NIOS TMA ASSIGNMENT BIOLOGY (314) QUESTION PAPER – (2024-25)| SENIOR SECONDARY| ENGLISH MEDIUM
ASSIGNMENT (TMA) - 2024-25
BIOLOGY
(314)
TUTOR MARKED ASSIGNMENT
Max. Marks: 20
Note:
(i) All
questions are compulsory. The marks allotted for each question are indicated
against each question.
(ii) Write your
name enrolment number, AI name, and subject on the top of the first page of the
answer sheet.
हिंदी माध्यम: यहां क्लिक करें
1. Answer any one of the following questions in about 40-60 words. 2
(a) Why do
plants not need an Oxygen carrier like the humans in whom Oxygen is carried by
Hemoglobin? (See lesson-12)
(b) Why does it
happen that during hot summer months although you drink lot of water or cold
drinks, you do not urinate much? Explain. (See lesson-14)
2. Answer any one of the following questions in about
40-60 words. 2
(a) Conservation
and Management of water has become an urgent step to be taken up by mankind.
Write any four methods of such conservation steps. (See lesson-26)
(b) Which of
the following fossils is a connecting link between reptiles and Birds? Briefly
explain. (See Lesson-01)
(i) Eohippus,
(ii)
Archaeopteryx
3. Answer any one of the following questions in about
40-60 words. 2
(a) Which of the
following is found in plant cells only? Mitochondria, Endoplasmic Reticulum,
Cell wall and Ribosome (See Lesson-04)
(b) Outline the
diagram of the kidney and briefly describe where ultra-filtration occurs in the
kidney and which molecules pass during ultra-filtration.
4. Answer any one of the following questions in about
100-150 words. 4
(a) The teacher
said frog is an ectotherm what did she mean? How does frog then survive in the
extremely cold seasons? (See lesson-18)
(b) Because of a
blockage in the bile duct of a person, his small intestine was not getting a
digestive juice in sufficient amount. His doctor advised him to avoid fatty
food. Name the digestive juice in question and state how the juice helps in the
digestive process. (See lesson-13)
5. Answer any one of the following questions in about
100-150 words. 4
(a) A person has
more than normal sugar in blood. He/ She excretes a large amount of urine
loaded with sugar. What is this due to? Explain? (See lesson-14)
(b) Some plants
in one corner of your kitchen garden are showing poor growth and their leaves
are becoming yellow. This could be due to the deficiency of some essential
element. Name the essential element whose deficiency is causing this problem
and mention why the leaves are turning yellow. Also discuss how are the
minerals absorbed by the plants? (See Lesson-9)
6. Prepare any one project out of the given below: 6
(a) Visit to the
zoo / sanctuary / biosphere reserve / aquarium / bird sanctuary / Biodiversity
Park
Collect your
friends make a group and organize a trip to one of the above-mentioned places.
Carry a camera or mobile to take photographs. You have already learnt how
important ‘biodiversity’ is for humans. Our plants and animals are also the
country's heritage. Once you get familiar, you shall enjoy knowing more about
their behaviour, adaptations, and life cycles.
Take a notebook
and note down names of the animals you have seen. Use the internet to know
their scientific names and make an album of the pictures of animals you have
become familiar with. Observe their behaviour and you may now prepare
1. A power
point presentation
2. Story book
describing their behavior
3.
Photographic album
4. Scrapbook
or
5. A report on
the trip
(b)
Constructing a greenhouse from scrap material
You are learning
a lot about the 'greenhouse effect' and global warming. Why not see for
yourself how sun rays heat the greenhouse and keep it warm enough for plants to
survive in it. You shall need some pieces of glass for transparent plastic
sheets, Brown cello tape, cardboard, plastic pipes to circulate water inside
the chamber, toy fan to cool the inside. Assemble all the parts and build the
green house. Keep it in the Sun on different days. Note atmospheric temperature
from the newspaper and use a thermometer to check the temperature inside the
greenhouse that you have created.
Check the
temperature from time to time and on different days of the month and prepare a
comparative statement of the changes in temperature that you observed.
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