If you could use any source of energy for heating your food, which one would you use and why?
Natural gas is a good source of energy and can be used for heating and cooking food because it is a clean source of energy burn without smoke. Although it is highly inflammable, it is easy to use, transport, and has high calorific value.
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?
What is a good source of energy?
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?
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?
Hydrogen has been used as a rocket fuel. Would you consider it a cleaner fuel than CNG? Why or why not?
Give the names of two energy sources that you would consider to be exhaustible. Give reasons for your choices.
What are the qualities of an ideal source of energy?
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 determines the rate at which energy is delivered by a current?
What are oxidising agents?
What are the two properties of carbon which lead to the huge number of carbon compounds we see around us?
Consider a circular loop of wire lying in the plane of the table. Let the current pass through the loop clockwise. Apply the right-hand rule to find out the direction of the magnetic field inside and outside the loop.
Define 1 dioptre of power of a lens.
Which part of the brain maintains posture and equilibrium of the body?
Nitrogen (atomic number 7) and phosphorus (atomic number 15) belong to group 15 of the Periodic Table. Write the electronic configuration of these two elements. Which of these will be more electronegative? Why?
What is a balanced chemical equation? Why should chemical equations be balanced?
How can you help in reducing the problem of waste disposal? Give any two methods.
State two ways to prevent the rusting of iron.