What is a good fuel?
A good fuel should have a high calorific value that is the amount of heat produced on burning, does not produce a lot of smoke, and is easily available.
Can any source of energy be pollution-free? Why or why not?
What are the limitations of the energy that can be obtained from the oceans?
If you could use any source of energy for heating your food, which one would you use and why?
On what basis would you classify energy sources as
(a) renewable and non-renewable?
(b) exhaustible and inexhaustible?
Are the options given in (a) and (b) the same?
What is a good source of energy?
Hydrogen has been used as a rocket fuel. Would you consider it a cleaner fuel than CNG? Why or why not?
Which of the following is not an example of a bio-mass energy source?
(a) wood (b) gobar-gas
(c) nuclear energy (d) coal
What are the disadvantages of fossil fuels?
Give the names of two energy sources that you would consider to be exhaustible. Give reasons for your choices.
Name two energy sources that you would consider to be renewable. Give reasons for your choices.
Did Döbereiner’s triads also exist in the columns of Newlands’ Octaves? Compare and find out.
Why is diffusion insufficient to meet the oxygen requirements of multi-cellular organisms like humans?
What are trophic levels? Give an example of a food chain and state the different trophic levels in it.
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?
What is the difference between a reflex action and walking?
How much energy is given to each coulomb of charge passing through a 6 V battery?
Why do stars twinkle?
Give an example of characteristics being used to determine how close two species are in evolutionary terms.
Compare and contrast the arrangement of elements in Mendeléev’s Periodic Table and the Modern Periodic Table.
How does the electronic configuration of an atom relate to its position in the Modern Periodic Table?
How can you as an individual contribute or make a difference to the management of (a) forests and wildlife, (b) water resources and (c) coal and petroleum?
You have two solutions, A and B. The pH of solution A is 6 and pH of solution B is 8. Which solution has more hydrogen ion concentration? Which of this is acidic and which one is basic?
On what factors does the resistance of a conductor depend?
Write one equation each for decomposition reactions where energy is supplied in the form of heat, light or electricity.