BIOLOGY-SET-A

1. Very short questions 3x1=3

a. What is the most important reason of cutting down of trees?

b. In case of serious injury, accident or during operation, we may lose a large

amount of blood. Name a process of transferring blood from healthy person to
patient.

c. Name a process of producing one of the same kind so that the species continue
on the earth.

2. Short Questions and answers 4x2=8

a. Why do we call forest a natural resource?

b. A number of seeds are produced by the plants. What will happen if these seeds
are not carried to different places?
c. What is transpiration? Does transpiration serve any useful function in the
plants? Explain
d. What are the different modes of excretion in human beings?

3. Long Questions and answers 3x3=9

a. Do as directed:
i. What is pollination?
ii. Explain the process of fertilization with the help of diagram.

b. What is a Food Chain? Explain it with the help of example.

c. Do as directed:
i. What kind of flowers do you think will be attracting insect
pollinated flowers or wind pollinated flowers? Why?
ii. What grows down from the pollen grain after pollination?
iii. What is the fate of an ovule?

4. Value based Questions (3)

a. Purvi visits her village after every 2-3 years. During her previous visit, she saw
a number of trees and farmlands around her village. This year on her visit , she
saw that trees has been cut and farmlands had also pushed some distance away.
Instead tall buildings and industries had come up. There were no green areas in
between. She also felt that air was not as much pure as it used to be earlier. She
started coughing as well. Answer the following Questions:

i. Why purvi started coughing?

ii. What message is conveyed by purvi’s visit?
iii. Suggest some steps to overcome the problem.