Class 10 Science - Chapter Sources of Energy NCERT Solutions | What is a good fuel?

Can any source of energy be pollution-free? Why or why not?

What are the limitations of the energy that can be obtained from the oceans?

If you could use any source of energy for heating your food, which one would you use and why?

What is a good source of energy?

On what basis would you classify energy sources as

(a) renewable and non-renewable?
(b) exhaustible and inexhaustible?

Are the options given in (a) and (b) the same?

Which of the following is not an example of a bio-mass energy source?

      (a) wood                     (b) gobar-gas
      (c) nuclear energy      (d) coal

Hydrogen has been used as a rocket fuel. Would you consider it a cleaner fuel than CNG? Why or why not?

What are the disadvantages of fossil fuels?

Compare and contrast fossil fuels and the Sun as direct sources of energy.

Name two energy sources that you would consider to be renewable. Give reasons for your choices.

Did Döbereiner’s triads also exist in the columns of Newlands’ Octaves? Compare and find out.

Why is diffusion insufficient to meet the oxygen requirements of multi-cellular organisms like humans?

What are trophic levels? Give an example of a food chain and state the different trophic levels in it.

What changes can you make in your habits to become more environment-friendly?

What is the difference between a reflex action and walking?

What is the importance of DNA copying in reproduction?

If a trait A exists in 10% of a population of an asexually reproducing species and a trait B exists in 60% of the same population, which trait is likely to have arisen earlier?

Why should a magnesium ribbon be cleared before burning in air?

Define the principal focus of a concave mirror.

You have been provided with three test tubes. One of them contains distilled water and the other two contain an acidic solution and a basic solution, respectively. If you are given only red litmus paper, how will you identify the contents of each test tube?

Which gas is produced when dilute hydrochloric acid is added to a reactive metal? Write the chemical reaction when iron reacts with dilute H₂SO₄.

State Fleming’s left-hand rule.

Why do you think that there should be equitable distribution of resources? What forces would be working against an equitable distribution of our resources?

Identify the substances that are oxidised and the substance that are reduced in the following reactions.

    (i)    4Na(s)   +   O₂(g)    →    2Na₂O(s)
    (ii)   CuO(s)   +   H₂(g)    →    Cu(s)   +   H₂O(l)

What is the function of digestive enzymes?

Why are the small numbers of surviving tigers a cause of worry from the point of view of genetics?

Compute the heat generated while transferring 96000 coulomb of charge in one hour through a potential difference of 50 V.

What is ozone and how does it affect any ecosystem?

What are the functions performed by the testis in human beings?

What is a neutralisation reaction? Give two examples.