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Question 11 Mark
In the F generation of a cross, progeny having different traits are produced in the ratio 3 : 1. State whether it is a monohybrid cross or a dihybrid cross? Give one example of such a cross.
Answer
It is a monohybrid cross.
Example: when two hybrids tall Pea plants cross bred with eachother, they will produce three tall plants and one dwarf plant in F generation.
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Question 21 Mark
State one characteristic which shows that the birds are very closely related to dinosaurs.
Answer
The presence of feathers on birds and dinosaurs shows that they are closely related to each other.
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Question 41 Mark
Name two organisms which are now extinct and studied from their fossils.
Answer
Dinosaurs and Archaeopteryx.
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Question 51 Mark
How does the creation of variation in a species ensure its survival?
Answer
Due to the creation of variations, a species can adjust to the changing environment around it. And this promotes the survival of the species in the changing environment.
Example: The accumulation of ‘heat resistant’ variation (or trait) in some bacteria will ensure its survival even when the temperature in its environment rises too much due to a heat wave or some other reasons. On the other hand, the bacteria which did not have this variation to withstand heat would not survive under these circumstances and die.
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Question 61 Mark
Write the names of at least three inorganic molecules which helped in the origin of life on the earth.
Answer
Methane, Ammonia and Hydrogen Sulphide.
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Question 71 Mark
If a normal human cell has 46 chromosomes, how many chromosomes will be there in a human
  1. Sperm cell.
  2. Zygote?
Answer
  1. 23.
  2. 46.
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Question 81 Mark
In a human, how many chromosmes are present in:an egg which has just been produced by the ovary?
Answer
23.
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Question 101 Mark
Some plants occur in one of the two sizes: tall or dwarf. This characteristic is controlled by Heredity and Evolutionone pair of genes. Tallness is dominant to dwarfness. Choose suitable letters for this gene
pair.
Answer
Tt.
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Question 121 Mark
Name one reptile in each case where higher incubation temperature leads to the development of:
  1. Male progeny.
  2. Female progeny.
Answer
  1. Lizard (Agama agama).
  2. Turtle (Chrysema Picta).
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Question 141 Mark
Name the first scientist who studied the inheritance of traits from one generation to the next.
Answer
Gregor Mendel.
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Question 151 Mark
Mendel said that the characteristics or traits of organisms are carried from one generation to the next by internal factors which occur in pairs. What is the modern name for these factors?
Answer
Genes.
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Question 161 Mark
Choose the one term from the following which includes the other three:
broccoli, wild cabbage, cauliflower, cabbage
Answer
Wild cabbage.
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Question 181 Mark
What is the genotype of.
  1. Dwarf plants, and
  2. Tall plants, whose parental cross always produces tall offspring?
Answer
  1. tt.
  2. TT.
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Question 191 Mark
The gene for red hair is recessive to the gene for black hair. What will be the hair colour of a person if he inherits a gene for red hair from his mother and a gene for black hair from his father?
Answer
Black hair.
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Question 211 Mark
How are those species which are now ‘extinct’ studied?
Answer
Those species which are now extinct are studied by studying their fossils which are found during the digging of earth.
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Question 231 Mark
State whether the following statement is true or false:
Human beings have evolved from chimpanzees.
Answer
False.
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Question 261 Mark
What type of plants were used by Mendel for conducting his experiments on inheritance?
Answer
Pea plants.
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Question 271 Mark
Why are human beings who look so different from each other in terms of size, colour and looks said to belong to the same species?
Answer
The human beings who look so different from each other in terms of size, color and looks are set to belong to the same species because they can inter breed to produce fertile offsprings.
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Question 281 Mark
If the trait A exists in 10% of a population of an asexually reproducing species and a trait B exists in 60% of the same population, which trait is likely to have arisen earlier?
Answer
B.
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Question 291 Mark
A man having blood group O marries a woman having blood group B and they have a daughter. What will be the blood group of the daughter?
Answer
Equal chance of having blood group O or blood group B.
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Question 321 Mark
Name an animal in which individuals can change sex. What does this indicate?
Answer
Snails: This indicates that sex is not determined genetically in some animals.
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Question 331 Mark
The forelimbs of a frog, a bird and a man show the same basic design (or basic structure) of bones. What name is given to such organs?
Answer
Homologous Organs.
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Question 341 Mark
State one advantage of variation to a species.
Answer
The advantage of variation to a species is that it increases the chances of its survival in a changing environment.
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Question 371 Mark
Name two human traits which show variation.
Answer
Human height and free ear lobe are the traits which show variation in humans.
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Question 391 Mark
Out of the wing of a bird, wing of an insect and the wing of a bat:
  1. Which two are homologous organs?
  2. Which two are analogous organs?
Answer
  1. Wings of bird and wings of bat.
  2. Wings of birds and wings of insects.
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Question 401 Mark
State whether the following statement is true or false: The sex of an infant is not a case of inheritance of characteristics.
Answer
False.
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Question 411 Mark
State whether the following statement is true or false:
Human beings have evolved from chimpanzees.
Answer
False.
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Question 421 Mark
Which of the processes, sexual reproduction or asexual reproduction, brings about maximum variations in the offsprings?
Answer
Sexual Reproduction.
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Question 431 Mark
Name five varieties of vegetables which have been produced from ‘wild cabbage’ by the process of artificial.
Answer
Cabbage, Broccoli, Cauliflower, Kohlrabi and Kale.
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Question 481 Mark
What do you understand by the term ‘variation’?
Answer
The differences in the characters among the individual of a species is called variation.
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Question 491 Mark
What will you get in the F and F generations in the following cross? Pure tall pea plant x Pure dwarf pea plant.
Answer
In the F generation, all plants produced will be tall and in F generation three tall plantsand one dwarf plant will be produced.
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Question 501 Mark
What type of plants were used by Mendel for conducting his experiments on inheritance?
Answer
Pea plants.
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