ANSWER KEY (Pre board 1)

Class X (SET B)
ANS1 (a) Decomposers
(b) Clean environment and return the nutrients back to the soil.
ANS2
Gamete Zygote

1. The germ cells that are fused during
sexual reproduction are called
gametes, e.g., sperm (male) and Ova
(female).
2. Gametes are unfertilized
reproductive cells.
3. Being the product of meiosis, gamete
are always haploid cells
It is product of fusion of male
gamete and female gamete
during sexual reproduction.
Zygote is fertilized egg or
fertilized Ovum.
Since zygote is product of
fusion of haploid male and
female gamete, it is a diploid
structure.

ANS3. (a) In them, cells are organised into specialised groups/tissues, organs and/or systems,
each of which occupy specific locations in the body. In such an organised condition, cell-by-
cell division would be impossible. Hence multicellular organisms need complex methods of
reproduction.
(b) Despite the removal of the stamens which is the male reproductive unit artificially, the
flower can produce fruits as it still has the pistil and so it can reproduce by cross pollination.

ANS4. Variations are beneficial to the species than individual because sometimes for a
species, the environmental conditions change so drastically that their survival becomes
difficult. For example, if the temperature of water increases suddenly, then most of the
bacteria living in that water would die. Only few variants that are resistant to heat would be
able to survive. However, if these variants were not there, then the entire species of bacteria
would have been destroyed. Thus, these variants help in the survival of the species. However,
all variations are not necessarily beneficial for the individual organisms.

ANS5. According to the given information, 100J of energy is available to the snake. Then,
according to the 10% law, the amount of energy available to the Hawk is 10J

ANS 6. a) i) Purple

ii) 25%

iii) 1:2

b) We will not have white coloured pea plant in F1 generation. Because all progeny plants
will have the genotype Pp, and as the P is a dominant allele, that is purple colour is dominant,
all the plants with Pp genotype will have purple coloured flowers
ANS 7. (a) Tall and Purple
(b) Dominant
(c ) Tall and white
(d) (i) AD-Tall and white
(ii) AB-Tall and purple