Mohan and Virender were discussing the following problem. A boy hits a football high up into the air. He runs and catches the football before it hits the ground. Which of the two, the boy or the football has had greater displacement ? Mohan was of the opinion that the football has travelled first into the air and then back, while the boy has run straight. Thus, the boy has lesser displacement. Virender told him that it is not true. Both the boys and the ball have covered the same displacement. Raman was hearing them. He came over from his seat and sorted the matter between them.

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Chetan’s father wanted to buy a car. He visited many showrooms to find out the price and the specifications of various cars. In ne of the showrooms he was told by the salesman that their car had excellent brakes that the car stops instantaneously. Chetan’s father was pretty impressed and decided to buy that car. In the evening, he discussed this with his family. Chetan told his father that such a car cannot be made and the salesman has lied to him. He told his father that he should not buy that car and moreover never from that showroom. He explained to his father why it is not possible. His father was convinced and promised to visit another showroom and be careful this time.

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Anil’s father was getting late for a function which he had to attend with his family. He started driving very fast and very close to the vehicle in front of their. Anil told his father that he should not do so as in case of any emergency an accident could occur. He explained this to his father in detail. His father got convinced and started driving within the permissible limit and maintained a good gap between his car and the vehicle ahead of him.

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While studying about irrigation in his textbook, Bhanika read that proper irrigation is very important for the success of crops. Ensuring that the crops get water at the right stages during their growing season, can increase the expected yields of any crop. She then thought about how in daily life irrigation is supported as it is very necessary, then she thought of a well, rivers, tanks which are all of the irrigation systems and also made her friends know about the irrigation systems.

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Ria was studying about DNA in her textbook that DNA molecules contain the information which is necessary for constructing and organising cells and it is present as a part of chromatin material in the nucleus of a cell which is not dividing, also the functional segments of DNA are called genes which are responsible for the transfer of hereditary information. To this Ria was confused how would she know whether she possesses all the hereditary information from her parents, then her mother told her that in their hair or nails, genes are present through which the DNA of parents and a child is matched.

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Ram’s teacher was showing the structure of a cell under a compound microscope and was explaining about the different parts of the cell, its cell wall, cell membrane, nucleus, vacuoles, organelles, etc. Also, she told about the difference in plant cells and animal cells that cell wall is only found in plant cells not animal cells and to this everyone observed the structure of cell carefully and found that it is the structural unit of life and of a great importance to environment.

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