Various sources of energy; conventional sources of energy; improvement in technology for using conventional source of energy
(Biomass and wind energy)
Non-conventional sources of energy (Solar energy, Energy from sea).
Physical properties of metals and non-metals.
Chemical properties of metals like action of water, air, acids, salts; Reactivity series of metals.
Occurance of metals; their extraction, enrichment of ores. Extraction of metals in accordance with activity series; refining of metals.
Life processes: Nutrition and its types, Respiration, Transportation of water, food and minerals in plants, Excretion with reference to plants and animals.
Environmental pollution.
Ecosystem – Its components, Food chains and Food webs.
Ozone layer, its depletion, Green House Effect.
Mendal’s contribution and experiments on pea plant.
Types of reproduction in Plants and Animals.
Classification of Plants and Animals.
Mathematics
Problems on finding Surface areas and volumes of combinations of
any two of the given cubes, cubiods, spheres, hemispheres and
right circular cylinders / cones. Frustum of a cone.
Problems involving converting one type of metalic solid into another and other mixed problems.
Profit and loss
Simple / Compound interest.
Linear equations with two variables.
Progression / BODMAS
Probability: Simple problems on Single event.
COMPUTER APPLICATIONS
Fundamentals of computer sciences
Hardware & Software
Input and output devices
Operating system
M.S Word, M.S Excel, M.S Acess and Powerpoint Presentation
