Questions

A mixture is the blending of two or more dissimilar substances.

Characteristics of a Mixture:

1. It has No formula.

2. It is an impure sustance

3. They can be mixed in any ratio.

4. The properties of the mixture are the properties of its constituents.

5. Constituents can e easily seperated by physical methods.
eg: Heating, Drying, Crystallization, Distillation etc...

6. It is either homogenous or heterogenous.

A major characteristic of mixtures is that the materials do not chemically combine. Mixtures can be divided into those that are evenly distributed (homogeneous) and those that aren't (heterogeneous).

The hypothalamus which is near the pituitary gland is a small region located at the base of the brain. The hypothalamus plays a crucial role in many important functions including releasing hormones, regulating body temperature, regulates hunger etc...

Echolocation is an adaptation bats use to hunt insects in flight, locate flowering plants and find warm places for hibernation.

A search engine is a information retrieval program that constantly collects information on the Web, following links in Web sites and reading Web pages. The search results are presented in a list format and are called as hits.

A metasearch engine is a search tool that uses another search engine's data to produce its own results from the Internet. These engines take input from a user and simultaneously send out queries to third party search engines for results. It searches other search engines rather than individual Web sites.

Examples of Metasearch engine includes - Dogpile, Zoo, Yabado, Metager, etc...

Metropolis is a central city with the developed area surrounding it while Megalopolis is a region made up of 2 or more metropolitan areas.

Kohinoor diamond was produced from one of the mines in Golconda.

Rihand damalso known as Govind Ballabh Pant Sagar is located in Uttar Pradesh on Rihand river