Half Yearly Vellore 10 Science EM Key 2024
Half Yearly Vellore 10 Science EM Key 2024
Standard - X
SCIENCE – Key Answer
1 c. 98 × 104 dyne 1
4 c. Lead 1
5 a. 6.023 × 1023 1
9 a. 2, 4 - D 1
10 b. J.W. Harsbberger 1
11 b. Diabetes mellitus 1
12 b. afforestation 1
Two equal and unlike parallel forces applied simultaneously at two distinct points
constitute a couple. The rotating effect of a couple is known as ‘moment of a
13 couple’. Its unit is N m 2 marks
Moment of a couple = force x perpendicular distance between the line of
action of force
Myopia, also known as short sightedness, occurs due to the lengthening of eye
ball. The focal length of eye lens is reduced or the distance between eye lens and
14 retina increases. Hence, the far point will not be infinity for such eyes and the far 2 marks
point has come closer. Due to this, the image of distant objects is formed before
the retina.
During feeding the leech attaches itself to its victim strongly by the posterior
sucker. The leech makes a triradiate or Y shaped incision in the skin of the host
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by the jaws protruded through the mouth. The blood is sucked by muscular
pharynx.
a. Thalamus 1 mark
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b. Cerebellum, Pons and Medulla oblongata 1 mark
To attract insects these flowers are brightly coloured, have smell and nectar. The
20 pollen grains are larger in size, the exine is pitted, spiny etc., so they can be 2 marks
adhered firmly on the sticky stigma.
a. One calorie is defined as the amount of heat energy required to rise the
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temperature of 1 gram of water through 1°C.
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a. The number of atoms present in the molecule is called its ‘atomicity’. 2 marks
25 b. A solution in which no more solute can be dissolved in a definite amount of the
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solvent at a given temperature is called saturated solution.
a. a. since Canines are absent in Rabbits there is a gap between the incisors and
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b. premolar which is called diastema.
c. b.
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d.
a. During fertilization process the pollen grain produces two male gametes (two
sperms). The fusion of second sperm with the secondary nucleus is called triple
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fusion. It forms the primary endosperm which provides food to the
endosperm.
b.
27 Hormones Disorders
a) Thyroxine Simple goitre
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b) Insulin Diabetes mellitus
c) Parathormone Tetany
d) Growth hormone Acromegaly
Ethnobotany is the study of a region’s plants and their practical uses through the 2 marks
28 traditional knowledge of the local culture of people.
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Any two importance
a. Somatic gene therapy is the replacement of defective gene in somatic cells and
Germ line gene therapy is replacement of defective gene in germ cell (egg and 2 marks
sperm)
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b. Stage is the background appearing when we open the scratch window. The
background will most often be white. We may change the background colour as 2 marks
we like.
a. definition 2 marks
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b. definition 2 marks
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a. definition 2 marks
c. definition 2 marks
c. definition 2 marks