Sri Kumarans Public School

(Affiliated to CISCE, New Delhi)

Mallasandra, Bangalore
II Unit Test- November- 2017
Subject-Biology
Class: IX Marks: 25
Date: 21-11-2017 Time: 40 minutes
a. Name the following; [2]
i. The cavity to which the femur is articulated.
ii. The vitamin required for the clotting of blood.
iii. The deficiency disease caused due to the lack of iron.
iv. A polysaccharide stored in animal body.
b. Given below in a box is a set of biological terms which can be matched into four pairs.
Rewrite the matching pairs and number them 1-4: [4]
Ischium Humerus Axis Pelvic girdle Tarsals Tibia Femur
Skull Thigh Ankle Wrist Pectoral girdle Vertebra

c. Supply the fourth term: [3]

i. Calcium : rickets :: Iodine : ________
ii. Gliding joint : wrist :: Pivot joint : _________
iii. Lumbar vertebrae : 5 bones :: Cervical vertebrae : ________

d. Give one function of the following: [3]

i. Roughage ii. Folic acid iii. Synovial fluid
e. Define the following: [2]
i. Balanced diet ii. Joint
f. i. Draw a neat labeled diagram of synovial joint: [3]
g. Give one example of the following; [2]
i. Disaccharide ii. Source of Ascorbic acid

h. Differentiate between the following based on the guidelines given in the brackets: [3]
i. Fat and Protein (function)
ii. Tocopherol and Thiamine (solvent)
iii. Sodium and iodine (function)

i. Copy and complete the table: [3]

Vitamin Function Deficiency disease
_____i._____ ___ii._____ Night blindness

Niacin _____iii._____ ____iv.____

_____v._____ _____vi._____ Pernicious anaemia

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