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Nutritional System in Nature

Gujarat Board · Class 10 · Social Science

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Card 1Basic Principles

What is the basic principle behind nature's nutritional system?

Answer

Nature is a well-planned, self-governing, and self-sustaining system where plants get all essential nutrients naturally without human help. The basic law is that whatever elements come from nature mus

Card 2Classification System

According to Dr. Subhash Palekar, what are the four types of natural nutritional arrangements?

Answer

1. Regulation of nutrients through the food cycle 2. Provision of nutrients to plant roots by capillary action 3. Rain by cyclone (thunderstorm) 4. Activities of local earthworms

Card 3Food Cycle

Describe the carbon cycle in nature's nutritional system.

Answer

Green leaves take carbon dioxide from air through photosynthesis to produce food stored in plants. When plants die, bacteria decompose them and release carbon dioxide back to air. If plants burn, carb

Card 4Water Cycle

What percentage of Earth is covered with water, and how does the water cycle work?

Answer

71% of Earth is covered with water. Sun's heat evaporates ocean water forming clouds, which rain on land. Water flows through rivers back to ocean or becomes underground water that eventually reaches

Card 5Energy Cycle

Explain the energy cycle in nature.

Answer

Sun is the main source of energy, continuously converting matter into energy. Some energy reaches Earth through sun rays. Green leaves store solar energy through photosynthesis. Herbivores get energy

Card 6Experimental Evidence

What did the leaf burning experiment demonstrate about nature's balance?

Answer

The experiment showed: difference in weight between green and dry leaves is water content; burning releases fire and smoke (carbon dioxide taken from air and solar energy); remaining ashes are element

Card 7Food Cycle

What is humus and why is it important in the food cycle?

Answer

Humus is organic matter where biological, biochemical, and chemical processes occur continuously. It's formed near plant roots by millions of microbes that decompose biomass. Microbes get 25% sucrose

Card 8Capillary Action

How does capillary action provide nutrients to plant roots?

Answer

After rainy season, groundwater stored by gravity returns to plant roots through capillary action. As moisture rises from deep soil, it brings minerals stored in deep soil upward and stores them near

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