How are the areas of study – evolution and classification – interlinked?
Study of evolution and classification are interlinked. We can find the evolutionary relationships by identifying the hierarchy of the characteristics (these are the details of appearance and the behaviour) between the two species which shows the evolution. Classification shows the similarities among the two species which allows us to group them and then do the study of them, with the sharing of their common ancestor. The more similar characters are between two species, more closely they seem to be related with sharing of common ancestor. As shown in the given example in the book, A brother and sister are closely related, having the common ancestors before them, i.e, their parents. Their cousin and the girl are related but less if we compared them to the real brother and sister. This is due to cousins having common ancestors, their grandparents. That is how we can relate the classification of the species to the evolutionary relationship.
Outline a project which aims to find the dominant coat colour in dogs.
How is the sex of the child determined in human beings?
A man with blood group A marries a woman with blood group O and their daughter has blood group O. Is this information enough to tell you which of the traits – blood group A or O – is dominant? Why or why not?
How do Mendel’s experiments show that traits are inherited independently?
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?
Explain how sexual reproduction gives rise to more viable variations than asexual reproduction. How does this affect the evolution of those organisms that reproduce sexually?
Explain the terms analogous and homologous organs with examples.
How do Mendel’s experiments show that traits may be dominant or recessive?
How does the creation of variations in a species promote survival?
Will geographical isolation be a major factor in the speciation of an organism that reproduces asexually? Why or why not?
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 difference between a reflex action and walking?
What is the importance of DNA copying in reproduction?
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?
The xylem in plants are responsible for
(a) transport of water. (c) transport of amino acids.
(b) transport of food. (d) transport of oxygen.
Compare and contrast fossil fuels and the Sun as direct sources of energy.
On what basis would you classify energy sources as
(a) renewable and non-renewable?
(b) exhaustible and inexhaustible?
Are the options given in (a) and (b) the same?
If all the waste we generate is biodegradable, will this have no impact on the environment?
What are outside raw materials used for by an organism?
What are the components of the transport system in highly organised plants?
What criteria do we use to decide whether something is alive?
A convex lens forms a real and inverted image of a needle at a distance of 50 cm from it. Where is the needle placed in front of the convex lens if the image is equal to the size of the object? Also, find the power of the lens.
What is the role of decomposers in the ecosystem?
What is biological magnification? Will the levels of this magnification be different at different levels of the ecosystem?