How does chemical coordination occur in plants?
Plants do not have nervous or muscular system for movement or responsiveness like animals have. Plants only shows the growth (by growth hormones like phytohormones) with the attached substratum by giving them appropriate soil moisture, favourable environmental or physiological conditions. Various plant hormones are present for the plant growth like auxin, gibberellin, cytokinin, ethylene or abscisic acid.
Auxin is responsible for the growth of the stem, gibberellins are those growth hormones which enhances the long growth of stem according to the plant in the presence of meristematic cells, cytokinin acts on the cell division part of the plant, ethylene is a gas present in atmosphere and mainly responsible for fruit growth or ripening with root initiation ,And abscisic acid is responsible for seed development, stomatal closing, bud dormancy etc.
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?
How does our body respond when adrenaline is secreted into the blood?
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?
Why is a normal eye not able to see clearly the objects placed closer than 25 cm?
On what factors does the resistance of a conductor depend?
What were the limitations of Newlands’ Law of Octaves?
The far point of a myopic person is 80 cm in front of the eye. What is the nature and power of the lens required to correct the problem?
Why is variation beneficial to the species but not necessarily for the individual?
Why is damage to the ozone layer a cause for concern? What steps are being taken to limit this damage?
What are the different ways in which glucose is oxidised to provide energy in various organisms?
We saw in this chapter that there are four main stakeholders when it comes to forests and wildlife. Which among these should have the authority to decide the management of forest produce? Why do you think so?
How does binary fission differ from multiple fission?
Which of the following lenses would you prefer to use while reading small letters found in a dictionary?
(a) A convex lens of focal length 50 cm.
(b) A concave lens of focal length 50 cm.
(c) A convex lens of focal length 5 cm.
(d) A concave lens of focal length 5 cm.