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

Define stimulus.

The outermost layer of meninges:

Enlist different advantages of transpiration.

Stimulation of nerves of the sympathetic nervous system ______.

Study the diagram given below and answer the questions that follow:

1. Name the phenomenon depicted by the shoot in the above diagram.
2. Which plant hormone plays an important role in the above movement?
3. Complete and rewrite the given statement by filling in the correct terms:
   Shoots show positive ______ whereas, roots show positive ______.

Name the following:

The main nitrogenous waste formed in the body.

Mohan is fond of playing basketball. His concentration is on shooting the ball into the opponent's basket as given in the picture.

1. Which part of the brain helps Mohan to concentrate in putting the ball into the basket?
2. Name the sense organ that helps to gauge the distance between the ball and the basket.
3. Name the part of the brain that co-ordinates all the voluntary muscles of his body.

Name the structures through which Transpiration occur in a plant.

Give one example of Parthenocarpy.

Give two examples of stains which make the nucleus distinct.

Name the following:

A pigment which is not found in plastids.

Define the following term:

Cell

The process of evaporative loss of water from the aerial parts of a plant is ______.

Transpiration occurs:

Which of the following is an external factor affecting the rate of transpiration?

Define the following term:

Wilting

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

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

Transpiration helps to cool the body of the plant.

The only phytohormone which is a gas at ordinary temperature:

The response by parts of the plant towards stimulus is called as ______.

Define the following term:

Phytohormones