The sexual act always has the potential to lead to pregnancy. Pregnancy will make major demands on the body and the mind of the woman and if she is not ready for it, her health will adversely affected.
Therefore, adopting contraceptive methods are essential. Some contraceptive methods like condom also prevent spread of STDs and lethal diseases like HIV-AIDS.
Match Column-I with Column-II and choose the correct option:
| Column-I (Minerals) | Column-II (Features) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| A. | Copper | (i) | Used in manufacturing of steel and plants |
| B. | Bauxite | (ii) | Used in electric and electronic industries |
| C. | Mica | (iii) | Used in electric cables and utensils |
| D. | Manganese | (iv) | Used in aluminium production |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Give reasons:
(i) The sky appears dark to passengers flying at very high altitudes.
At very high altitudes, passengers are above the atmosphere where there is less scattering of sunlight. As a result, they do not see the scattered blue light and the sky appears dark, similar to the condition experienced by astronauts in space.
(ii) 'Danger' signal lights are red in color.
The term reproduction is a biological process that means to reproduce. It is a process by which an organism reproduces an offspring that is biologically similar or identical to its parents. Reproduction accredits and ensures the continuity of species, generation after generation, and is the main character of life on earth.
There are two types of reproduction such as:
It is the production an offspring by a single parent beyond the formation and fusion of gametes. The young one obtains all its genes from one parent, so are identical.
Sexual reproduction is mostly biparental, includes the formation of meiosis gamete usually fertilization also, instigates genetic variation in the offspring, and plays a role in the evolution of species, found in higher plants and animals.