Class 9 Science - Chapter Natural Resources NCERT Solutions | What are the methods of preventing or re

List any three human activities that you think would lead to air pollution.

What causes winds?

Why is the atmosphere essential for life?

Why do organisms need water?

Why is water essential for life?

We know that many human activities lead to increasing levels of pollution of the air, water-bodies and soil. Do you think that isolating these activities to specific and limited areas would help in reducing pollution?

List any three human activities which would lead to an increase in the carbon dioxide content of air.

How does the atmosphere act as a blanket?

How is our atmosphere different from the atmospheres on Venus and Mars?

You have seen weather reports on television and in newspapers. How do you think we are able to predict the weather?

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.

Who discovered cells, and how?

What are the limitations of Rutherford’s model of the atom?

Flash and thunder are produced simultaneously. But thunder is heard a few seconds after the flash is seen, why?

List the points of differences between homogeneous and heterogeneous mixtures.

Which postulate of Dalton’s atomic theory is the result of the law of conservation of mass?

Explain how the human ear works.

When a sound is reflected from a distant object, an echo is produced. Let the distance between the reflecting surface and the source of sound production remains the same. Do you hear echo sound on a hotter day?

Define the atomic mass unit.

Calculate the number of aluminium ions present in 0.051 g of aluminium oxide.
(Hint: The mass of an ion is the same as that of an atom of the same element. Atomic mass of Al = 27 u)

Gravitational force on the surface of the moon is only 1/6 as strong as gravitational force on the earth. What is the weight in newtons of a 10 kg object on the moon and on the earth?

Explain the following giving examples.

(a) saturated solution
(b) pure substance
(c) colloid
(d) suspension