Give Short Answers:

1. Define phototropism and its type with examples

2. Define geotropism and its type with examples

3. The diagram shows what was done in the experiment. Predict the results you would
expect to get in the below experiment.

a.

b.

c.
4. What is coleoptile? Write down its role in the plant.
5. Differentiate between asexual and sexual reproduction.

6. Differentiate between self and cross pollination.

7. Differentiate between wind pollinated and insect pollinated flower on the basis of
position of stamen and stigma.

8. Differentiate between wind pollinated and insect pollinated flower on the basis of type of
stigma, size and color of petals.

9. Differentiate between wind pollinated and insect pollinated flower on the basis of
nectaries and pollen grains.

10. Briefly describe the process of fertilization in plants.

11. Differentiate between monocotyledons and dicotyledons.

12. Define germination. Write down the conditions required for the germination of the
seed.

13. What do you know about the seed dormancy?

 14. Briefly describe the components of ecosystem.

15. What is quadrat? What is its role in the biology?

16. Write down the interactions of living organisms in an ecosystem.

17. Identify the biotic components of the environment.

18. Identify the abiotic components of the environment.

19. Differentiate between nitrification and denitrification.

20. Write down the abiotic factors that can affects the river ecosystem.

21. How nitrogen fixed in the soil by rot nodules of the leguminous plants.

22. How the greenhouse gases does reduces convection current?

23. How the pests can cause harm to the plants?

24. Identify the reasons that causes problems in environment by pesticides.

25. Mention the characteristics of an ideal pesticide.

26. How using pheromone and introducing pathogenic microorganisms method can be used
as a biological control of the pests.

27. How using parasite and introducing natural predator method can be used as a biological
control of the pests.

28. How using herbivores and introducing sterile male method can be used as a biological
control of the pests.

29. Write down the sources of methane gas production.

30. How carbon monoxide is dangerous for human life?

31. Which gas cause the acidic rain in the environment. Write down its effects also.

32. Write down the reasons of criticism of environmalists in fish farming?

33. What is the basic aim of sewage treatment?

34. Define eutrophication. How it is linked with the death of fishes?

 35. Briefly describe the different types of pesticides according to the type of organism they
kill.

36. Write down the sources of sulphur dioxide and methane gas in the environment.

37. What is greenhouse effect? Write down the names of greenhouse gases.

38. Define producers, consumers and decomposers with examples.

39. Why seeds become dormant?

40. Write down the four changes that takes place during the formation of fruit from flower.

Give Long Answers:

1. Identify the apparatus. Describe its working in detail with its importance.
2. Describe in detail the formation of seed and fruit in the flower.

3. Define ecological pyramid with its type. Also draw the diagram of ecological pyramid by
taking below food chain as an example.
Oak tree Beetle Blue tit sparrow hawk

4. Carbon is an important component of all major biological molecules. Cycling of carbon is

very important in the ecosystem. Describe all the steps briefly that circulates the carbon
with in the organism and environment.
5. Nitrogen is an important component of all major biological molecules. Cycling of
Nitrogen is very important in the ecosystem. Describe all the steps briefly that circulates
the nitrogen with in the organism and environment.

6. DDT is an effective insecticides. Briefly explain the reasons of banning DDT worldwide.

7. Define deforestation. Mention the effects of deforestation on the environment in detail.

8. Describe the ways that will improve the yield of the crop.

9. Define greenhouse effect. Mention the effects of greenhouse gases on the environment in
detail.

10. Describe the process of flow of energy in the ecosystem.