Does pure water conduct electricity? If not, what can we do to make it conducting?
No, pure water does not conduct electricity because pure water does not contain ions to conduct electricity. In order to make it conducting, we should add salt, acid and base in the water. Hence, water conducts electricity.
Describe with the help of a diagram an instrument which can be used to detect a charged body.
Sketch larynx and explain its function in your own words.
Arrange the following boxes in proper order to make a flow chart of sugarcane crop production.
Make a labelled diagram of a candle flame.
What is metamorphosis? Give examples.
The following Table shows the total power shortage in India from 1991– 1997. Show the data in the form of a graph. Plot shortage percentage for the years on the Y-axis and the year on the X-axis.
Make sketches of animal and plant cells. State three differences between them.
What is a constellation? Name any two constellations.
Describe the construction of a kaleidoscope.
Complete the crossword with the help of clues given below:
Across
1. This is necessary for photosynthesis.
3. Term for component present in the cytoplasm.
6. The living substance in the cell.
8. Units of inheritance present on the chromosomes.
Down
1. Green plastids.
2. Formed by collection of tissues.
4. It separates the contents of the cell from the surrounding medium.
5. Empty structure in the cytoplasm.
7. A group of cells.
The radius of Jupiter is 11 times the radius of the Earth. Calculate the ratio of the volumes of Jupiter and the Earth. How many Earths can Jupiter accomodate?
Explain why chloroplasts are found only in plant cells?
Angle of incidence is equal to the angle of reflection
(a) Always (b) Sometimes
(c) Under special conditions (d) Never
Sketch larynx and explain its function in your own words.
Give two difference between a zygote and a foetus.
Differentiate between regular and diffused reflection. Does diffused reflection mean the failure of the laws of reflection?
In which part of the sky can you find Venus if it is visible as an evening star?
Iqbal has to push a lighter box and Seema has to push a similar heavier box on the same floor. Who will have to apply a larger force and why?
In the following Table some substances are given in Column I. In Column II some uses are given. Match the items in column I with those in Column II.
Column I | Column II |
---|---|
(i) Gold (ii) Iron (iii) Aluminium (iv) Carbon (v) Copper (vi) Mercury |
(a) Thermometers (b) Electric Wire (c) Wrapping food (d) Jewellery (e) Machinary (d) Fuel |
Identify the part which vibrates to produce sound in the following instruments:
(a) Dholak (b) Sitar (c) Flute