption. 1242.27 million bbl more petroleum was consumed in 2011 than 2001. This is nearly nine times more than growth in production.
iv)

1. Using public transport.
2. Walking, using car pool whenever possible.
3. Using hybrid vehicles/electric bikes.
4. Planning alternate source of energy like biofuel.
5. Using products free from petrochemicals like organic fertilizers instead of chemical fertilizer, cloth or paper bags instead of plastic bags etc., can bring down consumption of petroleum.

Question 15.
Proper utilization of natural resources is the way to show gratitude to our nation. Can you support this statement? Give your argument.
Answer:
Yes, I support this statement for the following reasons.

1. Natural resources are our natural wealth which is very essential for our well-being and economic growth.
2. The growth and development of any nation depend on its natural resources and their proper utilisation.
3. We are enjoying the fruits of these resources which is provided by our nation to us.
4. In return, it is our responsibility to safeguard our nation’s wealth.
5. For this it is very essential to utilise these natural resources in such a way that they will remain in our nation and available for the future generations.
6. If we don’t utilize them in proper way there will be crisis for these resources and we have to depend on other nations for it.
7. Such a situation will damage our economy and life standard, for which we are the responsible persons.
8. So, proper utilisation of natural resources is surely the way to show gratitude to
   our nation.

Question 16.
Crop selection and cultivation should be based on the availability of water. Prepare a slogan to make aware of farmers about this.
Answer:

1. See the water availability – Choose the crop.
2. Use micro irrigation – Save water for future.
3. Use less water – Get more productivity.
4. Need based irrigation – Best production.
5. Less water availability – Use dry land crops.
6. Drop by Drop – Grow and grow.
7. Sprinkle water on crop – Crop feels happy.
8. See the water – Grow the crop.
9. Today’s rain water to tomorrow’s life saver.
10. No matter your occupation – Water conservation is your obligation.

Fill in the blanks.

1. ———– plants are used for production of biofuels.
2. Biodiversity is important for more than just food and for ———– also.
3. Example for non-renewable resource is ———–
4. ———– is the alternative method to prevent groundwater depletion.
5. Cultivation of paddy is suitable for ———– areas.

Answer:

1. Jatropha curcas
2. medicines
3. coal, petroleum
4. Water storage structure
5. water rich

Choose the correct answer.

1. Percolation tanks helps to  [ ]
   A) Supply water for agriculture
   B) Increase ground water level
   C) Preserve rain water
   D) Prevent overflow water from tanks during rainy season
   Answer: B/C
2. Which of the following practices is suitable to farmer at less water resources?  [ ]
   i) select short term crops
   ii) cultivate commercial crops
   iii) adapt drip system
   iv) crop holiday
   A) i, iii
   B) i, ii, iii
   C) i, iv
   D) iii, iv
   Answer: B
3. Which of the fossil fuel reserves decrease more rapidly in India?  [ ]
   A) natural gas
   B) coal
   C) petroleum
   D) all
   Answer: C
4. Huge amount of toxic chemicals leak into the surrounding ecosystem because of  [ ]
   A) industries
   B) mining
   C) pesticides
   D) modern technology
   Answer: B
5. Sustainable development means  [ ]
   A) prevention of wastage
   B) stable growth
   C) development without damaging
   D) high yielding in less time
   Answer: C

10th Class Biology 10th Lesson Natural Resources InText Questions and Answers

Table-1: Area under irrigation

Village	Total Area (acres)	Percentage Area Irrigated	Number of Wells	Sample Size
Village -1	3791	25%	155	25
Village – 2	2970	15%	175	25

Question 1.
a) What is the total irrigated area in acres, in Village – 1?
Answer:
The total irrigated area in Village -1 is 947.75 acres.

b) If one needs to irrigate all the land in Village -1 how many wells would be required?
Answer:
Number of wells required to irrigate all the land in Village -1 are 620.

c) Though the number of wells is less in Village -1, the area under irrigation is more as compared to Village – 2. How is this possible?
Answer:
The area under irrigation is more in Village -1 when compared to Village – 2 because the farmers in Village – 1 use water resource jointly and follow micro irrigation techniques.

d) Do you think the area under irrigation will change due to rise in population?
Answer:
No, the area under irrigation will not change due to rise in population.

Table 2: Status after five years

Village	Percentage Change in area under irrigation	Percentage decline in number of wells	Percentage change in area under crops
			Paddy		Cotton	Gingelly	All crops
			K	R			K	R
Village -1	-14	-39	-17	-17	163	86	11	-17
Village – 2	-30	-68	-22	-50	27	138	-05	-50

K stands for Kharif while R stands for Rabi. Negative values indicate loss/ decline, while positive ones show gain/rise.
Question 2.
a) If the number of wells is 155 now, what was it 5 years back ?
Answer:
5 years back nearly 215 wells were there.

b) What do you think ‘decline in number of wells’ represents?
Answer:
Decline in number of wells represents fall of ground water levels due to less rainfall.

c) How would crops be affected due to decline in the number of wells?
Answer:
The crops do not grow well and the yield is less due to decline in the number of wells.

d) Compare table 1 and 2 and state what they tell us about the area under irrigation in both the villages?
Answer:
When compared table 1 and 2 the area under irrigation in Table – 2 is decreased.

e) Which village do you think is more affected?
Answer:
Village – 2 is more affected.
f) What is the change in types of crops grown in the villages?
The crops which need less water and has less duration are grown.

Question 3.
If 45 per cent of wells have dried up in Village -1 and there is 39 per cent decline in number of wells, what percentage of wells do you think have been converted to bore wells?
Answer:
84% of wells have been.converted to bore wells.

Question 4.
By comparing the two villages, find out where greater number of wells dried up? What methods would have saved the wells in other village?
Answer:
By comparing the two villages Village – 2 has greater number of wells dried up. Percolation tank in Village -1 saved the wells drying up.

Question 5.
Which type of farmers, those having small land holdings or those with large land holdings are most affected when wells dry up?
Answer:
The farmers having large land holdings are most affected.

Question 6.
If water resource becomes scarce, will it affect the nature of soil in an area?
Answer:
Yes, it will also affect the nature of the soil in an area.

Question 7.
As wells dry up, how are people in the area dependent on the well affected?
Answer:
Open wells have dried up, water tables have gone down.

Question 8.
Why do you think water became scarce mainly in Village – 2?
Answer:
Water is pumped out of wells and bore wells using electricity leads to water scarcity.

Question 9.
Table 3 : Annual expenditure on well irrigation for small and large farmers(2002)

a) Is the availability of water resource same for a small and a large farmer?
Answer:
Yes the availability of water resource is same for a small and a large farmer.

b) Do you think the availability should be same for everyone in an area?
Answer:
Availability should be the same as the ground water level is same in all places.

c) A well irrigates more area in Kharif season as compared to Rabi, how is it possible?
Answer:
A well irrigates more area in Kharif season as compared to Rabi because Kharif occurs in rainy season and Rabi in winter season. So well irrigation is more in Kharif season.

d) How should a farmer utilize such a condition?
Answer:
Farmer wants to irrigate more land in Kharif season to grow more crop to get more yield.

e) If a well can irrigate 2.5 per cent of cultivable land, how many wells would irrigate whole of the land?
Answer:
The number of wells required to irrigate whole land in Village -1 are around 1516 wells.

f) Which factor has a greater effect on expenditure, number of wells or depth of a well?
Answer:
Depth of a well has greater effect on expenditure.

g) What is the total expenditure on a whole cultivable land owned by a small farmer in Village – 2? How do you think a small farmer meets this expenditure?
Answer:
The total expenditure on a whole cultivable land owned by a small farmer in Village – 2 is around 20,000 – 45,000 rupees per acre per year. The small farmer meets this expenditure through agricultural loans from banks.

h) What could help the small farmer reduce expenditure?
(Hint: Think of crops that require less water)
Answer:
Cultivating the crops which require less amount of water.

i) Do you think increasing the depth of bore well is a good solution for increasing total land area under irrigation? Why/Why not?
Answer:
Increasing the depth of bore well is not a good solution for increasing total land area under irrigation. This is because with increasing depth, expenditure also will increase so net profit will decrease. Moreover, groundwater level decreases much more and has to dig more depth.

Question 10.
Table 4: Income on crops

Village	Type of Farmer	Net income per acre in Rupees				Total income per acre year in rupees
		Paddy Kharif	Paddy Rabi	Cotton	Gingelly
Village -1	Large	8200	8700	4900	3300	25100
	Small	7046	8490	10889	3110	29535
Village – 2	Large	10698	5970	4000	3595	24263
	Small	9128	7380	3031	2650	22189

a) Which crop is most profitable for a small farmer in Village – 2?
Answer:
For a small farmer in Village – 2 paddy in Kharif Is more profitable.

b) What is the difference between a small farmer in Village – 1 and Village – 2?
Answer:
Small farmer in village -1 is getting more income than farmer in Village – 2.

c) Which crop could replace paddy and the profitable as well for a small farmer in Village – 1?
Answer:
Cotton crop could replaces paddy, it is more profitable than others.

d) Though we know that paddy consumes maximum water, why do you think farmere still like to grow paddy?
Answer:
Though paddy consumes maximum water, farmers believe that it is profitable and less risky. It Is a staple food for people. So they still like to grow paddy.

e) What is the impact of a depleting resource upon the farmers?
Depleting resource increases the cost of production. So the farmers are becoming poor and poor as cost increases and profit or income decreases.

f) Do you think the income of a small farmer in Village – 2 is sufficient enough to meet his expenditure?
Answer:
No, the income of a small farmer in Village – 2 is not sufficient enough to meet his expenditure.

g) What are the major causes of pitiable condition of small farmers at Village – 2?
Answer:
The major causes of pitiable condition of small farmers at Village – 2 are

1. Lack of awareness regarding sustainable use of natural resources like water.
2. Not adopting crops suitable to their conditions.

h) Do you think farming as an occupation is profitable for the small farmer in Village – 2?
Answer:
No. Farming as an occupation is not profitable for the small farmer in Village – 2.

i) Would the farmer have to look for other kind of occupations to meet his needs?
Answer:
No need to look for other kind of occupations to meet their ends, but has to select proper crops that requires less water, proper methods that increase ground water, proper devices to use water discriminately.

j) How did the availability of water affect a small farmer at Village – 2?
Answer:
The availability of water affected the average household income at Village – 2 For them farming is not profitable. As their income is less than the life standards of these people will also be less.

Question 11.
How can wells be recharged ?
Answer:
Percolation pits helped in reacharging dried up bore wells. Dykes or barriers are constructed to build underground streams.

Question 12.
How would recharging dried up wells help farmers of Village – 2?
Answer:
In Village – 2 the recharged dried up wells build up under ground streams to tap underground water optimally.

Question 13.
What does the case tell us about a water resource and its effect on farmers?
Answer:
The case tells us that water should not be used indiscriminatly. Every water drop in the ground is important.

Question 14.
How do you think we can use water judiciously?
Answer:
The amount of fresh water is in small amounts only 2.5 – 2.75%. So we should use water carefully.

Question 15.
Why were farmers at Village – 1 at a better state than those at Village – 2?
Answer:
Farmers were at Village -1 at a better state than those at Village – 2 because the farmers of Village -1 have plenty of water to grow their crops.

Question 16.
How did farmers of Village – 2 and Village -1 recharge their ground water resources?
Answer:

1. The farmers of Village – 2 and Village -1 recharge their ground water resources by construction of soak pits.
2. The soak pits to tap rain water and by construction of dykes, they increased the ground water levels.

Question 17.
What other ways of restoration of a resource does the Kothapally case tell us about?
Answer:
Broad bed furrows land form and contour planting are the other ways of restoration of a resource.

Question 18.
What are some common means of restoration and conservation of water resource that we came across in the cases studied so far?
Answer:
Planting Gliricidia on field bunds to restrengthen and make soil nitrogen rich. Farmers were encouraged to use water resource jointly and irrigate land using micro irrigation techniques.

Question 19.
What do you think will happen if we do not take care of the sources of water?
Answer:
If we do not take care of water resources, they get replenished.

Question 20.
How do you think we will meet our requirements in future?
Answer:
We have to meet our requirements in future by

1. Desalenating the sea water
2. Restoring of ground water by recharging with rain water.
3. Getting cooperation from the neighbouring states and
4. Conserve water now for future.

Question 21.
Do you think we would have to depend upon other states or perhaps other countries as well?
Answer:
Yes, we would have to depend upon other states for water.

Question 22.
Could the amount of water used for irrigation in our state be reduced? How?
Answer:
The amount of water used for irrigation in our state could be reduced by following micro irrigation techniques like drip irrigation, sprinkles, etc., and by growing crops that require less amount of water.

Question 23.
Does cropping pattern have any role to play in reduction of water utilisation?
(Hint: Think of the case of Village – 2 and Village -1).
Answer:
Yes, cropping pattern have role to play in reduction of water utilisation. Broad bed furrow, land form and contour planting helps in reduction of water utilisation.

Question 24.
Do you think one needs laws for distribution of water and its use? Why/Why not?
Answer:

1. Yes, laws are needed for distribution of water and its uses.
2. Otherwise all the people may not have self discipline to conserve water.
3. As water is a key resource for life competition may arise between people or states or countries.
4. Laws help to control this kind of disputes and use it judiciously.

Question 25.
How much per cent of area do you think is irrigated by other sources of water?
Answer:
Five per cent of area in our state is irrigated by other sources of water.

Question 26.
Why is it important to recharge the ground water sources?
Answer:

1. Recharge of the ground water sources is very important.
2. This is because nearly 43% of irrigating land is getting water from ground.
3. Due to over drilling of bore wells and pulling out the water by using electric motors, the ground water level is decreasing day by day.
4. If it goes on without recharging, ground water becomes scarce.
5. It shows a vast impact on agriculture and the productivity will decrease.
6. Flourine level in ground water will increase.
7. Saline water may intrude in to the interior places of land and water becomes unfit for both drinking and agriculture.
8. Farmers have to drill the bore wells to the more depths which increase the losses for them.

Question 27.
Why do the rivers fail to benefit the state to an extent they should have?
Answer:
Rivers fail to benefit the state to an extent they should have. Because

1. There are no sufficient structures (dams) to store river water.
2. Over usage of water by the other states.
3. Geographically our rivers are flowing through the rocky and hill areas in most of the places in our state where it is difficult to make canals.
4. The government should plan for proper utilization of river water after scientific study with the help of expert engineers.

Question 28.
Since ground water resources are getting depleted at a fast pace what are the alternatives?
Answer:
Since ground water resources are getting depleted at a fast pace we have to construct percolation tanks to collect run off water. Water shed management projects should be adopted to renew the ground water levels.

Question 29.
River Godavari fails to provide water for the projects like Sri Rama Sagar in Telangana due to over usage of water by some other state. How should states and countries work to provide enough for all?
Answer:
States and countries should work to provide enough water for all by allotting water to other states or countries in an emicable atmosphere.

Question 30.
What would you do to motivate others to manage an important resource in your locality?
Answer:
To motivate others manage an important resource in my locality I will do the following activities:

1. I will explain the importance of resource and need for its proper management.
2. I will conduct the seminars on this issue.
3. With the help of my friends and teachers I will conduct some competitions like debate, essay writing, etc., on this issue.
4. I will plan some cultural activities such as songs, skits that explain the importance of managing the resource and exhibit them in the school and the village to motivate the village.

Question 31.
How did the villagers in Kothapally resort to sustainable management
Answer:

1. The villagers in Kothapally resort to sustainable management with the help of ICRISAT.
2. ICRISAT educated villagers by large and provided technical support for cost-efficient water storage and soil conservation structures.
3. The measures were community as well as individual farmer-based.
4. Fourteen water storage structures with the storage capacity of 300 to 2000 m³, 60 mini percolation pits, field bunding on 38 hectares were completed.
5. Twenty-eight dry open wells, near Nalla were recharged by building dykes in the Nalla and retaining the run off rain water in it.
6. A user group was formed for each water storage structure and the water collected was exclusively used for recharging the ground water to the dried well.
7. Broad bed furrow land form and contour planting was implemented to conserve soil and water.
8. Gliricidia plants are planted on the field bunds to strengthen the land, make the soil nitrogen rich.
9. Farmers were encouraged to use water resource jointly and irrigate land using micro-irrigation techniques.
10. Saplings of useful species were planted along the roads, field bunds and Nallas.

Question 32.
Why do you think forests are important?
Answer:
Forests are important because,

1. They are rich habitat for plants and animals.
2. They serve as a lung for the world.
3. They purify air, decrease carbon dioxide, global warming and green house effect.
4. Thus provide various valuable things such as wood, medicines etc.
5. They are providing raw materials for several industries.
6. They maintain ecological balance in nature.
7. They preserve the soil fertility.
8. They cause rains.

Question 33.
Observe a lawn in your area (if you have one) and see how it is maintained. Find out from the gardener the different types of plants that he removes from time to time. Do you think a farmer does the same thing on his farm?
Answer:
The gardener removes all the species of plants that grow in the lawn from time to time.
Farmer does the same thing on his farm. But the variation is all the plants are removed from lawn just for pleasant look whereas farmer remove only weed plants that compete with the crop plants for space, nutrients, water and sunlight. This is to increase the productivity of crop plants.

Question 34.
What do fossil fuels provide us?
Answer:

1. Fossil fuels provide us energy.
2. This energy can be used for various purposes such as running vehicles, machinery in industries, etc.
3. They are also useful in the production of electricity.
4. They also provide petrochemicals which are helpful in the manufacturing of several products that include plastics, synthetic rubber, fabrics like nylon, medicines, cosmetics, waxes, cleaning products, medical devices, etc.
5. They also provide energy for cooking, lighting, etc.

Question 35.
Why do we need to conserve the fossil fuels?
Answer:

1. Fossil fuels are non-renewable resources.
2. If once they are used up, they never replenish again or take several thousands of years to replenish.
3. They become integral part of our life, that we cannot live without these.
4. So, we need to conserve fossil fuels so that we don’t run out of them.

Question 36.
Collect information about solar, wind, tidal and water power and prepare a scrap book.
(OR)
Collect information about conventional energy sources from internet and prepare a note on it.
Answer:
Solar energy: To use solar energy is to generate electricity from sun light. For this purpose special chemical substances which are sensitive to light have been developed.
When light falls on these substances small chemical current is generated in large amounts. This can be stored and used when needed.
Watches, calculators, street lamps have been invented which use the current produced by light falling on light sensitive material.
Wind Energy: Wind mills are in use for centuries especially for pumping water from wells.
In wind mills, wind rotates the blades of windmill and is used to move the piston and lift the water from the well.
Wind energy is being used to pump water and to run turbines for the production of electricity.
Tidal energy (Kinetic energy) : Large amount of energy (Kinetic energy) la stored In the waves especially In seas.
Special devices have been made to rotate as the water passes through them by the wave action.
This Is used to generate electricity.
Water power: Dams are constructed across the rivers water from the reservoir falls from a height on the turbines.
This water falls Is used to drive turbines to generate electricity. These are called hydro electric projects.

Question 37.
Ask your teacher about nuclear energy and its impacts on ecosystem.
Answer:
Nuclear energy is produced by splitting the nucleus of an atom of elements like uranium or plutonium. This process Is called fission.
Another process for production of nuclear energy Is by fusion. In this process two nuclei of the same elements are fused with one another. In this process more energy is produced than by fission.
The energy Is produced as heat. This Is used to produce steam which runs generators to produce electricity.

Question 38.
Think why disasters like Uttarakhand happened?
Answer:

1. Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh are two hill states that were stuck by extreme rains in 2013.
2. Heavy rainfall has wrecked havoc on the region because of fragile nature of Himalayan range and poor soil stability in its deep steps. But it is the man made factor that has compounded the scale of the disaster.
3. Unabated expansion of hydro power project and construction of roads to accommodate ever-increasing tourism especially religious tourism are also major causes for the unprecendented scale of devastation.
4. The valleys of Yamuna, Ganga and Alakananda attract heavy traffic of tourists. For them, government has to construct new roads and widen the existing ones.
5. A new mountain range like Himalayas will remain study if not tampered much. But the huge expansion of trade and transport is bringing the mountains in Uttarakhand down.
6. Study should be conducted to assess the carrying capacity of the Himalayas and development should be planned accordingly.

Threat from dams: The Ganga in upper reaches has been engineers’ play ground. The central electrical authority and Uttarakhand power department have estimated the rivers hydrolytic potential at some 9000 muc and planned 70 odd projects on its tributaries. In building these, key tributaries have been modified through diversions through tunnels or reservoirs.

Question 39.
Do you think it is necessary to have a lot of lighting for decoration during celebrations?
Answer:
No, it is not necessary to have a lot of lighting to decorate an occassion of celebration. It is mere waste of electricity and money. We should conserve electricity for proper use.

Question 40.
What other things could you reuse to save our resources?
Answer:

1. Glass, paper, wax, plastic, etc., can be reused to save our resources.
2. Recycle: By recycling the waste materials we can reduce pollution.
   Ex : Plastic recycling is a tricky process and can cause havoc.
3. Plastic needs to be carefully stored before it can be processed.

Question 41.
Why should one sort wastes carefully before discarding them from home?
Answer:

1. Before discarding the waste materials we should sort out the reusable things and recycling things.
2. If it is undecayable waste like glass or plastic we can discard them or if they are the decayable waste we can prepare a compost pit to enrich the soil.

Question 42.
Often we keep a plastic bag in our dustbins to discard waste, is it a good practise?
Answer:

1. No, it is not a good practise to discard waste in a plastic bag.
2. When we threw the waste along with the plastic bag it takes hundreds of years for the plastic to get destroyed in the soil and the soil gets polluted.

Question 43.
Can international, national or state organisations alone manage a resource? Who are all involved in the whole process of management?
Answer:
Along with international, national or state organisations there is private organisation named International Union for the Conservation of Nature founded by private groups.

Question 44.
Suggest some ways in which you and your Mends would like to manage a resource.
Answer:
By practising four R’s-reduce, reuse, recycle and recover the things, preparation of recharging structures for water, protecting the wild life and habitats we can manage the resources.

Question 45.
Are we also an important resources of nature? How?
Answer:

1. Yes, we are also an important resources of nature.
2. Human beings, through the labour they provide and the organizations their staff are also considered to be resources.
3. The term human resources can also be defined as the skills, energy, talent, abilities, and knowledge that are used for the production of goods or the rendering of service.
4. In a project management context, human resources are those employees responsible for undertaking the activities defined in the project plan.

Question 46.
Find out the usage of water in litres per day in your home? Do you actually require that much water and how much water is enough in accordance with National standards?
Answer:

1. In my house 900 litres of water is being used per day at the average of 225 litres for a person per day (4 members family).
2. Actually this much water is not required.
3. We can conserve at least 400 – 500 litres of water at the average of 100 to 125 litres per head.
4. In India, the design of water supply system has been done using certain standards.
5. Currently the standard being used is BIS 1179 : 1993, reaffirmed in 1998.
6. According to this, for communities with a population between 20,000 to 1,00,000 – 100 to 150 litres per head per day can be considered.
7. For communities with population over 1,00,000 – 150 to 200 litres per head per day can be considered.
8. On the whole, at an average of 150 litres per head per day is enough in accordance with National standards.

10th Class Biology 10th Lesson Natural Resources Activities

Activity – 1

Study the different ways in which water is used, misused and recycled in the area where you stay. Prepare a questionnaire with the help of your friends and teacher and study at least five households in your locality for the same. Also explore and discuss ways to provide water for all.
Answer:
Ways in which water is used:

1. Drinking
2. Bathing
3. Washing clothes
4. Cleaning utensils
5. For plants in garden and agriculture, etc.

Ways in which water is misused:

1. Not closing the taps after using.
2. Contaminating the water.
3. Brushing near open taps.
4. Getting bath under shower.
5. Playing with water.

Ways in which water is recycled:

1. Allowing the water used in kitchen for garden.
2. Using the once used water to wash vehicles.
3. Using the water from bathing for toilet flush.
4. Washing hands in plant pots.

Questionnaire:

1. For what purposes water is being used in your home?
2. From where this water is being collected?
3. Are you using water only for the needed things?
4. Are you closing taps properly after using?
5. Are you getting shower bath?
6. Are you using more water than required for cleaning, bathing etc?
7. Are there any leaks in your water pipelines?
8. Are you recycling the once used water?
9. In what way are you recycling the water?
10. What measures do you suggest to conserve water and make it available for all?

Ways to provide water for all:

1. Wastage of water should be strictly minimised.
2. Washing hands in the plant pots.
3. Rain water should be directed into recharge pits.
4. Care should be taken to prevent leakage of water from pipes and taps.
5. Wash clothes in running water canals if possible.
6. Direct the kitchen water free from soap and detergents to the garden.
7. Use the soap and detergent water for toilet flush or cleaning vehicles.
8. Recycling of water can be done on large scale in towns and cities and can be utilised again.
9. Cooperation between the states through which a river passing is very essential for providing water for all.
10. People should be motivated in such a way that each drop of water is life and should conserve it.

Activity – 2
i) Find out how many different types of insects are present in and around your house.
Answer:
We find different types of insects present in and around our house.

ii) Do you find the same type of insects in all seasons ?
Answer:
No. We find different types of insects in different seasons.

iii) Make a chart of insects and note their occurrence for at least a week in each season.
Answer:
Ants – All seasons particularly in summer for collection of food.
Butterflies – Winter, summer – Collecting nectar
Honeybee – Winter, summer – Collection of honey.
Beetles – Winter, summer – Collection of food grains
Cockroaches – All seasons – Food and shelter

Activity – 3
Nowadays people are revolt against mining. Collect any such’ incident of our state or neighbouring states from your school library or newspapers and conduct seminar on it’s impact.
Answer:

1. People living in hill top hamlets in seven mandals of Visakhapatnam and East Godavari districts are up in arms against laterite mining in Nagulakonda hill range.
2. Laterite is a raw material used by cement factories.
3. Huge deposits of laterite worth hundreds of crore rupees are found in Nathavaram and Kowur mandals in Visakhapatnam and Pratthipadu, Yeleswaram, Sankhavaram, Routulapudi and Kotananduru in East Godavari.
4. All these mandals are technically coming under scheduled areas.
5. If the mining continues here, it will badly threaten the ecology of that area.
6. The tribal people in that area will lose their livelihood.
7. To reach the mining area road should be laid in the reserve forest area.
8. This leads to depletion of forest resources also.
9. Health of the local people will be badly affected due to the dust spread during mining.
10. Keeping all these in mind the tribal people are opposing the mining in that area.