(English Medium) ICSE Class 10 - CISCE Important Questions for Biology

A pair of corresponding chromosomes of the same shape, size and one from each parent is called ______.

The process by which root hairs absorb water from the soil.

Active Transport and Diffusion [Significance in plants]

The diagram given below represents a plant cell after being placed in a strong sugar solution. Study the diagram and answer the questions that follow: 

1. What is the state of the cell shown in the diagram?
2. Name the structure that acts as a selectively permeable membrane.
3. Label the parts numbered 1 to 4 in the diagram.
4. How can the above cell be brought back to its original condition? Mention the scientific term for the recovery of the cell.
5. State any two features of the above plant cell which is not present in animal cells.

A plant cell may burst when :

State the main function of the Guard cells

The figure given below is a diagrammatic representation of a part of the cross section of the root in the root hair zone. Study the same and then answer the questions that follow

(i) Name the parts indicated by the guidelines 1 to 4.
(ii) Which is the process that enables the passage of water from the soil into the root hair?
(iii) Name the pressure that is responsible for the movement of water in the direction indicated by the arrows. Define it.
(iv) Due to an excess of this pressure sometimes drops of water are found along the leaf margins of some plants especially in the early mornings. What is the phenomenon called?
(v) Draw a well labelled diagram of the root hair cell as it would appear if an excess of fertiliser is added to the soil close to it.

The diagram of an given below demonstrates a particular process in plants. Study the same and answer the questions that follow :

(i) Name the apparatus.
(ii) Which phenomenon is demonstrated by this apparatus?
(iii) Explain the phenomenon mentioned in (ii) above.
(iv) State two limitations of using this apparatus.
(v) What is the importance of the air bubble in the experiment?
(vi) Name the structures in a plant through which the above process takes place.

the exact location of the Lenticels

fill in the blanks with suitable functions: Xylem and  __________.

The phenomenon of loss of water through a cut stem or injured part of plant is called ___________.

Differentiate between Diffusion and Osmosis (Definition)

Explain Turgor pressure

Differentiate between Turgor pressure and Wall pressure (explain)

A candidate in order to study the process of osmosis has taken 3 potato cubes and put them in 3 different beakers containing 3 different solutions. After 24 hours, in the first beaker the potato cube increased in size, in the second beaker the potato cube decreased in size and in the third beaker there was no change in the size of the potato cube. The following diagram shows the result of the same experiment:

(i) Give the technical terms of the solutions used in beakers, 1, 2 and 3.
(ii) In beaker 3, the size of the potato cube remains the same. Explain the reason in brief.
(iii) Write the specific feature of the cell sap of root hairs which helps in absorption of water.
(iv) What is osmosis?
(v) How does a cell wall and a cell membrane differ in their permeability?

Give scientific reasons : Balsam plants wilt during mid-day even if the soil is well watered.

Correct the following statements by changing the underlined words:

Xylem transports starch from the leaves to all parts of the plant body

Lenticels or stomata (Which one remains open always ?)

Give appropriate biological or technical terms for the following :

Movement of molecules of a substance from their higher concentration to lower concentration when they are in direct contact.

Differentiate between the following pairs on the basis of what is indicated in the brackets.

Hypotonic solution and Hypertonic solution [condition of a plant cell when placed in them]