Questions

In the process of photosynthesis, plants need the sun's energy, water to make food for themselves in the form of ATP ( adenosine triphosphate ) , which is packages of energy.

Carbon :

coming into the plants ( or algae ) along with water make those ATP into a bigger molecule, which is know as glucose.

Formula: 6 CO2 + 6 H2O + Suns Energy -> glucose + oxygen

Photosynthesis has an affect on the carbon cycle because it reduces the amount of CO2 in the air and redirects it into sugars which feeds animals as well as humans.

Hence, Photosynthesis removes CO2 from the atmosphere and replaces it with O2.

Supreme Court collegium has selected senior advocate Indu Malhotra as the first woman lawyer to be directly appointed as a judge of the apex court.

Along with Malhotra, Uttarakhand High Court Chief Justice KM Joseph has also been promoted as a Supreme Court justice.

Malhotra holds the distinction of being only the second woman in Supreme Court’s history to be designated as a senior advocate in 2007.

In all, Malhotra is going to be the seventh woman judge since independence to make it to the Supreme Court.

At present, Justice R Banumathi is the lone woman judge in the apex court.

Relationships among people are to be maintained in such a way that the people must stay healthy and to become strong enough.

The Wind is what has no voice but cries, no wings but flutters, toothless but bites, mouthless but mutters.

The Maharashtra government banned the sale of 'High in Fat, Salt and Sugar' (HFSS) food in school canteens across the state. Furthermore, schools have been asked to replace the junk food items with healthy food such as whole grain, home-made rotis, parathas, rice, etc. The government will form a committee to conduct regular checks on schools.

An eclipse happens when a planet or a moon gets in the way of the sun's light. Our planet Earth experiances two types of eclipses. They are Solar and Lunar eclipses.

Solar Eclipse : This occurs when The Sun, the Moon and the Earth are in a straight line. The moon being in middle blocks sun rays falling on the Earth.

Lunar Eclipse : The Sun, the Earth and the Moon are in a straight line. The Earth being in middle and moon in the shadow of Earth behind it.

New York City Subway has 468 stations (277 of which are under ground) in a network covering 370 km (230 miles)

Chemical weathering is what happens when rocks are broken down and chemically altered.

Chemical weathering is the breakdown of rocks by chemical reactions. Chemical weathering involves changes in the chemical composition of the existing rock to form new rock. Some examples of chemical weathering are hydrolysis, oxidation, carbonation, dissolution, etc.