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Install Now| UNITS | MARKS | |
| I | Chemical Substances | 18 |
| II | World of living | 16 |
| III | Effects of Current | 10 |
| IV | Light | 08 |
| V | Natural Resources | 08 |
| TOTAL | 60 |
| Theme : Materials | ||
1. Chemical Substances - Nature And Behaviour |
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(i) Acids,bases and salts :General properties, examples and uses. |
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(ii) Chemical reactions: Types of chemical reactions : combination, decomposition, displacement, double displacement, precipitation, neutralization, oxidation and reduction in terms of gain and loss of oxygen and hydrogen. |
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(iii) Metals and non metals: Brief discussion of basic metallurgical processes. Properties of common metals. Elementary idea about bonding. |
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(iv) Carbon Compounds: Carbon compounds, elementary idea about bonding. Saturated hydrocarbons, alcohols, carboxylic acids (no preparation, only properties). |
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(v) Some Important chemical compounds: Soap-cleansing action of soap. |
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(vi) Periodic classification of elements: Gradations in properties : Mendeleev periodic table. |
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| Theme : The world of the living | ||
2. Our Environment |
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(i) Our environment :Environmental problems, their solutions. Biodegradable, non biodegradable, ozone depletion. |
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(ii) Life Processes: "living" things; Basic concept of nutrition, respiration, transport and excretion in plants and animals. |
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(iii) Control and Co-ordination in plants and animals: Tropic movements in plants; Introduction to plant hormones; control and co-ordination in animals : voluntary, involuntary and reflex action, nervous system; chemical co-ordination : animal hormones. |
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(iv) Reproduction:Reproduction in plants and animals. Need for and methods of family planning. Safe sex vs HIV/AIDS. Child bearing and women's health. |
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(v) Heridity and evolution: Heridity; Origin of life : brief introduction; Basic concepts of evolution. |
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| Theme : How things work. | ||
3. Effects Of Current |
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| Potential, Potential difference, Ohm's law; Series combination of resistors, parallel combination of resistors; Power dissipation due to current; Inter relation between P, V, I and R. | ||
(i) Magnets:Magnetic field, field lines, field due to a current carrying wire, field due to current carrying coil or solenoid; Force on current carrying conductor, Fleming's left hand rule. Electro magnetic induction. Induced potential difference, Induced current. Direct current. Alternating current; frequency of AC. Advantage of AC over DC. Domestic electric circuits. |
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| Theme : Natural Phenomena | ||
4. Light |
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| Convergence and divergence of light. Images formed by a concave mirror; related concepts; centre of curvature; principal axis. Optic centre, focus, focal length. Refraction; laws of refraction. Image formed by a convex lens; functioning of a lens in human eye; problems of vision and remedies. Applications of spherical mirrors and lenses. Appreciations of concept of refraction; velocity of light; refractive index; twinkling of stars; dispersion of light. Scattering of light. | ||
| Theme : Natural Resources | ||
5. Natural Resources |
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(i) Conservation of natural resources :Management of natural resources. Conservation and judicious use of natural resources. Forest and wild life, coal and petroleum conservation. People's participation. Chipko movement. Legal perspectives in conservation and international scenario. |
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(ii) Sources of energy :Different forms of energy, leading to different sources for human use : fossil fuels, solar energy; biogas; wind, water and tidal energy; nuclear energy. Renewable versus non - renewable sources. |
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(iii) The Regional environment :Big dams : advantages and limitations; alternatives if any. Water harvesting. Sustainability of natural resources. |
