The various ways in which the animal adapt to unfavourable conditions are:
Snails undergo aestivation to avoid summer-related problems like excessive heat and desiccation.
Seeds go into a state of ‘dormancy’ in which they reduce their metabolic activities. They germinate when the conditions are again favourable.
Bears go into hibernation to avoid the harsh winter conditions in which they reduce their body metabolic activities to a great extent.
Zooplanktons undergo a state of ‘Diapause’ that is a stage of suspended development)
Fungi form thick-walled spores to survive the unfavourable conditions and germinate on the availability of suitable conditions.
Bacteria adapt to unfavourable conditions by forming endospores.
With the help of a flow chart, show the phenomenon of biomagnification of DDT in an aquatic food chain.
Your school has been selected by the Department of Education to organize and host an interschool seminar on 'Reproductive Health – Problems and Practices'. However, many parents are reluctant to permit their wards to attend it. Their argument is that the topic is 'too embarrassing.'
Put forth four arguments with appropriate reasons and explanation to justify the topic to be essential and timely.
(a) Plan an experiment and prepare a flow chart of the steps that you would follow to ensure that the seeds are formed only from the desired sets of pollen grains. Name the type of experiment that you carried out.
(b) Write the importance of such experiments.
(a) Why are thalassemia and haemophilia categorized as Mendelian disorders ? Write the symptoms of these diseases. Explain their pattern of inheritance in humans.
(b) Write the genotypes of the normal parents producing a haemophilic son.
(a) List the different attributes that a population has and not an individual organism.
(b) What is population density ? Explain any three different ways the population density can be measured, with the help of an example each.
