Class 10 Science - Chapter Control and Coordination NCERT Solutions | How does our body respond when adrenalin

Draw the structure of a neuron and explain its function.

Which signals will get disrupted in case of a spinal cord injury?

How does chemical coordination take place in animals?

Compare and contrast nervous and hormonal mechanisms for control and coordination in animals.

Why is the use of iodised salt advisable?

The brain is responsible for

(a) thinking.
(b) regulating the heart beat.
(c) balancing the body.
(d) all of the above.

How do we detect the smell of an agarbatti (incense stick)?

How do auxins promote the growth of a tendril around a support?

Which part of the brain maintains posture and equilibrium of the body?

What is the need for a system of control and coordination in an organism?

Did Döbereiner’s triads also exist in the columns of Newlands’ Octaves? Compare and find out.

What is a good source of energy?

Why is diffusion insufficient to meet the oxygen requirements of multi-cellular organisms like humans?

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

What changes can you make in your habits to become more environment-friendly?

What is the importance of DNA copying in reproduction?

If a trait A exists in 10% of a population of an asexually reproducing species and a trait B exists in 60% of the same population, which trait is likely to have arisen earlier?

Why should a magnesium ribbon be cleared before burning in air?

Define the principal focus of a concave mirror.

You have been provided with three test tubes. One of them contains distilled water and the other two contain an acidic solution and a basic solution, respectively. If you are given only red litmus paper, how will you identify the contents of each test tube?

Compute the heat generated while transferring 96000 coulomb of charge in one hour through a potential difference of 50 V.

The refractive index of diamond is 2.42. What is the meaning of this statement?

An electric oven of 2 kW power rating is operated in a domestic electric circuit (220 V) that has a current rating of 5 A. What result do you expect? Explain.

Light enters from air to glass having refractive index 1.50. What is the speed of light in the glass? The speed of light in vacuum is 3 × 108 m s–1.

A piece of wire of resistance R is cut into five equal parts. These parts are then connected in parallel. If the equivalent resistance of this combination is R′, then the ratio R/R′ is –

(a) 1/25        (b) 1/5        (c) 5        (d) 25

How will an organism be benefited if it reproduces through spores?

Which metals do not corrode easily?

What criteria do we use to decide whether something is alive?

Nitrogen (atomic number 7) and phosphorus (atomic number 15) belong to group 15 of the Periodic Table. Write the electronic configuration of these two elements. Which of these will be more electronegative? Why?

What would be the advantages of exploiting resources with short-term aims?