An electric motor takes 5 A from a 220 V | Class 10 Science Chapter Electricity, Electricity NCERT Solutions

When a 12 V battery is connected across an unknown resistor, there is a current of 2.5 mA in the circuit. Find the value of the resistance of the resistor.

Outline a project which aims to find the dominant coat colour in dogs.

Draw the structure for the following compounds.                

       (i)    Ethanoic acid             (ii)   Bromopentane*
       (iii)  Butanone                   (iv)   Hexanal.

*Are structural isomers possible for bromopentane?

A hot plate of an electric oven connected to a 220 V line has two resistance coils A and B, each of 24 Ω resistance, which may be used separately, in series, or in parallel. What are the currents in the three cases?

How is the sex of the child determined in human beings?

(a)  What property do all elements in the same column of the Periodic Table as boron have in common?
(b)  What property do all elements in the same column of the Periodic Table as fluorine have in common?

Calculate the number of electrons constituting one coulomb of charge.

A man with blood group A marries a woman with blood group O and their daughter has blood group O. Is this information enough to tell you which of the traits – blood group A or O – is dominant? Why or why not?

What is an homologous series? Explain with an example.

Why is variation beneficial to the species but not necessarily for the individual?

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

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

Does geographical isolation of individuals of a species lead to formation of a new species? Provide a suitable explanation.

What will happen if we kill all the organisms in one trophic level?

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

What are the advantages of sexual reproduction over asexual reproduction?

By considering their position in the Periodic Table, which one of the following elements would you expect to have maximum metallic characteristic?
Ga     Ge      As     Se     Be

What are alloys?

Name the following
(a) The process in plants that links light energy with chemical energy
(b) Organisms that can prepare their own food
(c) The cell organelle where photosynthesis occurs
(d) Cells that surround a stomatal pore
(e) Organisms that cannot prepare their own food
(f) An enzyme secreted from gastric glands in stomach that acts on proteins.

Name the substance which on treatment with chlorine yields bleaching powder.