CLASS I X SS2 SCIENCE-BIOLOGY
Q.1. Who is said to be Father of Taxonomy?
Q.2. State the advantage of using scientific names instead of common or popular names?
Q.3. Who was the scientist to propose the binomial nomenclature? Give uses of this system.
Q.4. . State the components of a scientific name.
Q.5. State the conventions followed while writing the scientific names
Q.6. How are two characteristics to be used for developing a hierarchy in classification choose ?
Q.7. State the basis for grouping organisms into five kingdoms.
Q.8. State the major divisions in the Plantae. What is the basis for these division?
Q.9. State the criteria for deciding divisions in plants.
Q.10. How vertebrata are classified into further subgroups?
Diversity in Living Organism – Animalia
Q.1. How do poriferan animals differ from coelenterate ?
Q.2. How do annelid
animals differ from arthropods ?
Q.3. What are the differences between amphibians and reptiles ?
Q.4. What are the differences between animals belonging to the Aves group and those in the mammalian group ?
Q.5. State the important features of members of animal kingdom.
Q.6. State classification of Animal kingdom upto phylum level in order of hierarchy.
Q.7. State the salient features of phylum porifera.
Q.8. State the salient features of phylum cnidaria (coelenterata).
Q.9. State the salient features of phylum platyhelminthes (Flatworms).
Q.10. State the salient features of phylum Nematoda (Aschelminthes) (round or thread worm).
Q.11. State the salient features of phylum annelida (segmented worm).
Q.12. State the salient features of phylum arthropoda (animals with jointed feet/appandages).
Q.13. State the salient features of Phylum Mollusea.
Q.14 . State the salient features of phylum Echinodermata (spiny skinned animals).
Q.15. State the
salient features of phylum Protochondrata.
Q.16. State the salient features of vertebrata.
Q.17. State the salient features of Pisces.
Q.18. State the salient features of Amphibia (Vertebrates leading two lives).
Q.19. State the
salient features of Reptilia (Creeping Vertebrates).
Q.20. State the salient features of Aves (Birds).
Q.21. State the salient features of Mammalia (Mammals).
Q.22. State the phylum of sponges.
Q.23. State the largest phylum of animal kingdom (animalia).
Q.24. Give any two characteristics features of animals.
Q.25. Give the
difference between :
(i) Bony and cartilaginous fishes.
(ii) Bilateral and radial symmetry.
(iii) Notochord and nerve cord
Diversity in Living Organism – Plantae
Q.1. Which division among plants has the simplest organisms ?
Q.2. How are pteridophytes different from the phanerogams ?
Q.3. How do gymnosperms and angiosperms differ from each other ?
Q.4. What is the basis of classification in plants.
Q.5. What are Thallophytes ?
Q.6. What do you mean by algae ? Give examples.
Q.7. Draw a labeled diagram of spirogyra cell.
Q.8.What do you mean by bryophytes ? Give examples.
Q.9. What are liverworts ?
Q.10. Define moss.
Q.11. What do you mean by Pteridophyta ?
Q.12. State the two subkingdoms of plant kingdom suggested by Eichler ?
Q.13. State the characteristics of : (i) Subkingdom cryptogamae and (ii) Subkingdom phanerogamae.
Q.14 . State the names of divisions of the subkingdom cryptogamae.
Q.15. What do you mean by phanerogams ? State its two subdivisions.
Q.16. What do you mean by Gymnosperms ?
Q.17. What do you mean by seeds ?
Q.18. What is angiosperms ?
Q.19. In which
division of cryptogams do algae belong ?
Q.20. What do you mean by phanerogams ?
Q.21. Which
characters will you consider in order to label a particular specimen from the
given assortment of plants as :
(i) Angiosperm
(ii) Moss
(iii) Alga.
Q.22. Why do bryophytes are called amphibians of the plant kingdom ?
Diversity in Living Organism
Q.1. Which do you
think is a more basic characteristic for classifying organisms ?
(a) The place where they live.
(b) The kind of cells they are made of. Why ?
Q.2. What is the primary characteristic on which the first division of organisms is made ?
Q.3. On what bases are plants and animals put into different categories ?
Q.4. Which organisms are called primitive and how are they different from the so-called advanced organisms ?
Q.5. Will advanced organisms be the same as complex organisms ? Why ?
Q.6. What is the basis on which living things are identified and categorized ?
Q.7.How can we say that the classification of life forms will be closely related to their evolution ?
Q.8. What is evolution ?
Q.9. Who first of all gave the idea of evolution ?
Q.10. In which book did Darwin describe the idea of evolution ?
Q.11. What is the criterion for classification of organisms as belongs to kingdom Monera or Protista ?
Q.12. In which kingdom will you place an organism which is single-celled, eukaryotic and photosynthetic ?
Q.13. In the hierarchy of classification, which grouping will have the smallest number of organisms with a maximum of characteristics in common and which will have the largest number of organisms ?
Q.14. State the name of scientist who proposed five kingdom classification system of organisms.
Q.15. State the list of names of five kingdom of organism with the names of organism they are composed of.
Q.16. State the basis of formation of five kingdom classification.
Q.17. Who proposed division of Monera kingdom ? State the groups proposed
Q.18. State the basic unit of classification.
Q.19. Define species.
Q.20. State the hierarchic categories generally used for classification of animals.
Q.21. State the characteristic of kingdom Monera
Q.22. Why blue green algae are included under monera and not under plantae ?
Q.23. State the groups of organism under kingdom monera.
Q.24. What are mycoplasm ?
Q.25. State the characteristics of kingdom protista with examples.
Q.26. Give one example of each protesta having cilia and flagella.
Q.27. Draw labeled diagram of three protozoa.
Q.28. State the characteristics of fungi with example.
Q.29. What are lichen ? Give examples.
Q.30. State the similarities between plants and animals.
Q.31. State the difference between plants and animals.