What do we get from cereals, pulses, fruits and vegetables?
i. From cereals like wheat, rice, maize, we get carbohydrates which provide energy.
ii. Pulses like pea, gram, soybean give us proteins.
iii. Fruits and vegetables are a rich source of vitamins and minerals. A small amount of proteins, carbohydrates, and fats are also present in them.
How do you differentiate between capture fishing, mariculture and aquaculture?
How do good animal husbandry practices benefit farmers?
Explain any one method of crop production which ensures high yield.
What are the desirable characters of bee varieties suitable for honey production?
How do plants get nutrients?
How are fish obtained?
What is genetic manipulation? How is it useful in agricultural practices?
What are the desirable agronomic characteristics for crop improvements?
What factors may be responsible for losses of grains during storage?
Which method is commonly used for improving cattle breeds and why?
Which of the following has more inertia: (a) a rubber ball and a stone of the same size? (b) a bicycle and a train? (c) a five-rupees coin and a one-rupee coin?
State the universal law of gravitation.
Which of the following are matter?
Chair, air, love, smell, hate, almonds, thought, cold, cold-drink, smell of perfume.
A force of 7 N acts on an object. The displacement is, say 8 m, in the direction of the force (Fig. 11.3). Let us take it that the force acts on the object through the displacement. What is the work done in this case?
What is meant by a pure substance?
How does the sound produced by a vibrating object in a medium reach your ear?
In a reaction, 5.3 g of sodium carbonate reacted with 6 g of ethanoic acid. The products were 2.2 g of carbon dioxide, 0.9 g water and 8.2 g of sodium observations are in agreement with the law of conservation of mass.
sodium carbonate + ethanoic acid → sodium ethanoate + carbon dioxide + water
What are canal rays?
State any two conditions essential for good health.
How is our atmosphere different from the atmospheres on Venus and Mars?
Using a horizontal force of 200 N, we intend to move a wooden cabinet across a floor at a constant velocity. What is the friction force that will be exerted on the cabinet?
What are the different states in which water is found during the water cycle?
What are the differences between amphibians and reptiles?
Distinguish between speed and velocity.
A stone is released from the top of a tower of height 19.6 m. Calculate its final velocity.
Give the names of the elements present in the following compounds.
(a) Quick lime
(b) Hydrogen bromide
(c) Baking powder
(d) Potassium sulphate.
Why does a block of plastic released under water come up to the surface of water?
What do you mean by acceleration due to gravity?
How many atoms are present in a
(i) H2S molecule and
(ii) PO43- ion?
Are the answers to the above questions necessarily the same or different? Why?