Name two energy sources that you would consider to be renewable. Give reasons for your choices.
Two renewable sources of energy are as follows:
(a) Wind: Wind energy is derived from air blowing with high speed. Wind energy is harnessed by windmills in order to generate electricity. Air blows because of uneven heating of the Earth. Since the heating of the Earth will continue forever, wind energy will also be available forever.
(b) Sun: The energy derived from the Sun is known as solar energy. Solar energy is produced by the fusion of hydrogen into helium, fusion of helium into other heavy elements, and so on. A large amount of hydrogen and helium is present in the Sun. Therefore, solar energy can replenish on its own. The Sun has 5 billion years more to burn. Hence, solar energy is a renewable source of energy.
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?
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?
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?
Compare and contrast fossil fuels and the Sun as direct sources of energy.
Give the names of two energy sources that you would consider to be exhaustible. 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?
Let the resistance of an electrical component remains constant while the potential difference across the two ends of the component decreases to half of its former value. What change will occur in the current through it?
How is the process of pollination different from fertilisation?
What are the two properties of carbon which lead to the huge number of carbon compounds we see around us?
How is the equal genetic contribution of male and female parents ensured in the progeny?
A Mendelian experiment consisted of breeding tall pea plants bearing violet flowers with short pea plants bearing white flowers. The progeny all bore violet flowers, but almost half of them were short. This suggests that the genetic make-up of the tall parent can be depicted as
(a) TTWW
(b) TTww
(c) TtWW
(d) TtWw
The far point of a myopic person is 80 cm in front of the eye. What is the nature and power of the lens required to correct the problem?
Why do stars twinkle?
State two ways to prevent the rusting of iron.
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?
Suggest some approaches towards the conservation of forests.