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Class X - Heredity & Evolution

The document contains 30 questions about heredity and evolution, including definitions of key terms like heredity, variation, homozygous, heterozygous, and speciation. It asks about Gregor Mendel's experiments on inheritance and how traits are inherited independently. Questions also cover how variations promote survival, how geographical isolation can lead to speciation, and what fossils tell us about evolution. The document seeks to assess understanding of fundamental concepts in heredity and evolution.

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Class X - Heredity & Evolution

The document contains 30 questions about heredity and evolution, including definitions of key terms like heredity, variation, homozygous, heterozygous, and speciation. It asks about Gregor Mendel's experiments on inheritance and how traits are inherited independently. Questions also cover how variations promote survival, how geographical isolation can lead to speciation, and what fossils tell us about evolution. The document seeks to assess understanding of fundamental concepts in heredity and evolution.

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X CBSE BIOLOGY - WORKSHEET

HEREDITY AND EVOLUTION


1. Define Heredity. 2. Define Variation. 3. If a trait A exists in 10% of a population of an asexually reproducing species and a trait B exists in 60% of the same population, which trait is likely to have arisen earlier? 4. How does the creation of variations in a species promote survival? 5. Name the two laws of inheritance postulated by Mendel? 6. How do Mendels experiments show that traits may be dominant or recessive? 7. How do Mendels experiments show that traits are inherited independently? 8. A man with blood group A marries a woman with blood group O and their daughter has blood group O. Is this information enough to tell you which of the traits blood group A or O is dominant? Why or why not? 9. Define allomorph. 10. What are different types of variations? 11. How one change adopted can perform different functions? 12. What do you mean by evolution? 13. How is the sex of the child determined in human beings? 14. What are the different ways in which individuals with a particular trait may increase in a population? 15. Why are traits acquired during the life-time of an individual not inherited? 16. Define Homozygous. 17. Define Heterozygous. 18. Why are the small numbers of surviving tigers a cause of worry from the point of view of genetics? 19. What factors could lead to the rise of a new species? 20. Will geographical isolation be a major factor in the speciation of a self-pollinating plant species? Why or why not? 21. Define Speciation. 22. Will geographical isolation be a major factor in the speciation of an organism that reproduces asexually? Why or why not? 23. Who provided experimental evidence to support theory of origin of life from inanimate matter? 24. A normal pea plant bearing colored flowers suddenly start producing white flowers. What could be the possible cause? 25. What is mutation? 26. Give an example of characteristics being used to determine how close two species are in evolutionary terms. 27. Can the wing of a butterfly and the wing of a bat be considered homologous organs? Why or why not? 28. What are fossils? What do they tell us about the process of evolution? 29. Why are human beings who look so different from each other in terms of size, colour and looks said to belong to the same species? 30. In evolutionary terms, can we say which among bacteria, spiders, fish and chimpanzees have a better body design? Why or why not?

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