Question Bank Solutions for ICSE Class 8 - CISCE - Biology

Crossword Puzzle
ACROSS
1. Special tubes through which food material is carried inside the plants body.
3. Channel through which movement of water and minerals occurs.
4. Red coloured fluid inside blood vessels.
5. Loss of water in vapour from the leaves.
9. Four chambered organ located in the chest cavity.
10. Blood vessels which bring blood into the heart. DOWN
2. Red coloured pigment which is a carrier of oxygen.
6. Blood vessels which carry blood from the heart.
7. Blood cells which help in clotting of blood.
8. Process by which water passes into the root hair.

Imagine all the seeds produced by a plant happen to fall under the same plant and sprout into new plants. Mention any two problems that will be faced by the new plants.

State whether the following statement is true (T) or false (F):

Producing life is called respiration.

State whether the following statement is true (T) or false (F):

Dogs and cats reproduce from two parents.

State whether the following statement is true (T) or false (F):

Most organisms have the capacity of regeneration in some or the other way.

Find the odd-one out, giving reason.

Gamete, budding, fragmentation, regeneration.

Define the following:

Regeneration

Why is reproduction necessary for living organisms?

Differentiate between the following:

Asexual reproduction and sexual reproduction.

Put a tick mark (✓) against the correct alternative in the following statement 

Grafting is a method of:

What is vegetative reproduction?

Briefly explain why a gardener prefers to grow certain plants vegetatively?

Why is it disadvantageous to grow plants vegetatively?

Write a short note on Micro propagation.

Write a short note on Bryophyllum.

Write a short note on Vegetative reproduction.

Write a short note on Grafting.

With the help of suitable diagram, describe Binary fission in plants.

With the help of suitable diagram, describe Budding in yeast cell.

Multiple choice question. Tick (✓) the correct choice:

The common method of reproduction in bacteria is

1. budding
2. fragmentation
3. binary fission
4. all the above