State any two conditions essential for being free of disease.
The two conditions essential for being free of diseases are :
(i) Maintaining personal and domestic hygiene.
(ii) Taking a good food (balanced diet) that contains carbohydrates, fats, proteins, vitamins, fibres, and proper quantity of water.
Why are we normally advised to take bland and nourishing food when we are sick?
A baby is not able to tell her/his caretakers that she/he is sick. What would help us to find out
(a) that the baby is sick?
(b) what is the sickness?
What precautions can you take in your school to reduce the incidence of infectious diseases?
Under which of the following conditions are you most likely to fall sick?
(a) when you are taking examinations.
(b) when you have travelled by bus and train for two days.
(c) when your friend is suffering from measles.
Why?
In which of the following case do you think the long-term effects on your health are likely to be most unpleasant?
• if you get jaundice,
• if you get lice,
• if you get acne.
Why?
What are the different means by which infectious diseases are spread?
Conduct a survey in your neighbourhood to find out what the three most common diseases are. Suggest three steps that could be taken by your local authorities to bring down the incidence of these diseases.
What are the immunisation programmes available at the nearest health centre in your locality? Which of these diseases are the major health problems in your area?
List any three reasons why you would think that you are sick and ought to see a doctor. If only one of these symptoms were present, would you still go to the doctor? Why or why not?
Are the answers to the above questions necessarily the same or different? Why?
Which of the following has more inertia: (a) a rubber ball and a stone of the same size? (b) a bicycle and a train? (c) a five-rupees coin and a one-rupee coin?
State the universal law of gravitation.
Which of the following are matter?
Chair, air, love, smell, hate, almonds, thought, cold, cold-drink, smell of perfume.
A force of 7 N acts on an object. The displacement is, say 8 m, in the direction of the force (Fig. 11.3). Let us take it that the force acts on the object through the displacement. What is the work done in this case?
What is meant by a pure substance?
How does the sound produced by a vibrating object in a medium reach your ear?
In a reaction, 5.3 g of sodium carbonate reacted with 6 g of ethanoic acid. The products were 2.2 g of carbon dioxide, 0.9 g water and 8.2 g of sodium observations are in agreement with the law of conservation of mass.
sodium carbonate + ethanoic acid → sodium ethanoate + carbon dioxide + water
What are canal rays?
How is our atmosphere different from the atmospheres on Venus and Mars?
Who discovered cells, and how?
Using a horizontal force of 200 N, we intend to move a wooden cabinet across a floor at a constant velocity. What is the friction force that will be exerted on the cabinet?
Write the distribution of electrons in carbon and sodium atoms.
What are the methods of preventing or reducing soil erosion?
What are the limitations of Rutherford’s model of the atom?
Flash and thunder are produced simultaneously. But thunder is heard a few seconds after the flash is seen, why?
List the points of differences between homogeneous and heterogeneous mixtures.
Which postulate of Dalton’s atomic theory is the result of the law of conservation of mass?
Explain how the human ear works.
When a sound is reflected from a distant object, an echo is produced. Let the distance between the reflecting surface and the source of sound production remains the same. Do you hear echo sound on a hotter day?
Write a note on how forests influence the quality of our air, soil and water resources.