CBSE Class X – Science Biology Exam ( Full Syllabus)

All ofsprings of F1 generation were tall with round seeds which shows that both Tallness and round seed are dominant traits. However, new combinations were seen in F2 generation which showed that the tall/ short trait and the round/wrinkled seed trait are independently inherited

A species is a group of organisms consisting of similar individuals which can breed Jointly and produce fertile ofspring.

The pair of sex chromosomes is odd as it is not a perfect pair. Women have a perfect pair of sex chromosomes, both called XX while men have a mismatched pair in which one is a normal sized X and the other is a short one called Y.

Genes are the unit of heredity DNA that determine genetic characters in an organism.

Menopause is a natural process at the age of 40s or 50s in case of human females. Menopause occurs when a women has not have her menstrual cycle for 12 consecutive months and can no longer become pregnant naturally.

Unisexual flowers contains only one reproductive organ, either male or female.

A nephron is a fltering unit present in kidney. It has diferent parts like Bowman’s capsule, glomerulus and tubular region (Renal tubule). Glucose, amino acids and salts are selectively reabsorbed in tubular region.

Rice water contains starch, hence when iodine solution is added to rice water it turns blue-black.

Anaerobic respiration (in absence of oxygen) in yeast is known as fermentation as ethanol (alcohol), carbon dioxide and 2 ATP molecules of energy is produced from glucose

Pancreas secretes pancreatic Juice which contains trypsin, lipase and pancreatic amylase. Trypsin digests the proteins, lipase breaks down the fat droplets already emulsifed by bile salts and pancreatic amylase breaks down the starch.

Small intestine receives Juices from liver, pancreas and walls of small intestine. Bile Juice from liver emulsifes the fats and makes the medium alkaline. Pancreas and small intestine Juices contain amylase, lipase and tryspin

Amylase is the enzyme which helps in primary digestion of starch only.Digestion of starch by salivary amylase into maltose starts in mouth. Oesophagus then pushes the food into stomach.

The blood leaving the tissues becomes richer in carbon dioxide. When the oxygenated blood passes through the capillaries of the tissue.

The opening and closing of the pore is a function of the guard cells. The guard cells swell when water fows into them, causing the stomatal pore to open. Similarly, the pore closes if the guard cells shrink.