ABU DHABI INDIAN SCHOOL, ABU DHABI. Tel. No. 024488025. Website : www.adisuae.com. WORKSHEET 4. Subject : Biology.

1 Mark Questions. 1. What do you mean by the term heredity? 2. What are variations? 3. What are inherited traits? Give examples. 4. What are acquired traits? Give examples. 5. What do you mean by dominant and recessive traits? 6. What are sex chromosomes? 7. Write the sex chromosome pair of the male and the female of human beings. 8. Determine the sex of a child who inherits a Y chromosome from the father. 9. Define evolution. 10. What do you mean by the term genetic drift? 11. What is speciation? 12. What are homologous organs? Give examples. 13. What are analogous organs? Give examples. 14. What are fossils? 15. Name two fossils. 16. What is natural selection? 17. What do you mean by artificial selection? 18. Name the scientist who conducted experiments on the pattern of inheritance of traits. 19. What is microevolution? 20. Name the scientist who formulated the theory of evolution by natural selection. 2 Marks Questions. 1. How does creations of variations in a species promote survival? 2. Explain how sexual reproduction gives rise to more viable variations than asexual reproduction. 3. Why are asexually reproducing organisms capable of showing the hereditary features more than sexually reproducing organisms? 4. State two examples of organisms in which environmental factors regulate sex determination. 5. Why are the traits acquired during the life time of an individual not inherited? 6. How is the genetic contribution of the male and the female parents ensured in the progeny? 7. Explain with the help of an example how a trait is inherited. 8. State the differences between homologous and analogous organs. 9. How can the age of fossils be estimated? 10. What evidences are provided by fossils in favour of organic evolution? 11. Can evolution be equated with progress? Why or why not? Explain with the help of an example. 12. How are evolution and classification interlinked? Class : X. Chapter : Heredity and Evolution.

3 Marks Questions. 1. Work out the pattern of inheritance when a pea plant with yellow seeds(YY) is crossed with a pea plant with green seeds(yy). Find out the phenotypic and genotypic ratios of the progeny of the F2 generation. 2. Explain the mechanism of sex determination in human beings. 3. What are the factors that lead to the rise of a new species? 4. What role does sexual reproduction play in evolution? Explain. 5. Explain artificial selection with the help of an example. 5 Marks Questions. 1. A tall pea plant with round seeds(TTRR) is crossed with a dwarf pea plant with wrinkled seeds(ttrr). (a) What is the nature of the F1 progeny obtained? (b) Which are the dominant and recessive traits? (c) Work out the nature of the F2 progeny when the F1 progeny are self fertilized. (d) What does the appearance of new mixtures indicate? 2. It is a matter of chance whether a couple gets a son or a daughter. Justify with the help of a schematic representation. 3. Explain with the help of examples how the characteristics of a population change over the years for the following situations : (a) Due to survival advantage. (b) Due to accidental survival. (c) Temporary change of characteristics.