What are the functions performed by the testis in human beings?
Testis are the primary sex organs in male reproductive system. It helps in maintaining the health of male body. sperm produces in seminiferous tubules, and also produces a hormone like androgen called testosterone and secrets inhibin protein. Testosterone is the male sex hormone helps in developing the male reproductive tissues like testis or prostate or in the growth of body muscles and hair.
Why is variation beneficial to the species but not necessarily for the individual?
Draw a labelled diagram of the longitudinal section of a flower.
Why does menstruation occur?
How will an organism be benefited if it reproduces through spores?
Asexual reproduction takes place through budding in
(a) amoeba.
(b) yeast.
(c) plasmodium.
(d) leishmania.
Can you think of reasons why more complex organisms cannot give rise to new individuals through regeneration?
How does the embryo get nourishment inside the mother’s body?
What is the importance of DNA copying in reproduction?
What are the advantages of sexual reproduction over asexual reproduction?
How does reproduction help in providing stability to populations of species?
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?
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 don’t two magnetic field lines intersect each other?
The radius of curvature of a spherical mirror is 20 cm. What is its focal length?
How is the amount of urine produced regulated?
The human eye can focus on objects at different distances by adjusting the focal length of the eye lens. This is due to
(a) presbyopia.
(b) accommodation.
(c) near-sightedness.
(d) far-sightedness.
Will the impact of removing all the organisms in a trophic level be different for different trophic levels? Can the organisms of any trophic level be removed without causing any damage to the ecosystem?
Compute the heat generated while transferring 96000 coulomb of charge in one hour through a potential difference of 50 V.
Give any two ways in which biodegradable substances would affect the environment.
How is the concentration of hydronium ions (H3O+) affected when a solution of an acid is diluted?
What happens to the image distance in the eye when we increase the distance of an object from the eye?
Which metals do not corrode easily?