Salma takes 15 minutes from her house to reach her school on a
bicycle. If the bicycle has a speed of 2 m/s, calculate the distance
between her house and the school.
The odometer of a car reads 57321.0 km when the clock shows the time
08:30 AM. What is the distance moved by the car, if at 08:50 AM, the
odometer reading has changed to 57336.0 km? Calculate the speed of
the car in km/min during this time. Express the speed in km/h also.
The distance between two stations is 240 km. A train takes 4 hours to
cover this distance. Calculate the speed of the train.
A simple pendulum takes 32 s to complete 20 oscillations. What is the
time period of the pendulum?
Which of the following are not correct?
(i) The basic unit of time is second.
(ii) Every object moves with a constant speed.
(iii) Distances between two cities are measured in kilometres.
(iv) The time period of a given pendulum is constant.
(v) The speed of a train is expressed in m/h.
Classify the following as motion along a straight line, circular or
oscillatory motion:
(i) Motion of your hands while running.
(ii) Motion of a horse pulling a cart on a straight road.
(iii) Motion of a child in a merry-go-round.
(iv) Motion of a child on a see-saw.
(v) Motion of the hammer of an electric bell.
(vi) Motion of a train on a straight bridge.
Tick () the correct answer:
(a) The reproductive part of a plant is the
(i) leaf (ii) stem (iii) root (iv) flower
(b) The process of fusion of the male and the female gametes is called
(i) fertilisation (ii) pollination
(iii) reproduction (iv) seed formation
(c) Mature ovary forms the
(i) seed (ii) stamen
(iii) pistil (iv) fruit
(d) A spore producing organism is
(i) rose (ii) bread mould
(iii) potato (iv) ginger
(e) Bryophyllum can reproduce by its
(i) stem (ii) leaves
(iii) roots (iv) flower
Match items in Column I with those in Column II:
Column I Column II
(a) Bud (i) Maple
(b) Eyes (ii) Spirogyra
(c) Fragmentation (iii) Yeast
(d) Wings (iv) Bread mould
(e) Spores (v) Potato
(vi) Rose