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The process of introducing new plants from the place of their cultivation to a place with different climate is termed as plant introduction. The adjustment of such plants to this new locality is called acclimatization. The new crops are introduced in the form of seeds, bulbs or cuttings...

Introduction - Every geometric figure has a shape and a size. Two circles of different radii have the same shape but their sizes are different. But if we draw two circles of the same radius both the shape and size will be the same. Such figures with the same shape and size are called cong..

All living organisms need food for their existence. They need food for their growth, repair of tissues, energy and also protection against diseases. The various components of food are proteins, carbohydrates, fats, vitamins, minerals, roughage and wat..

Every organism whether plant or animal is unique in itself. There is a wide diversity in the flora (plants) and fauna (animals) in the world. The diversity we see today is the result of 3.5 billion years of organic evolution. During the course of this evolution several species vanished from the sur..

Environment includes all the factors that affect the form and growth of the organism. These factors are of two kinds, Abiotic Biot..

All living organisms need food for growth, work, repair and maintaining life processes. Food is made up of several components such as proteins, carbohydrates, fats, minerals and vitamins. Each of these components is required in a specific amount because each of them has a definite role to play in t..

Man is an omnivore. He depends on both plants and animals for food. In the previous chapter we studied about crops being the major source of our food. In this chapter, let us study about animal sources of food. Animal sources include eggs, meat, milk and fish. Eggs and meat are rich in proteins, fa..

Health is considered to be the state of perfect functioning of body and mind, unhindered by diseases. Disease is the malfunctioning of the organism or part of it due to infection, inherent weakness or environmental stress, that upsets the normal physiological functioning of the organi..

The Environment is everything which surrounds an organism and influences its life in many ways. It includes physical and biological components. The physical components of the environment are soil, water, air, light and temperature. These are termed as abiotic components. The plants and animals are ..

Food is one of the basic needs of man. Early man lived on roots and berries of wild plants but with civilization, man learnt to cultivate plants to satisfy his food needs. With continuous increase in population and rapid urbanization, our natural resources have been over exploited. As a resul..