How will you use two identical prisms so that a narrow beam of white light incident on one prism emerges out of the second prism as white light? Draw the diagram.
Newton was the first who used the glass prism to obtain the spectrum (the band of coloured components of light beam) of sunlight. He tried to split the colour bands of the spectrum of white light by using or placing another similar prism in an inverted position with respect to the first prism. This will lead to passing all the colours through the second prism. Among all the seven colours of sunlight, any light that gives spectrum similar to the sunlight is known as white light.
Diagram:
What is the far point and near point of the human eye with normal vision?
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.
Why do stars twinkle?
Explain why the planets do not twinkle.
What is meant by power of accommodation of the eye?
The human eye forms the image of an object at its
(a) cornea. (b) iris. (c) pupil. (d) retina.
A student has difficulty reading the blackboard while sitting in the last row. What could be the defect the child is suffering from? How can it be corrected?
The least distance of distinct vision for a young adult with normal vision is about
(a) 25 m. (b) 2.5 cm. (c) 25 cm. (d) 2.5 m.
A person with a myopic eye cannot see objects beyond 1.2 m distinctly. What should be the type of the corrective lens used to restore proper vision?
The change in focal length of an eye lens is caused by the action of the
(a) pupil. (b) retina.
(c) ciliary muscles. (d) iris.
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 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.
How are fats digested in our bodies? Where does this process take place?
Why do acids not show acidic behaviour in the absence of water?
What are the differences between aerobic and anaerobic respiration? Name some organisms that use the anaerobic mode of respiration.
The magnification produced by a plane mirror is +1. What does this mean?
How is food transported in plants?
What are the different ways in which glucose is oxidised to provide energy in various organisms?
A solution turns red litmus blue, its pH is likely to be
(a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) 10
What criteria do we use to decide whether something is alive?
Describe double circulation of blood in human beings. Why is it necessary?
Write the balanced chemical equation for the following and identify the type of reaction in each case.
(a) Potassium bromide(aq) + Barium iodide(aq) → Potassium iodide(aq) + Barium bromide(s)
(b) Zinc carbonate(s) → Zinc oxide(s) + Carbon dioxide(g)
(c) Hydrogen(g) + Chlorine(g) → Hydrogen chloride(g)
(d) Magnesium(s) + Hydrochloric acid(aq) → Magnesium chloride(aq) + Hydrogen(g