(a) Organisms may be conformers or regulators. Explain this statement and give one example of each.
(b) Why are there more conformers than regulators in the animal world ?
(a) Regulators : - The organism is able to maintain homeostasis by physiological and behavioural means. All birds and mammals and few lower vertebrates and invertebrates species maintain homeostasis by thermoregulation and osmoregulation. For eg : - Birds & Mammals. Conformers : - Majority (99%) of animals and nearly all plants cannot maintain a constant internal environment. Their body temperature is not constant. They are simply conformers. Eg; - Fishes, Frogs etc.
(b) Because they lack the capability maintain a constant internal environment or homeostasis.
Describe the inter-relationship between productivity, gross primary productivity and net productivity.
Write the different components of a lac-operon in E. coli. Explain its expression while in an ’open’ state.
It is commonly observed that parents feel embarrassed to discuss freely with their adolescent children about sexuality and reproduction. The result of this parental inhibition is that the children go astray sometimes.
(a) Explain the reasons that you feel are behind such embarrassment amongst some parents to freely discuss such issues with their growing children.
(b) By taking one example of a local plant and animal, how would you help these parents to overcome such inhibitions about reproduction and sexuality ?
(a) Compare, giving reasons, the J-shaped and S-shaped models of population growth of a species.
(b) Explain ‘fitness of a species’’ as mentioned by Darwin.
(a) When a seed of an orange is squeezed, many embryos, instead of one are observed. Explain how it is possible.
(b) Are these embryos genetically similar or different ? Comment.
