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

The process for which energy is required is ______.

Active transport is one in which the ions outside the roots move in by utilising ______.

Define the following term:

Active transport

Name the three intrinsic features which reduce the rate of transpiration.

Give a reason/suitable explanation.

Nerium loses less amount of water during transpiration.

Three cylinders of potato were carefully dried on blotting paper and weighed. Each piece weighed 3 grams. Each one was placed in the beaker as shown below:

Answer the following questions:

1. After 48 hours, which potato cylinder would be the heaviest?
2. The movement of which substance is mainly responsible for the weight change in the potato cylinders?
3. Name and define the process which is responsible for the movement of the substance mentioned in answer (b).
4. Write specific names of the processes which occur in beakers B and C. [kinds of processes defined in answer (c)].
5. Would there be any difference in the weight of the potato cylinder in beaker A after 48 hours? Give reason.

The optimum temperature for the process of photosynthesis is ______.

Unwanted disturbing sound, even if it is music next door, is noise.

People routinely working in noisy places are not much affected by noise.

Define the following term:

Noise

The kind of lens required to correct Myopia

Fibrin, Platelets, Thromboplastin, Fibrinogen, Thrombin.

Give appropriate biological/technical terms for the following: Cellular components of blood containing hemoglobin

The mineral ion needed for the formation of blood clot is :
A. Potassium
B. Sodium
C. Calcium
D. Iron

State the main function of the Lymphocytes of blood

Give scientific reasons: Blood flows in arteries in spurts and is under pressure.

The diagram given below represents a certain stage of mitosis: 

1. Identify the stage of cell division.
2. Name the parts labelled A and B.
3. What is the unique feature observed in this stage?
4. How many daughter cells are formed from this type of cell division?

Oxygen combines with haemoglobin present in RBC and forms _____.

the biological/technical terms for the lens of eye losing flexibility resulting in a kind of long-sightedness in middle aged people.

The diagrams given below are cross sections of blood vessels:

(i) Identify the blood vessels A, B and C.
(ii) Name the parts labelled 1 to 3.
(iii) Name the type of blood that flows through A.
(iv) Mention one structural difference between A and B.
(v) In which of the above vessels does exchange of gases actually take place?