Class 10 Science - Chapter Control and Coordination NCERT Solutions | The brain is responsible for (a) thin

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?

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?

How does our body respond when adrenaline is secreted into the blood?

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?

What precaution should be taken to avoid the overloading of domestic electric circuits?

Why are decomposition reactions called the opposite of combination reactions? Write equations for these reactions.

What determines the rate at which energy is delivered by a current?

Which of the following statements is not a correct statement about the trends when going from left to right across the periods of periodic Table.

(a) The elements become less metallic in nature.
(b) The number of valence electrons increases.
(c) The atoms lose their electrons more easily.
(d) The oxides become more acidic.

Make a diagram to show how hypermetropia is corrected. The near point of a hypermetropic eye is 1 m. What is the power of the lens required to correct this defect? Assume that the near point of the normal eye is 25 cm.

What chemical process is used for obtaining a metal from its oxide?

What are the different ways in which individuals with a particular trait may increase in a population?

Why does the sky appear dark instead of blue to an astronaut?

Why is the amount of gas collected in one of the test tubes in Activity 1.7 double of the amount collected in the other? Name this gas.

The least distance of distinct vision for a young adult with normal vision is about

(a) 25 m.          (b) 2.5 cm.          (c) 25 cm.          (d) 2.5 m.