Describe characteristics and uses of cok | Class 8 Science Chapter Coal and Petroleum, Coal and Petroleum NCERT Solutions

Describe with the help of a diagram an instrument which can be used to detect a charged body.

Sketch larynx and explain its function in your own words.

Arrange the following boxes in proper order to make a flow chart of sugarcane crop production.

Make a labelled diagram of a candle flame.

What is metamorphosis? Give examples.

The following Table shows the total power shortage in India from 1991– 1997. Show the data in the form of a graph. Plot shortage percentage for the years on the Y-axis and the year on the X-axis.

Make sketches of animal and plant cells. State three differences between them.

Describe the construction of a kaleidoscope.

What is a constellation? Name any two constellations.

Complete the crossword with the help of clues given below:
Across
1. This is necessary for photosynthesis.
3. Term for component present in the cytoplasm.
6. The living substance in the cell.
8. Units of inheritance present on the chromosomes.

Down
1. Green plastids.
2. Formed by collection of tissues.
4. It separates the contents of the cell from the surrounding medium.
5. Empty structure in the cytoplasm.
7. A group of cells.

Which of the following is not a greenhouse gas?
(a) Carbon dioxide
(b) Sulphur dioxide                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  (c) Methane
(d Nitrogen

Explain why the sliding friction is less than the static friction.

List three states in India where earthquakes are more likely to strike.

Arrange the following boxes in proper order to make a flow chart of sugarcane crop production.

Differentiate between internal fertilization and external fertilization.

(a) Find out the position of the image of an object situated at A in the plane mirror (Fig. 16.21).
(b) Can Paheli at B see this image?
(c) Can Boojho at C see this image?
(d) When Paheli moves from B to C, where does the image of A move?

Complete the cross-word puzzle using the hints given below

Across
    1. The process of the fusion of the gametes.
    6. The type of fertilization in hen.
    7. The term used for bulges observed on the sides of the body of Hydra.
    8. Eggs are produced here.

Down
    2. Sperms are produced in these male reproductive organs.
    3. Another term for the fertilized egg.
    4. These animals lay eggs.
    5. A type of fission in amoeba.

Give two examples each of situations in which you push or pull to change the state of motion of objects.

In case of a fire, before the firemen use the water hoses, they shut off the main electrical supply for the area. Explain why they do this.

Name the largest planet of the solar system.