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Organisms & Population - New Syllabus

The document discusses various topics related to organism and population biology including: 1. Population growth models and their mathematical equations. The intrinsic rate of natural increase and its significance in population growth is discussed. 2. Carrying capacity is defined as the maximum population size that a particular environment can sustain. 3. Age pyramids are population structures organized by age and sex that can be used to identify patterns of growth, stability, or decline. They help policymakers plan for future needs. 4. Various examples are given of population estimation techniques, species interactions like mutualism and competition, defense mechanisms in plants, and reproductive strategies in organisms. Mathematical expressions are provided for calculating birth and death rates and predicting future

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Organisms & Population - New Syllabus

The document discusses various topics related to organism and population biology including: 1. Population growth models and their mathematical equations. The intrinsic rate of natural increase and its significance in population growth is discussed. 2. Carrying capacity is defined as the maximum population size that a particular environment can sustain. 3. Age pyramids are population structures organized by age and sex that can be used to identify patterns of growth, stability, or decline. They help policymakers plan for future needs. 4. Various examples are given of population estimation techniques, species interactions like mutualism and competition, defense mechanisms in plants, and reproductive strategies in organisms. Mathematical expressions are provided for calculating birth and death rates and predicting future

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ORGANISMS & POPULATIONS

1. Identify the population growth model . (fig : 13.5 – a) . Write down its features and
mathematical equation . (3)
2. What is ‘intrinsic rate of natural increase’ ? Mention its significance in the study of
population growth. (1)
3. (fig : 13.5 – b) Identify the population growth model. Write down its different features
and mathematical equation . (3+3)
4. What is Verhulst Pearl Logistic Growth ? Write down its mathematical expression
along with its graphical representation . Why is it considered a more realistic one ? (3)
5. Define ‘carrying capacity’ of a habitat . (1)
6. What are ‘age pyramids’ ? Mention their uses .(2)
7. (fig : 13.4 ) Identify the age pyramid . What does it depict ? (1)
8. Give one example where indirect estimation of population is done . (1)
9. Give one example where relative densities help in establishing population density . (1)
10.Give one example where biomass is a more meaningful measure of the population size
than number. (1)
11.Give one example of animal / plant which breeds only once in its life time. (1)
12.Define ‘birth rate’ / ‘death rate’. (1+1)
13.In a forest there were 20 elephants last year and 5 new elephants were added by
reproduction . Calculate the birth rate. (1)
14.In a forest there were 50 deer in a specific year and 5 died out of them in the same
year. Find out the death rate . (1)
15.Name the interspecific interaction and give one example for the following type : (1+1)
(a) one species is benefited and the other is neither benefited nor harmed
(b) one species is harmed whereas the other is unaffected
16.Mention any two beneficial roles of predators . (1)
17.Why are the predators are prudent in nature ? (1)
18.How does Monarch butterfly avoid its predator ? (1)
19.What do you mean by the term phytophagous ? (1)
20.How do Calotropis protect themselves from their predators ? (1)
21.Give one example of morphological defence of plants against herbivores . (1)
22.Define : (i) interference competition (ii) competitive release (1+1)
23.What did Connell’s field experiment show ? (1)
24.State Gause’s Competitive Exclusion Principle . Why do recent studies not support his
principle ? Give one evidence which justify their views. (3)
25.With the help of an example explain the mechanism of ‘resource partitioning’. (2)
26.Mention the contribution of MacArthur in interspecific interaction. (2)
27.Name the intermediate hosts of human liver fluke . (1)
28.Name the hosts of liver fluke . (1)
29. Mention the adaptations of Cuscuta. (1)
30.What are ectoparasites ? Give two examples . (1)
31.Explain the phenomenon of brood parasitism . Give one example. (2)
32.Describe the process of pollination of Ophrys . (2)
33.Explain the mutualism between fig and wasp . (2)
34.Identify and explain the interaction between :
(i) lichens (ii) erget & grazing cattle (iii) fig & wasp (iv) Sea anemone & clown fish (v)
liver fluke & fish (vI) Balanus & Chathamalus (vii) epiphyte on a tree
(viii) orchid on a mango tree (ix) barnacles on the back of a whale (x) mycorrhiza (xi)
cuckoo & crow
35.Explain / describe one example where ‘sexual deceit’ is employed by a plant to get
pollination . How does the co-evolution operate in this example ? (3)
36.If N is the population density of an organism at time t , then give the mathematical
expression to find out its density at time t+1 . (1)
CBSE BOARD
37. (a) Represent diagrammatically three kinds of age-pyramids for human populations.
(b) How does an age pyramid for human population at given point of time helps the
policy-makers in planning for future.
38. construct an age pyramid which reflects an expanding growth / stable growth status of
human population. (2)

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