Questions

Plants grow in size both in height and in girth. Enlargement of cells already present cannnot contribute much to the growth. Only addition of more and more cells could increase the size of the plant considerably.

DNA stands for Deoxyribo nucleic acid. It is a nucleic acid made up of monomeric unit called Nucleotide.

A nucleotide consist of -

a) Sugar - Deoxyribose in DNA ( ribose in RNA)

b) An organic base- Adenine, cytosine, guanine.

Polygenic inheritance involves the determination of a particular phenotypic characteristic by many genes, called polygenes(group of genes influencing a quantitative characteristic), each having a small effect individually.

Height and skin colour in humans are examples of Polygenic characters.

The push or pull on an object that causes it to move or stop or change direction is called as Force.

The computers microprocessor speed depends on all the factors like clock speed, bandwidth and the number of instructions it processes.

Indian Navy’s survey vessel INS Sarvekshak has become the India’s first warship to install solar power system on board. The solar power system works on sunlight and hence is 100% per cent reliable for power source that can be used for communication equipment, battery charging and general lightings onboard round the clock with battery outputs during night. The system is maintenance free.