Shelter – Definition, Need and Types
The dictionary meaning of a shelter is – something beneath, behind, or within which a person, animal or anything is protected from adverse conditions, and where it can reproduce is called as a shelter.
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How do Organisms Escape – Adverse Conditions ?
Abrupt changes in environment often do not give time to an organism to get ready and to face the challenges. As such the organism can survive only when it has sufficient abilities to tolerate these changes.
Our Environment has a Limit of Tolerance
We have been hearing about environmental pollution, loss of biodiversity, energy crisis, and the sustainable environment since long. So many things have already been infused in school syllabi as well. But how many of us really apply in our real life the things about which we have read in our classes? If you collect yourselves and think seriously, you may find that you are still not as careful as you are supposed to be.
My Childhood Memories about Holi Festival
Holi is an ancient Hindu festival which is also called as the Festival of Colours, love and spring.
Some specific Endocrine Glands and their Hormones
The ductless gland found on kidney is called as adrenal gland. Each kidney has an adrenal gland on it. This gland is also called as “Supra Renal Gland”. It has two parts- the upper- cortex and the lower- medulla.
The delayed monsoon is ready to depart now
The South West Monsoon is ready to go in a delayed manner. It is returning late continuously since last three years.
Recycling and Paper Industry
The process of recovering or reusing usable materials from discarded waste is called recycling. For example, about 15 per cent of Sulphuric acid is recycled in chemical manufacturing. In the early days, all the sulphur needed for the production of sulphuric acid was taken out of mines directly. But now, with the prevailing tendencies of recycling, sulphuric acid manufacturing industries are using sulphur from smelters, refineries, etc.
Heredity, Its Physical Basis and Variations
Some specific characters are found in the parents of each species. These characters are transferred from generation to generation through the process of sexual reproduction.
Urban Environment Facing lots of Problems …
As per an assessment, about 600 million people inhabited urban areas of the world in the year 1950. But now urban areas have been recorded to be inhabited by about half of the total population.
Drink More Water in summer
Water is the principal constituent of our body. Water is chemically an inorganic, transparent, tasteless, odourless, and colourless. It is the main constituent of the hydrosphere of the earth.
Genetic Diversity Erosion: Causes and Impacts
Different types of plants and animals have been blessed with peculiar and important merits. These merits are expressed in plants and animals due to specific genes found in them.
Onions of Flowerless Plants: POH-1 Developed in Punjab
The scientists of Punjab Agricultural University (PAU), Ludhiana worked for ten years to develop a new High Yielding Variety of onion entitled POH-1.
