Why do we classify organisms?
Organisms are classified into different groups in order to identify any specific organisms i,e for easier and convenient study of different organisms. At a time we can study the characteristics of a large number of organisms and the relationship between them.
How do poriferan animals differ from coelenterate animals?
Explain the basis for grouping organisms into five kingdoms.
Explain how animals in Vertebrata are classified into further subgroups.
Which organisms are called primitive and how are they different from the so-called advanced organisms?
How do gymnosperms and Angiosperms differ from each other?
What are the major divisions in the Plantae? What is the basis for these divisions?
Give three examples of the range of variations that you see in life-forms around you.
Which do you think is a more basic characteristic for classifying organisms?
(a) the place where they live.
(b) the kind of cells they are made of. Why?
How do annelid animals differ from arthropods?
What are the differences between amphibians and reptiles?
Which of the following has more inertia: (a) a rubber ball and a stone of the same size? (b) a bicycle and a train? (c) a five-rupees coin and a one-rupee coin?
State the universal law of gravitation.
Which of the following are matter?
Chair, air, love, smell, hate, almonds, thought, cold, cold-drink, smell of perfume.
A force of 7 N acts on an object. The displacement is, say 8 m, in the direction of the force (Fig. 11.3). Let us take it that the force acts on the object through the displacement. What is the work done in this case?
What is meant by a pure substance?
How does the sound produced by a vibrating object in a medium reach your ear?
In a reaction, 5.3 g of sodium carbonate reacted with 6 g of ethanoic acid. The products were 2.2 g of carbon dioxide, 0.9 g water and 8.2 g of sodium observations are in agreement with the law of conservation of mass.
sodium carbonate + ethanoic acid → sodium ethanoate + carbon dioxide + water
What are canal rays?
State any two conditions essential for good health.
How is our atmosphere different from the atmospheres on Venus and Mars?
Under what condition(s) is the magnitude of average velocity of an object equal to its average speed?
Where are proteins synthesised inside the cell?
The following is the distance-time table of an object in motion:
Time in seconds Distance in metres
0 0
1 1
2 8
3 27
4 64
5 125
6 216
7 343
(a) What conclusion can you draw about the acceleration? Is it constant, increasing, decreasing, or zero?
(b) What do you infer about the forces acting on the object?
Why is the cell called the structural and functional unit of life?
When will you say a body is in
(i) uniform acceleration? (ii) non-uniform acceleration?
What is immunisation?
Why is sound wave called a longitudinal wave?
For the symbol H,D and T tabulate three sub-atomic particles found in each of them.
When a sound is reflected from a distant object, an echo is produced. Let the distance between the reflecting surface and the source of sound production remains the same. Do you hear echo sound on a hotter day?
For any substance, why does the temperature remain constant during the change of state?