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Published on: 17/08/2019
Heredity and Evolution
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1.
In peas, a pure tall plant (TT) is crossed with a short plant (tt). The ratio of pure tall plants to short plants in F2 is
1 : 3
3 : 1
1 : 1
2 : 1
2.
A basket of vegetables contains carrot, potato, radish and tomato. Which of them represent the correct homologous structures?
Carrot and potato
Carrot and tomato
radish and carrot
radish and potato
3.
Select the incorrect statement
Frequency of certain genes in a population change over several generations resulting in evolution.
Reduction in weight of the organism due to starvation is genetically controlled.
Low weight parents can have heavy weight progeny
Traits which are not inherited over generations do not cause evolution.
4.
The maleness of a child is determined by
the X chromosome in the zygote
the Y chromosome in zygote
the cytoplasm of germ cell which determines the sex.
sex is determined by chance
5.
An example of homologous organs is
Our arm and a dog's fore-leg
Our teeth and an elephant's tusks.
Potato and runners of grass.
all of the above
6.
All the human races like Africans, Asians, Europeans, Americans and others might have evolved from a common ancestor. Provide a few evidences in support of this view.
7.
Does geographical isolation of individuals of a species lead to formation of a new species? Provide a suitable explanation.
8.
Explain the importance of fossils in deciding evolutionary relationships.
9.
A study found that children with light-coloured eyes are likely to have parents with light-coloured eyes. On this basis, can we say anything about whether the light eye colour trait is dominant or recessive? Why or why not?
10.
"Two areas of study namely 'evolution' and 'classification' are interlinked." Justify this statement.
11.
How are fossils formed? State two methods of determining the age of fossils.
12.
What is the percentage possibility a couple of having daughters?
13.
What is an offspring?
14.
What is heredity?
15.
Feather imprints were preserved along the dinosaur's bones but dinosaurs could not fly. What was the significance of feathers in reptiles and later on for other species?
16.
Can geographical isolation lead to speciation? How?
17.
Study the following cross and showing self-pollination in F1, fill in the blank answer the question that follows
\(\underset { Round,yellow }{ RRYY } \times \underset { Wrinkled,green }{ rryy } F1-\underset { Round,yellow }{ Rr\quad Yy\times } \)
18.
Does the occurrence of diversity of animals on earth suggest their diverse ancestry also? Discuss this point in the light of evolution.
19.
Why do all the gametes formed in human females have an X chromosome?
20.
A new born has an XX pair of chromosomes. What is the sex of the new born baby?
21.
Mala is four-month pregnant and is worried whether the child is male or female. One day she reads an advertisement regarding a medicine which of taken for 3 months results in birth of male child. What should she do?
(a) Get the medicine and take it regularly.
(b) Visit a doctor and discuss the problem with him/her.
(c) What, in your opinion, are the chances of having a male child?
22.
Only variations that confer an advantage to an individual organism will survive in a population. Do you agree with this statement? Why or why not?
1.
(c)
1 : 1
2.
(c)
radish and carrot
3.
(b)
Reduction in weight of the organism due to starvation is genetically controlled.
4.
(b)
the Y chromosome in zygote
5.
(d)
all of the above
6.
DNA sequences are used for studying human evolution. There is no biological basis to the idea of human races. All human beings are a single species but there is a great diversity of human forms and features across the earth. The earliest members of human species Homo sapiens are traced from Africa.
The evidences in support are as follows:
1.Common body plan, structure, physiology and metabolism.
2.Constant chromosome number
3. Common genetic blue print
4. Free inter-breeding
7.
(a) Yes.
(b) Geographical isolation prevents gene flow between populations of a species whereas asexual reproduction generally involves only one individual. Slowly the separated individuals will reproduce among themselves and generate new variations. Geographical isolation gradually leads to genetic drift. Continuous accumulation of those variations through a few generations may ultimately lead to the formation of a new species.
8.
(a) Fossils help to trace the racial history of organisms.
(b) They help to measure the geological time.
(c) Older fossils lie at the depth and young fossils are at the upper surface of the earth. Complex organisms are present at top and simple organisms are present at the bottom.
(d) Fossil like-Archaeopteryx-show the link between two different types of species.
9.
From this study, we cannot make any inference whether light eye colour trait is recessive or dominant, because as both the parents have light colour eye, all the children will definitely have light colour eye (though certain variations may occur).
10.
Classification of organisms is based on relative similarities and differences in their internal and external structures. Similarities among organisms will allow us to group them and study the groups and classify them. Some basic characteristics will be shared by most organisms. The more characteristics the two species will have in common, the more closely they are related. The more closely they are related, the more recently they have had a common ancestor. So we can say that classification of a species is in fact a reflection of their evolutionary relationship.
11.
When organisms (plants or animals) die, their bodies will decompose by the action of micro-organisms in the presence of oxygen, moisture etc.
Sometimes in the lack of such conditions (oxygen, moisture, etc.), their body does not decompose completely and is preserved as fossil with the passage of time in the rocks In many cases the soft parts of the organism get decomposed and hard parts (like bones etc.) become fossil. Sometimes even the soft parts (like leaf etc.) remain preserved as fossils in the form of their impressions inside the rocks.
Methods to determine the age of fossils:
1. Relative method: The fossils which we find in layers closer to the surface of the earth are more recent; the fossils which are found in deeper layers are older.
2.Carbon dating: Fossils were once living objects and all living objects, contain some carbon-14 atoms which are radio-active.When a living object dies and forms fossil, its carbon -14 radioactivity goes on decreasing gradually.The age of the fossil is found by comparing the carbon -14 radioactivity left in the fossil with the carbon -14 radioactivity present in the living objects today.
12.
50%
13.
The organisms resulting due to crossing over and exchange of gene segments are known as offspring.
14.
It is the process of transmission of characters from the parents to their offspring.
15.
It is believed that features in dinosaurs might have provided insulation in cold weather but later on became useful for flights in birds.
16.
Yes, geographical isolation can lead to speciation. Due to geographical isolation, the members of two sub groups may not be able to interbreed as a result of genetic drift. Natural selection also operates differently in these subgroups. This leads to speciation.
17.
RrYy (Round yellow).
18.
(a) No
(b) Though animals have a vast diversity in structures they, do not have a common ancestry. This is because common ancestry may limit the extent of diversity. As many of these diverse animals inhabit the same habitat, their evolution by geographical isolation and speciation is also not likely.
19.
Human females have two X chromosomes. At the time of gamete formation, one X chromosome enters each gamete. Hence all the gametes possess an X chromosome.
20.
Female baby
21.
(a) No, she should not take the medicine.
(b) Of course she should visit a doctor to get information.
(c) She is having 50% chances of having a male child as 50% sperms carry Y chromosome and 50% X chromosome.
22.
No, depending on the nature of variations different individuals have different kinds of advantages. However, when a drastic 'Change occurs in environment only those organism in the population will survive which have an advantageous variation in that population to survive in changed environment.
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