Explain why sportsmen use shoes with spikes.
Sportsmen uses shoes with spikes because it increases the force of friction. Spikes makes the grip better of the shoes with the ground. More irregularities plays important role in increase in force of friction. Spikes helps the sportsmen to run and protect them from slipping.
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.
Which of the following voices is likely to have minimum frequency?
(a) Baby girl (b) Baby boy
(c) A man (d) A woman
In which female reproductive organ does the embryo get embedded?
Explain why a charged body loses its charge if we touch it with our hand.
Angle of incidence is equal to the angle of reflection
(a) Always (b) Sometimes
(c) Under special conditions (d) Never
Explain the difference between the thermoplastic and thermosetting plastics.
Where are chromosomes found in a cell? State their function.
Write notes on—
(a) Adam’s apple.
(b) Secondary sexual characters.
(c) Sex determination in the unborn baby.
Give two examples each of situations in which you push or pull to change the state of motion of objects.
Which of the following is not a greenhouse gas?
(a) Carbon dioxide
(b) Sulphur dioxide (c) Methane
(d Nitrogen
List three states in India where earthquakes are more likely to strike.