Origin and Evolution of Life Book Back Questions

10th Standard

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Science

Time : 00:40:00 Hrs
Total Marks : 25
    4 x 1 = 4
  1. Biogenetic law states that ___________

    (a)

    Ontogeny and phylogeny go together

    (b)

    Ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny

    (c)

    Phylogeny recapitulates ontogeny

    (d)

    There is no relationship between phylogeny and ontogeny

  2. The ‘use and disuse theory’ was proposed by __________.

    (a)

    Charles Darwin

    (b)

    Ernst Haeckel

    (c)

    Jean Baptiste Lamarck

    (d)

    Gregor Mendel

  3. Paleontologists deal with

    (a)

    Embryological evidences

    (b)

    Fossil evidences

    (c)

    Vestigial organ evidences

    (d)

    All the above

  4. The term Ethnobotany was coined by

    (a)

    Khorana

    (b)

    J.W. Harsbberger

    (c)

    Ronald Ross

    (d)

    Hugo de Vries

  5. 3 x 1 = 3
  6. The characters developed by the animals during their life time, in response to the environmental changes are called ______________.

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    acquired character

  7. The forelimbs of bat and human are examples of ______________ organs.

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    homologous

  8. The theory of natural selection for evolution was proposed by ____________

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    Charles Darwin

  9. 5 x 1 = 5
  10. Atavism

  11. (1)

    A forelimb of a cat and a bat’s wing

  12. Vestigial organs

  13. (2)

    Caudal vertebrae and vermiform appendix

  14. Homologous organs

  15. (3)

    Thiruvakkarai

  16. Wood park

  17. (4)

    Radiocarbon dating

  18. W.F. Libby

  19. (5)

    Rudimentary tail and thick hair on the body

    1 x 2 = 2
  20. Which organism is considered to be the fossil bird?

  21. 1 x 4 = 4
  22. Define Ethnobotany and write its importance.

  23. 1 x 7 = 7
  24. How do you differentiate homologous organs from analogous organs?

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