Explain the refraction of light through | Class 10 Science Chapter The Human Eye and the Colourful World, The Human Eye and the Colourful World 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?

How are the lungs designed in human beings to maximise the area for exchange of gases?

Why is the colour of the clear sky blue?

Why is there a need for harnessing non-conventional sources of energy? How can energy be harnessed from the sea in different ways?

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.

What are plant hormones?

What are decomposers? What will be the consequence of their absence in an ecosystem?

Differentiate between an autotroph and a heterotroph.

Will geographical isolation be a major factor in the speciation of an organism that reproduces asexually? Why or why not?

In evolutionary terms, we have more in common with

(a) a Chinese school-boy.
(b) a chimpanzee.
(c) a spider.
(d) a bacterium.

At the time of short circuit, the current in the circuit

(a) reduces substantially.
(b) does not change.
(c) increases heavily.
(d) vary continuously.