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Control and coordination

The document contains a series of questions related to control and coordination in biology, including topics on human anatomy, plant hormones, and nervous system functions. It is divided into three sections: very short answer type questions, short answer type questions, and short answer questions, covering various aspects of physiology and plant responses. The questions range from identifying cells and hormones to explaining processes like reflex actions and phototropism.

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Control and coordination

The document contains a series of questions related to control and coordination in biology, including topics on human anatomy, plant hormones, and nervous system functions. It is divided into three sections: very short answer type questions, short answer type questions, and short answer questions, covering various aspects of physiology and plant responses. The questions range from identifying cells and hormones to explaining processes like reflex actions and phototropism.

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CONTROL AND COORDINATION

VERY SHORT ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS (1 mark)


1. Name the largest cell present in human body?
2. What is synapse?
3. State the main function of Cytokinin?
4. What is the significance of reflex action?
5. Mention one example of chemotropism?
6. How is the spinal cord protected in the human body?
7. Mention the function of the hind-brain in humans?
8. Name the hormone which helps in regulating sugar level in our blood? Name the gland which
secretes this hormone?
9. A young green plant receives sunlight from one direction only. What will happen to its shoots?
10. State the function of gustatory receptors and olfactory receptors?
11. Why are Endocrine glands called ductless glands?
12. Name the part of brain concerned with muscular coordination in the body?
13. Which part of human body contains largest number of neurons?
14. Which hormones are responsible for changes during puberty?
15. In which part of neuron conversion of electrical signals to chemical signals take place?
16. Sunflower moves in accordance with the path of the sun due to…….
17. Posture and balance of the body is controlled by ……………
18. Brain is protected by a bony covering called ………….
19. Iodine is essential for the synthesis of ……………. Hormone
20. The gland in man which is exocrine and endocrine is ……………….

SHORT ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS (2 MARK)


1. Name the hormones in animals which are: a) Necessary for growth
b) Necessary for changes associated with puberty
2. Write the name and functions of any two parts of the human hind-brain?
3. How does our body maintain blood sugar level?
4. How does auxin promote phototropism?
5. What are nastic and curvature movements? Give one example of each?
6. What is cerebrospinal fluid and what is its function?
7. Identify the phytohormones used by plants while performing the following functions:
(i) Cell division in shoot tip
(ii) Inhibiting growth during unfavourable conditions
8. What is a Reflex arc and what are its components?
9. When a person is excited or angry, name the hormone which is directly secreted into the
blood. Mention the gland which secretes this hormone.
10. .What causes a tendril to encircle or coil around the object in contact with it is? Explain the
process involved.

SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS (3 MARK)


1. (a)Draw the structure of neuron and label cell body and axon
(b) Name the part of neuron:
(i) where the information is aquired
(ii)Through which information travels as an electrical impulse
2. Define receptor and state their location in our body? Mention any two receptors present in our
forebrain and their functions?
3. A compound of iodine is compulsorily added to common salt in small quantity.
(a) Why is it important for us to have iodized salt in our diet? (b) Name the disease caused by its
deficiency. (c) Write the symptoms of the disease.
4. Name and describe briefly the following: Response of plants to light, chemical and water.
5. Which hormone is known as emergency hormone in our body how it helps in coping during
emergency?
6. (a)Name the part of the brain which controls: (i)voluntary action (ii)involuntary action
(b) What is the significance of the peripheral nervous system? Name the components of this
nervous system and distinguish between the origins of the two?
7. Which plant hormone is present in greater concentrations in the areas of Rapid cell division?
Name one plant growth promoter and one plant growth inhibitor?
8. How are the two vital organs Brain and Spinal cord protected in our body?
9. What is chemotropism? Give one example. Name any two plant hormones and mention their
functions.
10. What are the functions carried out by the nervous system in human beings?

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