Name the microorganisms which can fix atmospheric nitrogen in the soil.
This Rhizobium bacteria and certain blue- green algae (Anabaena, Nostoc) present in the soil can fix atmospheric nitrogen and convert it into the usable nitrogenous compounds.
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.
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?
Give two examples of each.
(a) Kharif crop
(b) Rabi crop
Which of the following is not a greenhouse gas?
(a) Carbon dioxide
(b) Sulphur dioxide (c) Methane
(d Nitrogen
Give the full form of IVF.
Do all the stars in the sky move? Explain.
In the following situations identify the agent exerting the force and the object on which it acts. State the effect of the force in each case.
(a) Squeezing a piece of lemon between the fingers to extract its juice.
(b) Taking out paste from a toothpaste tube.
(c) A load suspended from a spring while its other end is on a hook fixed to a wall.
(d) An athlete making a high jump to clear the bar at a certain height.
What is menstruation? Explain.
How is an embryo developed?
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 chloroplasts are found only in plant cells?