Anthills show the quality of soil.
A substance, factor, change, living being or a system that quantifies and simplifies phenomena and helps in understanding complex realities, is called as indicator.
It tells us something about changes in a system. There are many types of indicators some of which are- Financial Indicators, Poverty Indicators, Health Indicators, Environmental Indicators, and Indicators of Sustainable Development.
The process of preparing food for consumption with the use of heat is called as cooking. The art and science of cooking is called as cookery.
Growth and movements in plants occur due to internal and external factors. Plant hormones are internal factors while light, touch, gravity and other stimuli are external factors that affect plant growth and movements.
Auxins move to darker side of the part of a plant and cause cells of that side to grow larger. These may induce cell division as well. In both of these cases the part of the plant bends.
In early society, girls were restricted from play. They were restricted inside homes. But, now it is considered that Play is fundamental to children’s happiness and well-being, and the evidence shows that it is also influential in their health and processes of future life developments.
Nerium oleander is commonly known as Oleander or Nerium. It is a shrub cultivated in sub-tropical and temperate areas as ornamental or landscaping plant. In India it is currently grown along highways and gardens.
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.
The bio-mechanical process of exchange of gases between an individual and his atmosphere is called as breathing.
Some environmentalists define land pollution as – build up of toxic chemical compounds, salts, pathogens or radioactive materials in soil that can affect plant and animal life adversely, is called as soil pollution.
Human activities have never been friendly to environment. The remains of Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa signify that the civilization ended due to desertification which might had been caused by large scale deforestation. Still today impacts of such human activities have started appearing. Hence it is essential that we manage our natural resources properly.
The flow of nutrients in ecosystem takes place in cyclic pathways through food chains, food webs and bio-geo-chemical cycles. Food…
Dams have started drying in Ranchi, the capital of Jharkhand state of India.
