Biotechnology and its Applications — BIOLOGY STD 12 Science — Question

Define decomposition and describe the processes and products of decomposition.###Describe factor affecting decomposition.

Microbes can be used to decrease the use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides. Explain how this can be accomplished.###How biofertilizers increase fertility of soil?

Read the following and answer any four questions from (i) to (v) given below:

A functional mammary gland is characteristic of all female mammals. Mammary glands are paired structures that contain glandular tissue and variable amount of fat. Refer to the given figure of a mammary gland and answer the following questions.

1. Mammary glands are modified:

1. Sweat glands.
2. Sebaceous glands.
3. Sudoriferous glands.
4. Lacrimal glands.

2. Identify the incorrectly matched pair.

1. P - Areola.
2. Q - Lactiferous duct.
3. S - Mammary duct.
4. T - Mammary alveoli.

3. Mammary ducts expand to form:

1. Mammary alveoli.
2. Mammary ampullae.
3. Lactiferous ducts.
4. Mammary tubules.

4. What is areola?

1. Grape-like clusters of milk secreting structures.
2. Fatty tissue between the mammary lobes.
3. Circular pigmented area of skin around nipple.
4. Connective tissue that supports the alveoli and ducts.

5. Assertion: The size of breast depends on the amount of adipose tissue.

Reason: The adipose tissue supports the alveoli and the ducts.

1. Both assertion and reason are true, and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.
2. Both assertion and reason are true, but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
3. Assertion is true, but reason is false.
4. Both assertion and reason are false.

Describe the process of translation during protein synthesis

Explain Linkage & Recombination.

Describe tissue culture.

Read the following and answer any four questions from (i) to (v) given below:

A desert lizard (an ectotherm) and a mouse (an endotherm) are placed inside a chamber at 15ºC and their body temperature [T(L) for the lizard and T(M) for the mouse] and metabolic rates [M(L) for lizard and M(M) for the mouse] are monitored.

1. Which of the following is correct regardingT(L), M(L), T(M) and M(M)?

1. T(L) and M(L) will fall while T(M) and M(M) will increase.
2. T(L) and M(L) will increase while T(M) and M(M) will fall.
3. T(L) and M(L) will fall, T(M) will remain same and M(M) will increase.
4. T(L) and M(L) will remain same, T(M) and M(M) will decrease.

2. It can be said that some animals in their evolutionary development preferred to be ectotherms than endotherms. Which of the following can be the best suited reason for it?

1. The metabolic reactions of these organisms can occur at a very wide range of temperature.
2. Maintaining homeostasis is an energetically expensive process.
3. The enzymes of these organisms are functional at high temperatures.
4. Both (b) and (c).

3. Organisms that can maintain a constant internal temperature are called.

1. Homoeothermic
2. Poikilothermic
3. Oligothennic
4. Heterothennic

4. An animal that survives at temperature of 10ºC and 40ºC both can be placed under the category of:

1. Ectotherm.
2. Endotherm.
3. Modifiers.
4. Migratory organisms.

5. Study the graph carefully and select the correct option.

1. X could be desert lizard.
2. Y could be mouse.
3. Z could be desert lizard.
4. Both (a) and (b).

Describe the process of DNA Fingerprinting in detail.

Explain packaging of DNA Helix###Explain the formation of nucleosome in Eukaryotic cell

Write a short note on embryo development.###With a labeled diagram discuss stages in embryo development in a dicot.