Complete the word puzzle:
Down
1. Species on the verge of extinction.
2. A book carrying information about endangered species.
5. Consequence of deforestation.
Across
1. Species which have vanished.
3. Species found only in a particular habitat.
4. Variety of plants, animals and microorganisms found in an area.

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.

Match the organisms in Column I with their action in Column II.
      Column I                           Column II
  (i) Bacteria                       (a) Fixing Nitrogen
  (ii) Rhizobium                  (b) Setting of curd
  (iii) Lactobacillus             (c) Baking of bread
  (iv) Yeast                         (d) Causing Malaria
  (v) A protozoan               (e) Causing Cholera
  (vi) A Virus                      (f) Causing AIDS
                                          (g) Producing antibodies

A child staying in a coastal region tests the drinking water and also the seawater with his tester. He finds that the compass needle deflects more in the case of seawater. Can you explain the reason?

Define asexual reproduction. Describe two methods of asexual reproduction in animals.

Fill in the blanks in the following statements:
(a) To draw water from a well we have to ——— at the rope.
(b) A charged body ———— an uncharged body towards it.
(c) To move a loaded trolley we have to ———— it.
(d) The north pole of a magnet ———— the north pole of another magnet.

Explain why fossil fuels are exhaustible natural resources.

An inflated balloon was pressed against a wall after it has been rubbed with a piece of synthetic cloth. It was found that the balloon sticks to the wall. What force might be responsible for the attraction between the balloon and the wall?

What are the advantages of using CNG and LPG as fuels?

Give the full form of IVF.

Explain how you can locate the Pole Star with the help of Ursa Major.

Explain briefly the life cycle of a frog.