FIRST TERMINAL EXAMINATION 2012-2013

BIOLOGY STD 10ANSWER KEY

QN
NO
VALUE POINTS SCORE
1
(ii) MELATONIN (iii) CORTISOL
+
2
STATEMENT (ii), CORRECTED AS "NEUROTRANSMITTERS ARE
SECRETED FROM THE SYNAPTIC KNOB WHEN IMPULSES REACH
THERE.
1+1
3
(a) STAPES- OTHERS ARE PARTS OF INNER ERAR
(b) HOT -OTHERS ARE PRIMARY TASTES.
+
+
4
A-IMAGE FORMED IN RETINA
B-IMPULSES FORMED
C-OPTIC NERVES CARRIES IMPULSAS
D- IMPULSES REACH CEREBRUM
+
+
5
(a) INSULIN
(b) 31 PAIRS
1+1
6
(a) AQUEOUS HUMOUR
(b) SUPPLIES NUTRIENTS AND OXYGEN TO THE CELLS OF CORNEA
AND LENS
(c) GLAUCOMA
1+1+1
7
VESTIBULE,CEREBELLUM,AMPULLA,SEMICIRCULAR CANALS
+
+
8
MIDDLE LAYER - BLOOD CAPPILLARIES ARE SEEN-PROVIDES OXYGEN
AND NUTRIENTS TO THE TISSUES
CORNEA-TRANSPERANT FRONT PART- ALLOWS LIGHT RAYS TO ENTER
RETINA - LIGHT RECEPTORS ARE SEEEN - IMPULSES ARE FORMED
+

+
+

9
SECRETION OF SALIVA INCREASES, FUNCTIONS OF STOMACH IS
STIMULATED, PERISTALSIS ENHANCED, SECRETION OF BILE
ENHANCED.
+
+
10
(i) A-DWARFISM B-EPILEPSY C- NIGHT BLINDNESS
(ii) A - UNDER SECRETION OF SOMATOTROPIN IN CHILDREN
B - IRREGULARITY IN THE ELECTRIC IMPULSES IN THE BRAIN
(iii) EAT FOOD CONTAINING VITAMIN A / EAT CARROT , LEAFY
VEGETABLES
++

1+1


11
(a) B (b) C - DEFECIANCY OF PARATHORMONE (c) CALCITONIN
AND PARATHOMONE
OR
HYPOTHYROIDISM- PRODUCTION OF ENERGY DECREASES,PHYSICAL
AND MENTAL GROWTH RETARDS IN CHILDREN,LOW APPETITE,BODY
WEIGHT INCREASES
HYPERTHYROIDISM - BODY WEIGHT DECREASES, HEART BEAT
INCREASES,SHIVERING OF HANDS


(a) (b)
+1(c)1
OR
Any three
1

1
12
SAMPLE 1 -GLUCOSE PRESENT SAMPLE 2- NO GLUCOSE SAMPLE 3
-GLUCOSE PRESENT, SAMPLE 4 -GLUCOSE PRESENT
DEPENDING ON THE CONCENTRATION OF GLUCOSE THE SOLUTION
WILL APPEAR GREEN,YELLOW,ORANGE OR RED
2

1
13
OPINION OF SUMA.
PLANTS ARE EQUIPPED FOR SUCH RESPONSES BY THE PROTIEN
PIGMENT CALLED PHYTOCHROME
1+1
14
HYDRA :NERVE NET ,SNAKE :JACOBSONS ORGAN ,INSECTS :
OMMATIDIUM
1+1+1
15
(a) BREAKS DOWN PROTIENS LIPIDS ETC,PRODUCTION OF GLUCOSE
FROM AMINO ACIDS,STORES GLYCOGEN IN THE LIVER,SUPPRESSES
IMMUNE CELLS (ANY TWO)
(b) ONLY THE CELLS WITH SPECIFIC RECEPTORS A\CAN ACCEPT THE
RESPECTIVE HORMONE.
Any two
1

1
16
DRAWING
IDENTIFYING AND CORRECT LABELLING IN PICTURE
(a) HYPOTHALAMUS (b) MEDULLA OBLONGATA (C)CEREBRUM
1 SCORE
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++