Under which of the following conditions are you most likely to fall sick?
(a) when you are taking examinations.
(b) when you have travelled by bus and train for two days.
(c) when your friend is suffering from measles.

Why?

Convert into mole.

(a) 12 g of oxygen gas
(b) 20 g of water
(c) 22 g of carbon dioxide.

Why is the atmosphere essential for life?

What happens to the force between two objects, if
(i) the mass of one object is doubled?
(ii) the distance between the objects is doubled and tripled?
(iii) the masses of both objects are doubled?

Why are we normally advised to take bland and nourishing food when we are sick?

You find your mass to be 42 kg on a weighing machine. Is your mass more or less than 42 kg?

Illustrate the law of conservation of energy by discussing the energy changes which occur when we draw a pendulum bob to one side and allow it to oscillate. Why does the bob eventually come to rest? What happens to its energy eventually? Is it a violation of the law of conservation of energy?

In which of the following case do you think the long-term effects on your health are likely to be most unpleasant?
  •  if you get jaundice,
  •  if you get lice,
  •  if you get acne.

Why?

What are the immunisation programmes available at the nearest health centre in your locality? Which of these diseases are the major health problems in your area?

A stone is released from the top of a tower of height 19.6 m. Calculate its final velocity.

Name the technique to separate

(i) butter from curd,
(ii) salt from sea-water,
(iii) camphor from salt.

Two objects, each of mass 1.5 kg, are moving in the same straight line but in opposite directions. The velocity of each object is 2.5 m s^-1 before the collision during which they stick together. What will be the velocity of the combined object after collision?

When 3.0 g of carbon is burnt in 8.00 g oxygen, 11.00 g of carbon dioxide is produced. What mass of carbon dioxide will be formed when 3.00 g of carbon is burnt in 50.00 g of oxygen? Which law of chemical combination will govern your answer?

A trolley, while going down an inclined plane, has an acceleration of 2 cm s^-2. What will be its velocity 3 s after the start?

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

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

What is the specific function of the cardiac muscle?

How would you choose between two characteristics to be used for developing a hierarchy in classification?

Why will a sheet of paper fall slower than one that is crumpled into a ball?

What does a neuron look like?

An automobile vehicle has a mass of 1500 kg. What must be the force between the vehicle and road if the vehicle is to be stopped with a negative acceleration of 1.7 m s^-2?