EBENEZER HIGH SCHOOL

Biology work sheet for grade 10

UNIT FOUR (continued)

Plant responses

41. Why do organisms need to be able to respond to their surroundings? ___________

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42. How do you explain coordination? _____________________________________

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43. What kind of coordination do plants have? _______________________________

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44. What are some of the effects of phytohormones on plants? ___________________

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45. How are most plant responses observed as?______________________________

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46. Why are most plant responses explained as passive processes? ________________
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47. What is germination? ________________________________________________

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48. What are the conditions necessary for germination? ________________________

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48. What are the three basic structures of seeds? a) __________________________

b) _______________________________ c) ____________________________

49. What are the main parts of an embryo plant? Define each.

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50. What are the two groups of plants based on the number of their

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51. What is the main food store in

a) monocots? ______________________________________________________

b) dicots? _________________________________________________________

52. What happens to stored starch, fats and proteins in seeds during germination?

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53. What are the two types of germination? Define each. Give example of plants for

each. _____________________________________________________________
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54. What controls growth in plants? _______________________________________

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55. What are the five major classes of plant hormones? ________________________

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56. Write down at least five functions of auxins. _____________________________

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57. What is the name of most common auxin? ________________________________

58. What is apical dominance? ____________________________________________

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59. Write down three functions of Gibberellins. ______________________________
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60. What is the main function of cytokinins? ________________________________

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61. Write down at least one function of ethylene. ____________________________

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62. Write down at least one function of abscisic acid. _________________________

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63. What is leaf abscission? ______________________________________________

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64. What kind of plant responses are tropisms? _______________________________

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65. What does positive tropism mean? ______________________________________

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66. What does negative tropism mean? _____________________________________

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67. List down at least three types of tropism and define each.

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68. How do shoots and roots of plants respond to light and gravity? ______________

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69. How do plants respond to water? ______________________________________

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70. How does a shoot tip grow towards a unilateral light? (read)

71. Why does not curvature occur when a seedling is rotated using a klinostat? (read)

72. What kind of responses are nastic responses? ____________________________

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73. Give examples of nastic movements. ___________________________________

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Natural resources and conservation

74. How do you define natural resources? __________________________________

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75. What are the two main classes of natural resources based on the amount of

resources available for human consumption? Give examples for each. _________

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76. Are plants and animals renewable or non- renewable natural resources? Why?

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77. What is the difference b/n local extinction and total extinction? ______________

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78. What does conservation of natural resources mean?_________________________

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79. What is biodiversity? ________________________________________________

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80. Why is biodiversity very important? ( read on pp.186- 187 )

81. What are the factors that can reduce biodiversity? __________________________
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82. What are the ways in which we can conserve biodiversity? __________________
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Vegetation

83. List as many ways as possible in which we use plants.

84. Write down three ways in which people negatively affect vegetation.

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85. What does endemic species mean? ______________________________________

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86. What is the estimated number endemic species of plants we have? ____________
87. Write down at least five endemic plants to Ethiopia. ________________________
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88.What are native (indigenous) plants? ____________________________________

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89. What are exotic plants? ______________________________________________

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Wildlife

90. What is the traditional definition of wildlife? _____________________________

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91. Write down at least three uses of wild animals. ___________________________

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92. How many endemic animal species we have?

a) mammals __ b) birds __ c) reptiles __ d) amphibians __ e) fish __

93. Write down at least five endemic mammals to Ethiopia. ____________________

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94. Give at least three examples of endemic birds to Ethiopia. __________________

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95. List down at least four mammal species that are on the verge of extinction as a

result of habitat loss. _______________________________________________

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96. What are the bird species that are on the brink of extinction as a result of habitat
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97. What does conservation of wild animals involve? ______________________________________
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98. One way of conserving our wildlife is in setting up our National parks and

Sanctuaries.

a) What is National park? _____________________________________________

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b) What is Sanctuary? ________________________________________________

99. How many National parks we have currently? (you need to do research to find
information)

100. How many sanctuaries we have currently? (you need to do research to find
information)

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