Sacred Grove
Hindus and Hindu tribals believe that certain Gods live on some trees. They worship these trees and protect by all means. These trees are called as sacred groves.
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Working Time and Leisure Time: the Basic Concepts
Working time is the time when a person remains busy in doing some work. It may be the part of his daily routine when he has to do something either assigned by an organisation or by his own plan of work.
Coordination in plants
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.
HEC to make Wind Turbines
The Heavy Engineering Corporation (HEC), Ranchi, Jharkhand has decided to make turbine for generating electricity from the Wind Energy. For this HEC has decided to take technology from the Sky Wind, a company of Germany.
Bio invasion and Genetic Erosion
The process by which a new species is introduced into a habitat is called as Bio invasion. A number of…
Memory of Dr. Homi Jahangir Bhabha
Yes, 24th January is the memory day of Dr. Homi Jahangir Bhabha. He was died in a plane accident. Though it was an accident people have different opinions about it. He is called as the Father of India’s Atomic Programme. It is accepted that India would have been a country of Atomic Power if Dr. Bhabha had lived the accident. His death was considered as suspicious
Domestic and Wild – animals
Animals could be mainly divided into wild and domestic. However, the domestic animals that live under wild conditions are called Feral Animals. It is not very difficult to understand a domestic animal from a wild animal, by looking at them, as there are many differences exhibited between them.
Pollution- disruption of nutrient cycles and habitats
Our natural resources are known to have some specific qualities of their own. These qualities are known as natural qualities. It is due to specific natural qualities that different natural resources have been useful to us and to the whole biosphere. But now, the condition has changed considerably. Most of our natural resources like air, water and soil have gone bad due to pollution of different types. What is pollution?
Communities dependent on animals
Man has been keeping animals and depending on them for his livelihood since the origin of civilization. Washermen have been depending on donkeys since long for carrying clothes.
Cooking and Fuels
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.
Types of Ecosystems – Terrestrial and Aquatic
Ecosystems can be categorised into two broad categories: natural and artificial. Natural Ecosystems are those ecosystems that operate by themselves under natural conditions. These ecosystems are further categorized as Terrestrial and Aquatic Ecosystems. Terrestrial ecosystems relate to lands, whereas Aquatic ecosystems relate to fresh or marine water. Freshwater ecosystems may be Lotic or Lentic. Lotic are running water ecosystems like springs, streams or rivers, whereas Lentic Fresh Water Ecosystems may be found in standing waters of lakes, ponds, pools, puddles, ditches, swamps, etc. Marine Ecosystems are found in marine waters of salt lakes, seas, oceans and estuaries. Artificial Ecosystems are man-engineered ecosystems like crop fields, artificial ponds and lakes, aquaria, fish ponds, and abandoned mines reclaimed as lakes or water bodies for recreation.
Plant Trees to Compensate Loss of Oxygen
The scarcity of oxygen and the need of producing more and more oxygen! We may think for sometime about it. But, anyone knows that life is not possible without it.
