Class 10 Science - Chapter Sources of Energy NCERT Solutions | What are the advantages and disadvantage

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?

Which of the following is not an example of a bio-mass energy source?

      (a) wood                     (b) gobar-gas
      (c) nuclear energy      (d) coal

Hydrogen has been used as a rocket fuel. Would you consider it a cleaner fuel than CNG? Why or why not?

What are the disadvantages of fossil fuels?

Compare and contrast fossil fuels and the Sun as direct sources 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?

A solution turns red litmus blue, its pH is likely to be

  (a) 1          (b) 4          (c) 5          (d) 10

Compare the functioning of alveoli in the lungs and nephrons in the kidneys with respect to their structure and functioning.

An atom has electronic configuration 2, 8, 7.

   (a)  What is the atomic number of this element?
   (b)  To which of the following elements would it be chemically similar? (Atomic numbers are given in parentheses.)
          N(7)      F(9)      P(15)      Ar(18)

Translate the following statements into chemical equations and then balance them.

(a) Hydrogen gas combines with nitrogen to form ammonia.
(b) Hydrogen sulphide gas burns in air to give water and sulpur dioxide.
(c) Barium chloride reacts with aluminium sulphate to give aluminium chloride and a precipitate of barium sulphate.
(d) Potassium metal reacts with water to give potassium hydroxide and hydrogen gas.

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?

How are the alveoli designed to maximise the exchange of gases?

What is the role of the acid in our stomach?

What does one mean by exothermic and endothermic reactions? Give examples.

Name the type of mirror used in the following situations.

(a) Headlights of a car.
(b) Side/rear-view mirror of a vehicle.
(c) Solar furnace.

Support your answer with reason.

A hot plate of an electric oven connected to a 220 V line has two resistance coils A and B, each of 24 Ω resistance, which may be used separately, in series, or in parallel. What are the currents in the three cases?