Bio Practicals
Bio Practicals
CELL
MEMBRANE
-CYTOPLASM
NUCLEUS
VACUOLE
7. Distinct nodes and internodes are present on the stem. FLOWER PEOIC:I
Kxperiment No,.A-2,2
AM OF THE EXPERIMENT :
To study the floral parts of a flower.
BÈQUIREMENTS :
Hibiscus flower/Petunia flower, hand lens, blade, needles, glass slides and forceps.
RÒCEDURE:
Examine the specimen of the flower or the inflorescence provided very carefully with the hand lens.
Draw labelled diagrams of the entire flower. Then cut its vertical section with the help of the blade and
draw the diagram of the cut flower. Label the parts.
In another specimen of the same flower, with the help of the forceps pull out each whorl starting from
ge outside. Draw each whorl separately and record your observations as per the following key :
Inflorescence : Is the inflorescence solitary-terminal or axillary ? Name the types of inflorescence
racemnose or Cymose.
Flower: Is the flower bracteate or ebracteate, pedicellate or sessile; complete or incomplete; unisCXual
or bisexual; regular or irregular; hypogynous or epigynous; and nature of bracts or bracleoles if present;
shape of the flower because of the shape of the corolla,colou.
Calyx : Number of sepals or lobes, polysepalous or gamosepalous, shape ifsepals fused.
Corolla :Number of petals; polypetalous or gamopetalous, shape of corolla if fused.
Shape : Free corolla-cruciform, caryophyllaceous, rosaceous, papilionaceous elc. and colour. (When
there is not much difference between the sepals and petals, the term perianth is used, sepaloid or pelaloid :
polyphylous or gamophylous), Fused corolla- Tubular, funnel shaped, urn shaped, ligulale, bilabiate clc.
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(monoadelphous or diadelp-
Androecium : Number of stamens, free or united. If united, adelphous
hous), syngenesious or epipetalous or epiphyllous.
Gynoecium : Number of carpels, syncarpous (hused) or anocarpous (free) ovary supenor o
number of chambers or loculi, nature of placentation numbhor of oulos in each loculus of the ovaiy.
Style :Long or short, Free or fused.
Stigma : Distinct-simple, lobed or branched and state their number, hairy etc.
OVULE
OVARY
THALAMUS FLOCULE
A G
Fig. HIblscus rosa-sinensis (Shoe flower). A. Part of a flowering branch; B. V.S. Flower ; C, Floral dlagram.
D. Separated Calyx and Corolla ; E. Androeclum; F. Gynoeclum; G T.S. Ovary.
(i) The flowers are large and showy present above the foliage.
(ii) The flowers are brightly scarlet red coloured.
(ii) Petals are large, conspicous and scarlet red in colour.
(iv) Flowers have honey or nectar glands at the base of petals.
(u) Pollen grains are heavy, spiny and surrounded by yellow sticky substance called pollenkit.
T'PROCEDURE ÒF POLLINATION :
Observe the enüre flower (after studying its detailed study as in this experiment).
In shoe flower the large,showy scarlet red petals, long scarlet red staminal tube, with distinct knobbed
stigmas attracts the insect. Theinsect sits on exposed stigmas and then moves to the petals. As the insect moves
towards the interior of the flowerin search of nectar, the pollen gets transfered to the body of the visiting insect.
If the insect has already visited a flower, some of the pollen grains sticking to its body get transferred to the
stigmas, thus bringing about cross-pollinàtion. When this insect visits another flower after this, it will cay away
pollen grains of this flower to the new flower toaffect cross-pollination.
Thus, large size insects such as bees,visit theflower in search of nectar and cary out pollination.
INTRODUCTION
On polination and fertilization, the ovaru matures into a fruit and the
COntain one or two coverings called Seed-coats andan embrvo. ovule ripens into a seed. Seeas
Theembryo consists of one or tWO COtyie
os (seed leaves) and embryo axis i.e., a plumule, a radicle. Theseed remains
Water, OXygen and suitable tenmperature to germinate and arow, The dormant (inactive) tillit receives
embryo into a seedling or young plant is called sprouting of a seed and growth o e
Germination.
xperiment No. A-s
VÁIM OF THE
EXPERIMENT:
To study the structure of germinatingseeds.
KEQUIREMENTS :
Bean seed, Maize seed, pair of forceps, razor, needles, a blade and hand lens.
PROCEDURE :
Soak a few of each type of seeds, overnight. Remove the outer seed-coat by using forceps. Place the
embryo under dissecting microscope to study the various parts.
OBSERVATIONS AND COMMENTS :
1. BEAN SEED EMBRYONAL AXIS
Examine the external structure of the seed. PLUMULE
TESTA
HILUM
1. Bean seed is kidney-shaped with HILUM
MICAOPYLE
LRADICLE
convexity on one side and slightly MICROPYLE
concave on other side. COTYLEDON
2. It has a whitish or brown colour and
EXTERNAL VIEW C
smooth surface.
PLUMULE INTERNAL VIEW AFTER
3. On the concave side is a whitish REMOVING SEED COAT
elongated oval scar called hilum, EPICOTYL ANDONE COTYLEDON
the point of attachment to the stalk
of seed. Near the hilum is present a HYPOCOTYL
RADICLE
minute pore called micropyle.
4. A small bulge is found above the -COTYLEDON
D
micropyle. It indicates the position
of underlying radicle. INTERNAL STRUCTURE
Flg. Structure of bean seed
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5. Ashort ridge lies on the other side of hilum--Raphe.
6. The outer seed coat is thick, tough, whitish or brownish called tosta and the inner one is thin,
whitish and known as tegmen.
7. Inside seed coats, is present the embryo. Embryo has a curved embryo axis and two food
laden, massive fleshy structures called cotyledons.
between the
8. Embryo axis at micropylar end bears a rod-shaped radicle while the other end
two cotyledons has plumule. Plumule is covered by two small folded leaves.
9. The two cotyledons are attached to the embryo axis in between radicle and plumule at coty
kidney-shaped. They store
ledonary node (mesocotyl). The cotyledons are large, white and
food,
and area
10. The area of embryo axis between plumule and cotyledonary node is called eplcotyl
of embryo axis between cotyledonary node and radicle is known as hypocotyl.
Al. Plumule grows into shoot system and the radicle grows into róot system of the plant.
MAIZE GRAIN
are fused
L. Maize grain is a single-seeded fruit. The fruit wall (pericarp) and the seed coat (testa)
together.
2. The maize grain may be whitish, yellow, violet or red in colour.
3. It has a smooth and shining surface.
4. Itis conical and flattened. The broader end is roundish.
lowards the broader end the upper flat surface bears a small papilla which represents the
J. remains of the style. On the same side a deltoid depressed whitish area is present with central
ridge which indicates the position of underlying embryo axis.
wall or
6. The outer hard covering is formed by the fusion of the seed coat or testa and the fruit
pericarp. PAPILLA
(REMAINS OF STYLE) FUSED PERICARP
AND TESTA
PAPILLA
-(REMAINSOF STYLE)
-ALEURONE LAYER
-STORAGE REGION ENDOSPERM
EPITHELIAL LAYER
-SCUTELLUM
-DEPRESSED -COLEOPTILE
AREA -PLUMULE
-RIDGE EMBRYO AXIS
POSITION O -HADICLE
UNDERLYING COLEORHIZA
EMBRYO
sexual.
6. Reproductlon Is ndçxual or of more than one type of
SMALLER
DACTYLOZOOIDs
7. Polymorphlsm-Psence
Indlviduals In the coloy. GASTROZOOIDS
organisntion.
8. Thoy have tlssue-level of LARGER
DACTYLOZOOIDS
Examples :
(portugese-man-of
Hydra, Aurella (jelly fish), Physalla TENTACLES HAVING
war Corals llke Tublpora etc. NEMATOCYSTS
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ORGANS
5. Most of them àre hermaphrodites and 10
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development is direct. 20
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SECOND
WALKING/
LEG
JOINTED APPENDAGES
TELSON UROPODS
THIRD ANAL HIND WING
WALKING CERCUS
Flg. Prawn (Palaemon) LEG ANAL STYLE
Flg. Cockroach (Periplanata americana)
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1. It is
2. found in rivers and is
Body is divided into omnivorous.and the
cephalothorax
3. carapace. abdomen and cephalothorax is covered by unjointed
Abdomen
4. A pair of
is six
jointed and bears aconicial telson at its
appendages
and balancing etc.
arise from
ventrolateral margin of eachend.
last six form the There are 19 segments of these-first five in segrnent, meant for feeding,
the head, next eight form the swimming
J. lt has a pair of abdomen. thorax and
6. They
respire bycompound eyes borne on movable two jointed stalks.
7. gills.
Presenceareof
S Prawns sexualdimorphism.muscles
used as food and their
are considered to be a delicacy.
6FHYLUM-MOLLUSCA
Molluscs soft-bodied(Soft
are -bodied animcharacterized
animals
ney are mostly marine Qr
als) and are by the following
2. The body of molluscs is freshwater dwelling species, but few are teatures
terrestrial in habitat.
3. divisible
The head bears mnouth, eves and
into head, visceral mass and
tentacles, and visceral mass foot.
dlandular fold of the body wall called encloses
+. A hick muscular, vascular and body organs.
body. mantle covers almost the entire
5. Ahard calcareous shell is secreted by the mantle
6. Body cavity is full of blood and is calld which may be external or intermal.
I. Respiration takes place through haemocoel.
mantle or even lungs (pulmonarygills\called
sac).
ctenidia, but may also occur through body surtace,
8. Excretion takes place through sac-like
kidneys.
9. Nervous system consists of 34 pairs of gangla¡ (group of nerve cells),
10, Reproduction is sexual. Sexes are separate.
connectives and commissures.
Bkamples : Unio (freshwater mussel), Sepia (cuttlefish), Pila (snal),Octopus (devilfish), Loligo (squid).
Unio (Fresh Water Mussel):
UMBO
1. It is found in rivers, lakes and ponds. HINGE LIGAMENT
2. It is enclosed in abivalvate shell, colour
is greyish-green or dark grey. EXHALENT LINES OF
SIPHON
3. Shell has a ridge called umbo. Concentric GROWTH
lines, the lines of growth, are present on SIPHON
INHALENTS -SHELL
the shell.
4. Mantle forns a cavity with the visceral -FOOT
organs. Thiscavity is connected with the
exhalent and inhalent siphons.
Flg. Unio
5. Water enters the body through inhalent siphon
and leaves the body through exhalent siphon. It is omnivorousfeeding microscopic organisms.
mouth is present in mantle
6. Two pairs of large, oval labial palps (lips) and a wide transverse
cavity.
visceral hump of mantle cavity.
7. All the main organs like alimentary canal etc. are present in
8. Respiration is by gills or ctenidia.
9. Foot is laterally compressed large, extensible muscular organ and helps in locomotion. tas
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ANUS
ARMS
VINAVOS=
group of animals.
two animals which belong to Porifera
O.1. Name
Ans. Sycon, Euspongia.
belong to coelenterata group of animals.
animals which
O.2. Name two
Aurelia (Jelly fish). Annelida group of animals.
Ans. Hydra, belong to
animalswhich
O.3. Name two
Ans. Earthworm, Leech. Platyhelminthes group of animals.
to
animals which belong
0.4. Name two
solium, Planaria. Arthropoda group of
animals.
Ans. Taenia belong to
animals which
Q.5. Name two
Ans. Cockroach, Prawn.
?
the largest phylun (animal group)
Q.6. Which is
Ans. Arthropoda. MANUAL
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Unit.
7 KalemtEication ot the
Struetite o Humman OrgAns
INTRODUCTION
Lungs are one
isthebasis of life and offor he important organs of the terrestrial
The skin is the release of energy locked in the vertebrate animals. They provide oxygen, which
the animal in outer food.
regulationfromof protective
painful etc.), prevents body covering ofexcretion,
temperature,
the body. The skin, in additionto
perceiving
being protective, also helps
dessication and pfany others to mention. external stimuli (such as thermal, tactile,
AVNAoCE =
Q.1. Define epiglottis.
Ans. It is a flap-like structure, which guard the entrance to the trachea. It closes trachea at the time of swallowing
food.
Q.2. What is the function of larynx ?
range
Ans. t is also called voice box or "Adams apple" a hollow cartilaginous structure meant for producing
of sounds.
Q.3. What are bronchioles ?
and are without cartilage rings.
Ans. These are the finer tubes of tertiary bronchiwith diameter of about 1mm
through them.
Q.4. Name the parts which allow gaseous exchange
thick walls, representing ultimate ends of
Ans. Alveolior air sacs (sing. alveolus) with extremely thin one cell
repeatediy branching bronchioles.
lungs.
Q.5. Name the two membranous coverings of the
fluid (pleural fluid) between the
Ans. The inner visceral pleura and the outer parietal pleura with a watery
two membranes.
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Unit,
Breathing
INTRODUCTION
Breathing is a simple physical process
(Expiration).
diaphragm). Breathingis facilitated by the involving intake of fresh air (Inhalation) and removal of foul air
expansion and contraction of thoracic cavity ('Chest
Breathing man is brought about with the help of the respiratory system. This system
series of air papassagesin cavity-ribs and
During its passage, thesupported
air
most of the wayby bones or cartilages so that air can go
in or
consists of
come out freely.
ne respiratory ogans calledundergoes moistening. cleaning, sterilisation
lungs in the tboracic cavity. It is here that and waming. These passages lead to
exchange of gases takes place.
Experiternt No, B-5
ÁIM OF THE
EXPERIMENT :
To studythe mechanism of
breathing.
REQUIREMENTS:
Abell jar, one holed stopper, a Y-shaped glass tube, two balloons, a thin sheet of
string/thread. rubber or polythene,
PROCEDURE :
Set up the apparatus as shown inthe fig. Care must be taken that no air enters the bll jarthrough the
rubber sheet or the edges of stopper.
Here, jar represents Rib cage. The stem of the Y-glass tube represents the trachea, the fork of the tube, the
two bronchi and the two balloons represent the two lungs. The ubber sheet tied fimly around the rim at
the bottom of the jar represents the
diaphragm. Tie a thread in themiddle of the AIR FORCED OUT. FRESH AIR TAKEN IN
rubber sheet on the lower side for
manipulating the 'diaphragm'. Make the
connections air-tight by applying vaseline.
Y-TUBE
ÓBSERVATIONS : CHEST OCAVITY (TRACHEA)
(1) Gently press the diaphragm by your hand .BALLOONS.
upwards (A)and observe the changes in the (LUNGS)
balloons. The balloons collapse, resulting in -JAR
forcing out the air (exhalation). (RIBCAGE)
downwards (B) and
(2) Now, pull the diaphragm the balloons. The RUBBER
observe the changes in of
SHEET
balloons expand, resulting in the intake
(DIAPHRAGI) (B)
(A) INHALATION
EXHALATION
fresh air (inhalation).
Flg. Mechanlsm of Resplratlon
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