What is the term used for secretions of endocrine glands responsible for changes taking place in the body?

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.

Clear, transparent water is always fit for drinking. Comment.

Sometime, a crackling sound is heard while taking off sweater during winters. Explain.

Prepare a brief speech on global warming that you have to make in your class.

Do all the stars in the sky move? Explain.

Fill in the blanks :
(a) Fossil fuels are               ,              and                       .
(b) Process of separation of different constituents from petroleum is called                 .
(c) Least polluting fuel for vehicle is                       .

Explain why sportsmen use shoes with spikes.

Which of the following cannot be charged easily by friction?
(a) A plastic scale
(b) A copper rod
(c) An inflated balloon
(d) A woollen cloth.

Give two difference between a zygote and a foetus.

Describe an activity to show that the incident ray, the reflected ray and the normal at the point of incidence lie in the same plane.

Word game : Use the clues to work out the words.

Across
3. Protruding voice box in boys
4. Glands without ducts
7. Endocrine gland attached to brain
8. Secretion of endocrine glands
9. Pancreatic hormone
10. Female hormone

Down
1. Male hormone
2. Secretes thyroxine
3. Another term for teenage
5. Hormone reaches here through blood stream
6. Voice box
7. Term for changes at adolescence