VELAMMAL BODHI CAMPUS – THENI

(A CBSE – IIT/NEET Integrated Sr. Sec. School)

Std : XII VOLUME TEST – 2 (2022 – 2023) Marks : 70
Sub : Biology 15.11.2022 Answer key Time: 3 Hrs.
SECTION A
1. a 2. b 3. a 4. c 5. b 6. d 7. a 8. c

9. b 10. b 11. a 12. b 13. c 14. b 15. a 16. a

SECTION B
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SECTION C
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SECTION D
29. a) A-Lymph node B- thymus C- spleen D- bone marrow
b) Any one difference – 1 mark
c) Lymph nodes are small bean-shaped tissues found along the lymphatic vessels. The
lymph nodes act as filters. Various immune system cells trap germs in the lymph nodes
and activate the creation of special antibodies in the blood.
OR
Immunological memory is the ability of the immune system to respond more rapidly and
effectively to pathogens that have been encountered previously, and reflects the
preexistence of a clonally expanded population of antigen-specific lymphocytes.

30.
a) If producers are removed from an ecosystem. It would lead to starvation and death of
herbivores and subsequently the carnivores , thus terminating the entire food web.
b) Elimination of all organisms of herbivore level results into an increase in primary
productivity and biomass of producer and carnivorous animal will not survive due to
inavailability of food herbivores.
c) Here, 10 kg of deer's meat means 10 kg of biomass at the level of primary consumer.
Out of this, 90% is utilized by the deer for its own needs. Rest 10%, i.e. just 1 kg is
available for the lion. Hence, it is correct to say that 10 kg of deer's meat is equivalent to
1 kg of lion's flesh
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Ten PerCent Law – According to ten per cent law only 10 per cent of the energy
entering a particular trophic level of organisms is available for transfer to the next higher
trophic level.Example – Suppose 1000 Joules of light energy emitted by the sun falls on
the plants. Consider a food chain:The plants or first trophic level has 10 joules of energy
in it. Now according to 10 percent law only 10% of 10 joules of energy which is 1 joule
will be available for transfer to the next trophic level so that the herbivore will have only
1 joule of energy stored as food at the second trophic level. 10% of the remaining 1
joule will be transferred to third trophic level of carnivore. So the energy available in the
lion as food will be only 0.1 joule.
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