environmental science activities for high school

We are an integral part of the environment. Our activities change the environment around us. Changes in the environment affect us. Environmental problems like depletion of the ozone layer and waste disposal are issues that have to be dealt with serious concern. In our daily h..

Extracting Metals towards the Top of the Activity Series - Metals such as sodium, magnesium, calcium, aluminium high up in the reactivity series are very reactive and cannot be obtained from their compounds by heating with carbon. This is because these metals have more affinity ..

Electricity is obtained from flowing water. Water from the dam is allowed to flow through the tunnels at a high pressure. Turbines convert the potential energy of the water into electrical energy. About 23,800 MW of energy is generated by hydel power in India. Hydel power requires constru..

Gastric Juice - It is secreted by the secretory glands of the stomach wall. It is highly acidic as it contains hydrochloric acid (HCl). It also contains enzymes like pepsin and renin. Both act on proteins. However, renin is present only in young children. It digests the milk proteins. Pep..

An optimum temperature ranging from 25 o C to 35 o C is required for a good rate. At temperatures around 0 o C the enzymes stop working and at very high temperatures the enzymes are denatured. Since both the stages of photosynthesis require enzyme activity, the temperature has ..

. Speciation does not intend to convey the dieing out of one inferior species giving way to superior ones. Species adapt to the conditions available in their environment. Some older and simple species live on quite effectively. The scorpion, is one of the more primitive invertebrate which has lived..

>Fossils also show evidences of evolutionary relationships. Their study provide knowledge about the extinct forms, and also provide links between two groups of species Organisms have emerged due to evolution by stages and adaptations for new functions. Intermediate stages can be traced by studing t..

Water is a unique and remarkable compound, essential to all forms of life. Human beings and the flora and fauna cannot survive without water on this planet. A large amount of life on this planet is aquatic based i.e., can only survive in water. It is the most abundant substance after air in the ea..

Take a nichrome wire of about 50 cm length and apply a potential difference of 1.5 V from a battery. Measure the current flowing through the wire using an ammeter connected to it in series, and note the potential difference across the resistance using a voltmeter connected across it. Note down and..

Hold a pin erect on a pile of papers. Keep another pin next to it upside down in such a way that its flat head rests on the pile. Press both these pins down by placing a flat object such as duster. We observe that pin which is erect pierces through the pile of paper..