The process that you saw in Activity 14.7 is used for purification of copper. A thin plate of pure copper and a thick rod of impure copper are used as electrodes. Copper from impure rod is sought to be transfered to the thin copper plate. Which electrode should be attached to the positive terminal of battery and why?

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.

What is metamorphosis? Give examples.

Make a labelled diagram of a candle flame.

Arrange the following boxes in proper order to make a flow chart of sugarcane crop production.

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.

Make a sketch of the human nerve cell. What function do nerve cells perform?

Sketch larynx and explain its function in your own words.

Describe with the help of a diagram an instrument which can be used to detect a charged body.

Which part of the cell contains organelles?

What are the major groups of microorganisms?

What is the angle of incidence of a ray if the reflected ray is at an angle of 90° to the incident ray?

What is menstruation? Explain.

Write a paragraph in your own words on each of the following.
  (a) Preparation of soil                 (b) Sowing
  (c) Weeding                                (d) Threshing

An archer stretches her bow while taking aim at the target. She then releases the arrow, which begins to move towards the target. Based on this information fill up the gaps in the following statements using the following terms:

muscular, contact, non-contact, gravity, friction, shape, attraction

(a) To stretch the bow, the archer applies a force that causes a change in its ——.
(b) The force applied by the archer to stretch the bow is an example of ——— force.
(c) The type of force responsible for a change in the state of motion of the arrow is an example of a ———— force.
(d) While the arrow moves towards its target, the forces acting on it are due to ———— and that due to ———— of air.

Explain how CO₂ is able to control fires.

Indicate whether the following statements are True (T) or False (F):
(a) Oviparous animals give birth to young ones.                                    ( )
(b) Each sperm is a single cell.                                                              ( )
(c) External fertilization takes place in frog.                                           ( )
(d) A new human individual develops from a cell called gamete.          ( )
(e) Egg laid after fertilization is made up of a single cell.                       ( )
(f) Amoeba reproduces by budding.                                                       ( )
(g) Fertilization is necessary even in asexual reproduction.                  ( )
(h) Binary fission is a method of asexual reproduction.                         ( )
(i) A zygote is formed as a result of fertilization.                                    ( )
(j) An embryo is made up of a single cell.                                              ( )