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.
Mixing of different solid, liquid or gaseous substances and microorganisms into water, so as to alter its natural qualities is called as water pollution. According to the National Water Commission (1973), water gets polluted if it has not been of sufficiently high quality to be suitable for the highest uses people wish to make of it at present or in future.
Since October 1st to November 9th, a total of 92 incidents of forest-fires have been recorded that have burnt about 133.55 ha of forest in Uttarakhand.
Sex organs of plants are found inside flowers. A male reproductive organ is called as Androecium and a female sex organ is called as Gynoecium.
Sarhul is celebrated on Chaitra Shukla Paksha Tritiya, which is today. Yes, the great Festival of tribal people of Jharkhand which is called as Sarhul is today.
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.
There are various uses of Solar Energy. Farmers in Traditional Farming Communities used to solarise fields by living them empty after a deep ploughing during summers. It killed insects and pests. Human skin synthesizes vitamin-D when exposed to sunlight for short durations. Mothers used to make their babies sleep in the sun after oiling their bodies during winters in order to keep them healthy and strong.
Green plants and trees that synthesize their own food are called as Autotrophs.Others who depend on them are called as Heterotrophs.
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.
The mechanical process of breathing involves inspiration and expiration.
Ferns belong to Pteridophytes and grow on high altitudes in moist cold places. These don’t need any fertile soil. Since Ranchi or the most part of Jharkhand is located on high land its climate is rather different and somewhat similar to those area of mountains. The author reports here the two fern species that preferably grow in this region that too on old walls.
Biogas is a mixture of 56% methane gas (CH4), 40% carbon dioxide (C02) and rest, a mixture of H2, H2S and N2. It is produced by digestion, Pyrolysis and hydro gasification in a specific plant called as Biogas Plant. Biogas plants are of various types like — Janata biogas plant, Dean Bandhu biogas plant, Khadi and Village Industries Corporation (KVIC) type biogas plant, Pragati Design biogas plant and Chinese biogas plant.
