Chapter 7

ASSIGNMENT
1. Name any two types of tropism. 2. Name one plant growth hormone which retards growth during extremely dry season. 3. How do we detect the smell of an agarbatti (incense stick)? 4. Which plant hormone does not promote (inhibit) growth? 5. Why reflex arcs have evolved in animals? 6. How does our body respond when adrenaline is secreted into the blood? 7. Deficiency of growth hormone leads to? 8. What are the limitations to the use of electrical impulses? 9. What does the given experimental set-up demonstrate? 10. How are involuntary actions and reflex actions different from each other? 11. How is brain and spinal cord protected in human body? 12. Design an experiment to demonstrate roots bend in the direction of water stimulus. 13. Name the plant hormones responsible for the following a) elongation of cells b) growth of stem c) promotion of cell division d) falling of senescent leaves. 14. Match the terms: (i) Olfactory receptors (ii) Thermo receptors(temperature receptors) (iii) Gustatoreceptors (iv) Photoreceptors a) b) c) d) Tongue Eye Nose Skin

15. The given experimental set up establishes the response of different plant parts towards gravity. a) Give the scientific term used for such response/movement. b) How is shoot response different from root response/movement.

16. Name the parts of brain which control following activities. a) Blood Pressure b) Riding Bicycle c) Hearing d) Centre associated with hunger

Chapter 7
ASSIGNMENT
17. Label the diagram from 1 to 6. Which part of the brain maintains posture and equilibrium of the body?

18. What are hormones? A particular hormone requires lodine for its synthesis. Name the endocrine gland which secretes this hormone and state its location in the human body. State the function of that particular hormone. 19. List the sequence of events that occur when a plant is exposed to unidirectional light, leading to bending of a growing shoot. Also name the hormone and the type of movement 20. Following are the two examples of plant movement. a) What is the stimulus which is common for movement in both the cases. b) Does the movement take place away/at the point where stimulus is received? Mention separately for both. c) Give one reason for the movement in each case.

21. With the help of a schematic diagram, trace the sequence of events occurring when you step on a sharp object. Name this section. 22. Which hormone is released into blood when its sugar level rises? Name the organ which produces the hormone and its effect on blood sugar level. Also name one digestive enzyme that this organ secretes and the function of this enzyme. 23. Draw the neat labelled structure of a neuron. a) Name the part of neuron where information is acquired. b) Name the part of neuron through which information travels as an electrical impulse. c) What happens at the synapse between two neurons? 24. Label all the endocrine glands in the figure and write one function of each. Name the hormone responsible for the changes noticed in females at puberty?