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Question 12 Marks
When a beam of white light is passed through a triangular glass prism, it gets dispersed into its seven colour
components. Why do we get these colours? In the given figure, the colours X and Y represent the extreme components of the spectrum. Identify X and Y.

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Answer
i. Different colours of light bend through different angles with respect to the incident ray as they travel with different speeds while passing through a prism, this phenomenon is known as disperson of light.
ii. X = violet, this colour has minimum wavelength thus suffers maximum deviation, Y = red, as it has maximum wavelength and thus least deviated.
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Question 22 Marks
In the given figure, the various trophic levels are shown in a pyramid. At which trophic level is maximum energy
available?

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The maximum energy is available at $T _1$ trophic level and least at T4. There is a progressive decline in the amount of energy available from producer to higher trophic levels, i.e. T1>T2>T3>T4 (energy). This is because at each trophic level, a large portion of energy is utilised for the maintenance of organisms at that trophic level and some are lost as heat and only about 10 percent is available to next trophic level and stored as biomass.
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Question 32 Marks
Your uncle has come from the village to renew the contract to supply frogs to the laboratories of the colleges of the town. While talking to you, he mentioned that cases of malaria have increased in his village. In addition population of grasshoppers has also increased who are damaging crops.
i. What could be the reasons for such problems faced by villagers?
ii. What suggestions will you give to your uncle?
Answer
i. As uncle is supplying frogs from his village to laboratories so the number of frog population is decreasing. Frogs eat grasshoppers and mosquitoes. But as the number of frogs population is reduced so the population of grasshoppers and mosquitoes are increasing. So malaria is spread in the village by mosquitoes and grasshoppers are causing damage to the crops.
ii. He must stop the supply of frogs to the laboratories as the reduced frog population is causing an imbalance in the food chain and proper ratio of frogs, grasshoppers and mosquitoes can not be maintained in the ecosystem.
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Question 42 Marks
Draw a ray diagram showing the path of rays of light when it enters with oblique incidence
i. from air into water,
ii. from water into air.
Answer
The following figure shows a ray of light incident obliquely. Every medium has a critical angle. When angle of incidence is more than critical angle, the ray of light comes back in the same medium. This phenomenon is called total internal reflection.

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Question 52 Marks
Differentiate between Respiration and Photosynthesis.
Answer

a. The separation of oxygenated and deoxygenated blood in mammals and birds is necessary to produce more energy in order to maintain their body temperature at different climatic Conditions.
b. Amphibians can withstand some amounts of blood that is both oxygenated and deoxygenated because they don't require a lot of energy. They alter their body temperature.

RespirationPhotosynthesis
(1) Being an exothermic process energy is released.(1) Being an endothermic process, radiant energy of light is absorbed.
(2) It is a catabolic process in which food substrates are broken down.(2) It is an anabolic process in which food substrates are synthesized.
(3) It takes place in all living cells.(3) It is carried out only by the chlorophyll containing cells.
(4) CO2 is given out.(4) O2 is released as a by-product.
(5) Chemical energy is converted into ATP and some energy is lost as heat.(5) Radiant energy of light is converted into chemical energy.
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Question 62 Marks
a. Why is it important to prevent oxygenated and deoxygenated blood from mixing in birds and mammals?
b. Which animals can tolerate some mixing of the oxygenated and deoxygenated blood streams? On what factor does the body temperature of these animals depend?
Answer
a. The separation of oxygenated and deoxygenated blood in mammals and birds is necessary to produce more energy in order to maintain their body temperature at different climatic Conditions.
b. Amphibians can withstand some amounts of blood that is both oxygenated and deoxygenated because they don't require a lot of energy. They alter their body temperature.
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Question 72 Marks
i. Write the names of those parts of a flower which serve the same functions as the following do in the animals.
a. Testis
b. Sperm
c. Ovary
d. Egg
ii. State the function of flowers in the flowering plants?
Answer
i. a. Testis - Anther
b. Sperm - Pollen grains
c. Ovary - Ovary
d. Egg - Ovum
ii. Flowers are the main organs of sexual reproduction. They contain the reproductive organs.
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Question 82 Marks
Intake of small quantity of methanol can be lethal. Comment.
Answer
Methanol $\left( CH _3 OH \right)$ is oxidised to methanal (HCHO) in the liver.
$2 CH _3 OH + O _2 \rightarrow 2 HCHO +2 H _2 O$
Methanal (HCHO) reacts rapidly with the components of body cells. It causes the protoplasm of the cells to coagulate. It also affects the optic nerve and causes blindness. Therefore, intake of small quantity of methanol can be lethal.
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