What is the greenhouse effect?
The greenhouse effect is the way in which heat is trapped close to the surface of the Earth by “greenhouse gases”. These heat - trapping gases can be thought of as a blanket wrapped around the Earth, which keeps it tastier than it without them. Greenhouse gases include carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxides. An increase in the content of such gases would lead to a situation of global warming.
List any three human activities that you think would lead to air pollution.
Why is the atmosphere essential for life?
What causes winds?
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?
You have seen weather reports on television and in newspapers. How do you think we are able to predict the weather?
How is our atmosphere different from the atmospheres on Venus and Mars?
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 desirable characters of bee varieties suitable for honey production?
Describe Bohr’s model of the atom.
Compare all the proposed models of an atom given in this chapter.
Why should preventive measures and biological control methods be preferred for protecting crops?
Which of the following conditions will give the most benefits? Why?
(a) Farmers use high-quality seeds, do not adopt irrigation or use fertilizers.
(b) Farmers use ordinary seeds, adopt irrigation and use fertilizer.
(c) Farmers use quality seeds, adopt irrigation, use fertilizer and use crop protection measures.
An object has moved through a distance. Can it have zero displacement? If yes, support your answer with an example.
Convert into mole.
(a) 12 g of oxygen gas
(b) 20 g of water
(c) 22 g of carbon dioxide.
What does the path of an object look like when it is in uniform motion?
A motorboat starting from rest on a lake accelerates in a straight line at a constant rate of 3.0 m s-2 for 8.0 s. How far does the boat travel during this time?
An automobile vehicle has a mass of 1500 kg. What must be the force between the vehicle and road if the vehicle is to be stopped with a negative acceleration of 1.7 m s-2?