Give any two ways in which biodegradable substances would affect the environment.
The biodegradable substances would affect the environment and they can easily degraded by the natural actions. Two ways are following in which biodegradable substances affect the environment:-
Biodegradable substances decomposed easily, they are less harmful than the non- biodegradable substances. When the decomposition process occurs through the microbial action or the radiations they produce foul smell. Biodegradable wastes like green waste, food waste, paper etc. pollutes the environment only when they are present in the excess amount and produce some harmful gases like ammonia, methane gas, carbon dioxide that may cause global warming.
When the decomposition process occurs by some microbes of biodegradable wastes, which contains houseflies, mosquitoes which carry the parasites which are the main causes of the human diseases.
What is biological magnification? Will the levels of this magnification be different at different levels of the ecosystem?
If all the waste we generate is biodegradable, will this have no impact on the environment?
Which of the following constitute a food-chain?
(a) Grass, wheat and mango
(b) Grass, goat and human
(c) Goat, cow and elephant
(d) Grass, fish and goat
Why are some substances biodegradable and some non-biodegradable?
Which of the following groups contain only biodegradable items?
(a) Grass, flowers and leather
(b) Grass, wood and plastic
(c) Fruit-peels, cake and lime-juice
(d) Cake, wood and grass
How can you help in reducing the problem of waste disposal? Give any two methods.
What is ozone and how does it affect any ecosystem?
What are trophic levels? Give an example of a food chain and state the different trophic levels in it.
What is the role of decomposers in the ecosystem?
What will happen if we kill all the organisms in one trophic level?
Did Döbereiner’s triads also exist in the columns of Newlands’ Octaves? Compare and find out.
What is a good source of energy?
Why is diffusion insufficient to meet the oxygen requirements of multi-cellular organisms like humans?
What changes can you make in your habits to become more environment-friendly?
What is the difference between a reflex action and walking?
What is the importance of DNA copying in reproduction?
If a trait A exists in 10% of a population of an asexually reproducing species and a trait B exists in 60% of the same population, which trait is likely to have arisen earlier?
Why should a magnesium ribbon be cleared before burning in air?
Define the principal focus of a concave mirror.
You have been provided with three test tubes. One of them contains distilled water and the other two contain an acidic solution and a basic solution, respectively. If you are given only red litmus paper, how will you identify the contents of each test tube?
How is the concentration of hydronium ions (H3O+) affected when a solution of an acid is diluted?
What happens to the image distance in the eye when we increase the distance of an object from the eye?
Which metals do not corrode easily?
Name a mirror that can give an erect and enlarged image of an object.
Five solutions A,B,C,D and E when tested with universal indicator showed pH as 4,1,11,7 and 9, respectively. Which solution is
(a) neutral?
(b) strongly alkaline?
(c) strongly acidic?
(d) weakly acidic?
(e) weakly alkaline?
Arrange the pH in increasing order of hydrogen-ion concentration.
Pratyush took sulphur powder on a spatula and heated it. He collected the gas evolved by inverting a test tube over it, as shown in figure below.
(a) What will be the action of gas on
(i) dry litmus paper?
(ii) moist litmus paper?
(b) Write a balanced chemical equation for the reaction taking place.
Find out about the traditional systems of water harvesting/management in your region.
Outline a project which aims to find the dominant coat colour in dogs.
Why should we conserve forests and wildlife?
What will happen if a solution of sodium hydrocarbonate is heated? Give the equation of the reaction involved.