In a completely dark room, if you hold up a mirror in front of you, will you see a reflection of yourself in the mirror?
No, in a complete dark room we cannot see the reflection in the mirror because reflection is the phenomenon of light. If there is no light then reflection does not occur there and we cannot see our image in the mirror.
Draw (a) a leaf, (b) a taproot and (c) a flower, you have studied for Table 7.3.
You are given an iron strip. How will you make it into a magnet?
Name two foods each rich in:
(a) Fats
(b) Starch
(c) Dietary fibre
(d) Protein
A thick coating of a paste of Plaster of Paris (POP) is applied over the bandage on a fractured bone. It becomes hard on drying to keep the fractured bone immobilised. Can the change in POP be reversed?
Tick (√) the statements that are correct.
(a) By eating rice alone, we can fulfill nutritional requirement of our body. ( )
(b) Deficiency diseases can be prevented by eating a balanced diet. ( )
(c) Balanced diet for the body should contain a variety of food items. ( )
(d) Meat alone is sufficient to provide all nutrients to the body. ( )
List all items known to you that float on water. Check and see if they will float on an oil or kerosene.
Name the part of the plant which produces its food. Name this process.
Why can a pace or a footstep not be used as a standard unit of length?
Given below are the names of some objects and materials:
Water, basket ball, orange, sugar, globe, apple and earthen pitcher Group them as:
(a) Round shaped and other shapes
(b) Eatables and non eatables
Name two items that are made from coconut fibre.
Tick (√) the statements that are correct.
(a) By eating rice alone, we can fulfill nutritional requirement of our body. ( )
(b) Deficiency diseases can be prevented by eating a balanced diet. ( )
(c) Balanced diet for the body should contain a variety of food items. ( )
(d) Meat alone is sufficient to provide all nutrients to the body. ( )
Why can a pace or a footstep not be used as a standard unit of length?
Fill up the blanks
(a) The method of separating seeds of paddy from its stalks is called ___________.
(b) When milk, cooled after boiling, is poured onto a piece of cloth the cream (malai) is left behind on it. This process of separating cream from milk is an example of ___________.
(c) Salt is obtained from seawater by the process of ___________.
(d) Impurities settled at the bottom when muddy water was kept overnight in a bucket. The clear water was then poured off from the top. The process of separation used in this example is called ___________.
A bag of cement lying in the open gets wet due to rain during the night. The next day the sun shines brightly. Do you think the changes, which have occurred in the cement, could be reversed?
Complete the drawing shown in Fig 12.14 to indicate where the free ends of the two wires should be joined to make the bulb glow.
How will you show that air is dissolved in water?
Do you find that all living beings need the same kind of food?
Name two items that are made from coconut fibre.
You accidentally dropped your favourite toy and broke it. This is a change you did not want. Can this change be reversed?
Arrange the following lengths in their increasing magnitude:
1 metre, 1 centimetre, 1 kilometre,1 millimetre.