(English Medium) ICSE Class 10 - CISCE Question Bank Solutions

Give Technical Term
The substances which check the rate of transpiration.

Explain the term:

Diffusion

Explain the Term:

Osmosis

Explain the Term: Endosmosis

Explain the Term: Exosmosis

Explain the term:

Plasmolysis

Why are RBCs efficient in their functions though they lack nucleus and mitochondria?

During a practical exam, a plant cell in a particular solution was placed under a compound microscope. Students were told to observe the cell and name the tonicity of the solution and mention the process that occurred in the cell.

How does the rate of Transpiration differ when there is High temperature?

How does the rate of Transpiration differ when there is High humidity?

The given statement is incorrect. Rewrite the correct statement:

Fresh water fish when placed in hypertonic salt solution absorb water and burst.

Name the following:

The folds/finger-like projections from the inner wall of the mitochondria.

Rewrite the correct form of the statement by changing the first or last word only:

Alternative forms of a gene are called traits.

When a cell in solution shrinks and loses its shape, then the solution is ______.

Define the following term:

Osmotic Pressure

Define the following term:

Tonicity

Name the three external factors which increase the rate of transpiration.

Name three extrinsic factors which decrease the rate of transpiration.

Give a reason/suitable explanation.

Transpiration increases with the velocity of the wind.

(a) State whether the following statement are True or False.

(b) Rewrite the false statement in (a) above in the correct form by changing either the first or the last word only.

Atmospheric humidity promotes transpiration from a green plant.