Class 9 Science - Chapter Improvement in Food Resources NCERT Solutions | What management practices are common in

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?

What is the magnitude of the gravitational force between the earth and a 1 kg object on its surface? (Mass of the earth is 6 × 10²⁴ kg and radius of the earth is 6.4 × 10⁶ m.)

When will you say a body is in

(i) uniform acceleration? (ii) non-uniform acceleration?

Which separation techniques will you apply for the separation of the following?

(a) Sodium chloride from its solution in water.
(b) Ammonium chloride from a mixture containing sodium chloride and ammonium chloride.
(c) Small pieces of metal in the engine oil of a car.
(d) Different pigments from an extract of flower petals.
(e) Butter from curd.
(f) Oil from water.
(g) Tea leaves from tea.
(h) Iron pins from sand.
(i) Wheat grains from husk.
(j) Fine mud particles suspended in water.

A ball thrown up vertically returns to the thrower after 6 s. Find
(a) the velocity with which it was thrown up,
(b) the maximum height it reaches, and
(c) its position after 4 s.

Explain, why is it difficult for a fireman to hold a hose, which ejects large amounts of water at a high velocity.

What would happen if the plasma membrane ruptures or breaks down?

If Z = 3, what would be the valency of the element? Also, name the element.

How will you find the valency of chlorine, sulphur and magnesium?

Can you name the two organelles we have studied that contain their own genetic material?

Two children are at opposite ends of an aluminium rod. One strikes the end of the rod with a stone. Find the ratio of times taken by the sound wave in air and in aluminium to reach the second child.