NCERT UES

Q. 1.
What is the importance of DNA ?
copying in reproduction body
which the organisms pass on their
Ans.
DNA co
Ans. DNA
copying is an important phenomenon of reproduction throughdifferent generations of the species. D N A
features in
their offsprings, It maintains the body design
features of
cOns also variations are useful for the survival
COPyng produce variations|due to linkage and crossing over. Such
species over time.
individual
a d o n beneficial to the species but not necessary for the
Ans. Fopulations of organisms normally live and interact with definite kinds of ecological niches. A population,
of
tnererore, survives ecoloical conditions
4particular ecological surrounding. Ifthereis an alteration in the
, tne population of organisms will get danmaged and may be wiped out. The variants of the organisn,
whichis
w Suited to
s suited
chances of survival. The surviving
to the changednitch Thus
individuals may reproduce and developa kind of population
variation is heneficial to the species but not necessary ror une
individual.
0.3. How does binary fission differ from multiple
Ans. fission ?
Binay nssion of the parent cell results in the formation of two small, nearly equal sized
whereas multiple fission daughter indiviauals
results in the formation of several
Q.4. How will an organism be daughter individuals.
benefited if it reproduces through spores ?
Ans. Spores are special reproductive bodies which are produced inside the sporangia. They
walls and mostly dispersed by are
covered by thick
wind.
Q.5. Can youthik of reasons
why
regeneration ?
more complex organisms cannot give rise to new individuals through
Ans. Complex organisms have several kinds of
such an organism complex organs and organ systems. It is probably not easy to develop
through regeneration.
Q.6. Why is
vegetative propagation practiced for growing some
Ans. types of plants ?
Vegetative propagation is practiced for growing such
non-viable seeds. plants which do usually not produce seeds or
produce
Q.7. Why is DNA copying anessential part of the process of
Ans. The process of reproduction ?
reproduction results in the production of
offsprings which are exactly similar to
exact blue
prints of body design is inherited in the offsprings
copying is an essential part of the process of due to DNA replication in parent cell.parents.
Thus,
The
reproduction. DNA
Q.8. How is the
process of pollination different from fertilisation ?
Ans. Pollination is the
transfer of pollen grains from the
arpel whereas fertilisation is the fusion of male andopened
anther of the stamen to the
female gametes receptive stigma of the
Q.9. What is the
role of the seminal vesicles and the
resulting in the formation of
zygote.
Ans. prostate gland ?
Seminal vesicle is the place where
sperms are stored temporarily. Here
the mucus and a
containing the sugar-fructose,
mix with the sperms. Prostate watery alkaline fluid
third of semen gland secretes alkaline fluid
Q.10.
volume. It affects the vaginal pH so that sperms move smoothly inside the comprising upto a
Ans.
What are the changes seen in girls at the time of
puberty ?
vagina.
Refer
article 3.4.2 (ii) on page
to
.11. How does OW
does the
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Ans. Thee embryo embryo get nourishment inside the mother's body ?
embryo gets nourishment from the mother's blood through
yClose to the maternal placenta. In the placenta, the foetal blood comes
blood. Here the exchange of materials between the
us take place. mother's blood and the blood of