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.
According to the World Health Organisation (WHO) – Nutrition is the intake of food, considered in relation to the body’s dietary needs.
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.
Land-filling is the process of disposing solid waste in low lands or into trenches through proper sanitary methods. It involves- collection, transport, compaction, etc. processes along with proper management for gas-outlet etc. For land filling, the important thing to be taken into account is the distance of waste collection site to the waste dumping site, because it involves cost of transportation.
Through different means – natural and unnatural the process of keeping in a limit the growth of population is called as Population Control. It is essential for the welfare of human families. This is the reason why its name has been changed to the Family Welfare.
Though there are two basic types of leaves of monocotyledonous and dicotyledonous plants, we observe immense diversities in their arrangements, sizes, and shapes.
Some leaves are very short, as short as they cannot be seen through naked eyes where as there are big broad leaves that can form many umbrellas for small children.
The attitude which manifests by excellent behaviour of players is called as Fair Play.
The biosphere is itself a vast ecosystem which incorporates all the small ecosystems. But, the biosphere may have different types of physical conditions, communities of plants and animals, and climatic conditions in its different zones.
Determining male or female form of living organism through sexual reproduction is called as sex determination. Sex determination on a large scale is of two types- environmental, genetic and chromosome based.
Ladybird is one uncommon compound word made by the union of two simple common words – Lady and Bird. But, the two simple words when joined together can produce strange effect.
Cuscuta is found throughout the temperate and tropical regions of the world. It has great species diversity in subtropical and tropical regions of the world. It has many folk names like wizard net, devil’s hair, goldthread, hair weed, love wine; strangle weed, angel’s hair, and witch’s hair.
