Class 9 Science - Chapter Natural Resources NCERT Solutions | List any three human activities which wo

List any three human activities that you think would lead to air pollution.

What causes winds?

Why is the atmosphere essential for life?

Why is water essential for life?

Why do organisms need water?

We know that many human activities lead to increasing levels of pollution of the air, water-bodies and soil. Do you think that isolating these activities to specific and limited areas would help in reducing pollution?

How does the atmosphere act as a blanket?

How is our atmosphere different from the atmospheres on Venus and Mars?

You have seen weather reports on television and in newspapers. How do you think we are able to predict the weather?

What is the greenhouse effect?

Which of the following has more inertia: (a) a rubber ball and a stone of the same size? (b) a bicycle and a train? (c) a five-rupees coin and a one-rupee coin?

State the universal law of gravitation.

Which of the following are matter?

Chair, air, love, smell, hate, almonds, thought, cold, cold-drink, smell of perfume.

A force of 7 N acts on an object. The displacement is, say 8 m, in the direction of the force (Fig. 11.3). Let us take it that the force acts on the object through the displacement. What is the work done in this case?

What is meant by a pure substance?

How does the sound produced by a vibrating object in a medium reach your ear?

In a reaction, 5.3 g of sodium carbonate reacted with 6 g of ethanoic acid. The products were 2.2 g of carbon dioxide, 0.9 g water and 8.2 g of sodium observations are in agreement with the law of conservation of mass.

sodium carbonate + ethanoic acid → sodium ethanoate + carbon dioxide + water

What are canal rays?

State any two conditions essential for good health.

Who discovered cells, and how?

What is the mass of—

(a) 1 mole of nitrogen atoms?
(b) 4 moles of aluminium atoms (Atomic mass of aluminium = 27)?
(c) 10 moles of sodium sulphite (Na₂SO₃)?

Calculate the number of aluminium ions present in 0.051 g of aluminium oxide.
(Hint: The mass of an ion is the same as that of an atom of the same element. Atomic mass of Al = 27 u)

Does sound follow the same laws of reflection as light does? Explain.

How would you confirm that a colourless liquid given to you is pure water?

What are the advantages of inter-cropping and crop rotation?

What would happen if the plasma membrane ruptures or breaks down?

For increasing production, what is common in poultry, fisheries and bee-keeping?

Abdul, while driving to school, computes the average speed for his trip to be 20 km h^-1. On his return trip along the same route, there is less traffic and the average speed is 40 km h^-1. What is the average speed for Abdul’s trip?

How are sol, solution and suspension different from each other?

Why is the weight of an object on the moon 1/6th its weight on the earth?