BIOLOGY; CLASS X

Assignment No. 2
Chapter 11: HOMEOSTASIS
Q1. Encircle the best option.
1. The maintenance of internal body temperature is called:
(A) Osmoregulation (B) Thermoregulation (C) Excretion (D) Digestion
2. Broad leaves with large number of stomata on the upper side are found in:
(A) Xerophytes (B) Hydrophytes (C) Halophytes (D) Trees
3. The gas produced in mesophyll cells as by-product during day time is called:
(A) Oxygen (B) Carbon dioxide (C) Nitrogen (D) Chlorine
4. Example of Hydrophyte plants is:
(A) Water lily (B) Cactus (C) Sea green (D) Grass
5. Secretion of rubber plant is called:
(A) Gum (B) Mucilage (C) latex (D) resins
6. Plants store a large amount of water in their cells for:
(A) Transpiration (B) Photosynthesis (C) Turgidity (D) Guttation
7. _____ plays role in maintaining body temperature.
(A) Lungs (B) Skin (C) Kidney (D) Ear
8. Body balance of water, salts, temperature and glucose is termed as:
(A) Excretion (B) Tubular secretion (C) Homeostasis (D) Re-absorption
9. The main functions of sweat are:
(A) to keep the body cool and to remove excess protein (B) To keep the body warm and to filter the blood
(C) To filter the blood and to remove waste products (D) To remove waste products and to cool the body
10. In halophytes, extra salts are deposited in vacuoles by:
(A) Diffusion (B) Osmosis (C) Active transport (D) Endocytosis
Q2.Give short answers to the following questions.
1. Define Homeostasis. Give an example.
2. Define osmoregulation.
3. What is meant by thermoregulation?
4. What is the difference between osmoregulation and thermoregulation?
5. Define osmosis.
6. How do plants excrete extra water from their bodies?
7. What is guttation? How it differs from dew?
8. What is the difference between transpiration and guttation?
9. Name the plants from which resins, gums latex and mucilage are obtained.
10. What is the difference between resins and gums?
11. What is the difference between latex and mucilage?
12. Why does transpiration not occur at night?
13. What is skin? What is its function? / State the homeostatic role of skin.
14. Give the Homeostatic role of Lungs.
15. What are hydrophytes? Give an example.
16. Write two osmotic adjustments in hydrophytes.
17. What are xerophytes? Give an example.
18. How xerophytes control the amount of water in their body? / Write two osmotic adjustments in
Xerophytes.
19. What are succulent organs?
20. Define Halophytes with an example.