Class 10 Science - Chapter Sustainable Management of Natural Resource NCERT Solutions | We saw in this chapter that there are fo

Find out about the traditional systems of water harvesting/management in your region.

Suggest some approaches towards the conservation of forests.

List five things you have done over the last one week to —

(a) conserve our natural resources.
(b) increase the pressure on our natural resources.

Find out the source of water in your region/locality. Is water from this source available to all people living in that area?

How can you as an individual contribute or make a difference to the management of (a) forests and wildlife, (b) water resources and (c) coal and petroleum?

Why should we conserve forests and wildlife?

Compare the above system with the probable systems in hilly/mountainous areas or plains or plateau regions.

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

What can you as an individual do to reduce your consumption of the various natural resources?

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

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

What is a good source of energy?

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 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?

Why does the Sun appear reddish early in the morning?

What is the far point and near point of the human eye with normal vision?

What will be the formula and electron dot structure of cyclopentane?

Give an example of a metal which

  (i) is a liquid at room temperature.
  (ii) can be easily cut with a knife.
  (iii) is the best conductor of heat.
  (iv) is a poor conductor of heat.

Make a diagram to show how hypermetropia is corrected. The near point of a hypermetropic eye is 1 m. What is the power of the lens required to correct this defect? Assume that the near point of the normal eye is 25 cm.

The breakdown of pyruvate to give carbon dioxide, water and energy takes place in

        (a) cytoplasm.               (c) chloroplast.
        (b) mitochondria.           (d) nucleus.

An object 5 cm in length is held 25 cm away from a converging lens of focal length 10 cm. Draw the ray diagram and find the position, size and the nature of the image formed.

Which of the following groups contain only biodegradable items?

(a) Grass, flowers and leather
(b) Grass, wood and plastic
(c) Fruit-peels, cake and lime-juice
(d) Cake, wood and grass

Which of the following property of a proton can change while it moves freely in a magnetic field? (There may be more than one correct answer.)

  (a) mass                  (b) speed
  (c) velocity               (d) momentum

Will the impact of removing all the organisms in a trophic level be different for different trophic levels? Can the organisms of any trophic level be removed without causing any damage to the ecosystem?