Class 10 Science - Chapter Sustainable Management of Natural Resource NCERT Solutions | Can you suggest some changes in your sch

Find out about the traditional systems of water harvesting/management in your region.

Suggest some approaches towards the conservation of forests.

We saw in this chapter that there are four main stakeholders when it comes to forests and wildlife. Which among these should have the authority to decide the management of forest produce? Why do you think so?

List five things you have done over the last one week to —

(a) conserve our natural resources.
(b) increase the pressure on our natural resources.

Find out the source of water in your region/locality. Is water from this source available to all people living in that area?

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?

Why should we conserve forests and wildlife?

Compare the above system with the probable systems in hilly/mountainous areas or plains or plateau regions.

What changes can you make in your habits to become more environment-friendly?

What can you as an individual do to reduce your consumption of the various natural resources?

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 are trophic levels? Give an example of a food chain and state the different trophic levels in it.

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 are the components of the transport system in human beings? What are the functions of these components?

Why are the small numbers of surviving tigers a cause of worry from the point of view of genetics?

How has the traditional use of wind and water energy been modified for our convenience?

While diluting an acid, why is it recommended that the acid should be added to water and not water to the acid?

State whether the following statements are true or false.

(a) An electric motor converts mechanical energy into electrical energy.
(b) An electric generator works on the principle of electromagnetic induction.
(c) The field at the centre of a long circular coil carrying current will be parallel straight lines.
(d) A wire with a green insulation is usually the live wire of an electric supply.

How is a voltmeter connected in the circuit to measure the potential difference between two points?

Why does distilled water not conduct electricity, whereas rain water does?

What are the limitations of extracting energy from—

   (a) the wind?          (b) waves?          (c) tides?

Design an experiment to demonstrate hydrotropism.

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.