Topics from October 2018
- What is migration?
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- Can all birds fly?
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- Which birds fly the fastest?
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- Which is the largest flying bird in the world?
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- How do feathers get their colours?
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- What are the functions of feathers?
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- Are feathers the main characteristics of a bird?
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- How did birds evolve from reptiles?
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- How many kinds of birds are there?
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- How are fishes classified?
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- What is the anatomical structure of a fish?
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- How did fishes evolve?
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- Which is the largest group among vertebrates?
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- What are fishes?
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- Are many species of reptiles in India in grave danger?
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- What is a tuatara?
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- Do some snakes fly?
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- Which island is named after a tortoise?
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- Why crocodiles and alligators are considered clever hunters?
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- What is Archaeopteryx?
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- Did snakes evolve from lizards?
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- How did the present-day reptiles evolve?
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- What is a reptile?
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- Why are the Western Ghats important for amphibians?
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- Why is the respiratory system of amphibians different?
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- Why is water important for amphibians?
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- How did amphibians originate?
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- How are amphibians classified?
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- What is an amphibian?
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- Why is the giraffe a giant among mammals?
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- Which animal is known as the ‘river horse’?
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- Why are rhinos in danger of extinction?
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- Why do zebras have stripes?
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- Which is the commonest wild member of the horse family?
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- How are Bactrian camels different from Dromedary camels?
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- Why camels are called ‘ships of the desert’?
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- Which animal did Man domesticate for the first time?
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- Are rabbits and hares different from each other?
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- What are flying foxes?
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- How do bats find their pray?
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- What makes the bat a unique animal?
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- What are insectivores?
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- Why are most marsupials found exclusively in Australia?
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- Why do some mammals have pouches?
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- Why is a squirrel called a gnawing animal?
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- Why the aardvark is called an animal jigsaw?
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- Why are some mammals ‘toothless’?
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- Why do some mammals lead a wandering life?
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- Why do mammals have hair or, their body?
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- Why is it said that mammals have a two-in-one heart?
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- What is special about the platypus and echidnas?
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- Why are the babies of mammals attached more to their mothers than fathers?
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- How did mammals become lords of the earth?
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- Is it true that mammals come from reptiles?
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- How are mammals classified?
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- Why mammals are called the most advanced animals?
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- What makes mammals special animals?
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- What is a mammal?
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- What are the characteristics of vertebrates?
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- Why some animals are called vertebrates?
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- How are starfish different from other fishes?
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- Why are honeybees so special?
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- What are the characteristics of insects?
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- What is an octopus?
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- What are molluscs?
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- What is a jellyfish?
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- Why are corals special?
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- What is a sea sponge?
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- What are some key characteristics of invertebrates?
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- How are invertebrates classified?
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- Does the size of invertebrates mean that they are less important in the ecosystem?
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- Are invertebrates intelligent?
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- Are invertebrates generally small?
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- How do invertebrates protect themselves from danger?
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- How do animals survive without a backbone?
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- What are invertebrates?
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- Do animal classifications change?
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- What is the binomial system of scientific names?
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- Who classified animals first?
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- What is the purpose of classifying animals?
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- How are animals classified?
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- What is the Theory of Evolution?
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- Why did organisms move from the oceans to land?
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- How did Miller’s experiment contribute to the study of evolution?
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- Why is it said that life began in the oceans?
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- What come first-plant or animal?
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- How do plants and animals differ from each other?
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- What is an animal?
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- Why do some people believe that global warming is not a threat?
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- Is it true that by saving water and electricity we are helping our environment?
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- How do we conserve energy?
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- Why is avoiding plastic essential?
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- Why should we plant trees?
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- What was the goal of the March Against Monsanto?
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- What is the significance of ‘Camps for Climate Action’ campaign?
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- What is the Xinfa Aluminum Plant protest?
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- What was the purpose of the ‘Save Manapouri Campaign’?
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- Who was Sunderlal Bahuguna?
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- How significant is Sunita Narain in the context of conservation of environment in India?
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- What makes Mike Pandey a prominent figure among other Indian environmentalists?
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- What is Medha Patkar’s role in environment conservation in India?
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- What is Vandana Shiva’s contribution to the Indian environmental scenario?
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- Who was David Brower?
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- What are the contributions of the environmentalist Chico Mendes?
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- Who is Wangari Maathai?
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- Was Henry David Thoreau an environmentalist?
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- Who was Aldo Leopold?
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- Who is the founder of modern environmental movements?
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- Who is John Muir, the man of the mountains?
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- What are the goals of GAW?
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- What is AOSIS?
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- What does the International Renewable Energy Agency do?
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- What are the goals of the Global Environment Facility?
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- What is IUCN?
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- Why is it important to reduce the use of CFCs?
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- How does ozone depletion happen?
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- Is there variation in ozone distribution?
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- What is ozone layer?
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- How does climate change act on polar bears?
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- Will global warming affect whales and dolphins?
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- How does global warming affect food security?
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- How does deforestation affect global warming?
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- How does global warming affect ocean currents?
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- What is the role of fossil fuels in global warming?
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- Is it true that global warming will predominantly affect islands?
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- Will global warming lead the human race to a disastrous end?
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- Will rising sea levels pose a threat to the world?
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- What are the causes of global warming?
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- Where do the first signs of global warming appear?
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- Why is climate change an important issue?
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- What is global warming?
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- What is acid rain?
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- What are the effects of air pollution?
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- How can we prevent air Pollution?
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- How does pollution affect the oceans?
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- What is pollution?
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- What is population explosion?
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- Did the industrial revolution cause the increase in the greenhouse effect?
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- Why is the ‘greenhouse effect’ called so?
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- Does carbon dioxide make the climate warmer?
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- How does climate change affect the land?
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- What is lithosphere? How does it influence other spheres?
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- Why do climates change over time?
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- Is there a difference between climate and weather?
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- Does atmosphere have layers?
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- Does atmosphere play a key role in the environment?
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- Are lakes and ponds different from river?
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- Are rivers essential to the hydrosphere?
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- Why are oceans important to our environment?
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- Are decomposers necessary in the biosphere?
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- Do food chains play an important role in biosphere?
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- Is life in biosphere cyclical?
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- What is an ecosystem?
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- What is ecology?
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- Why is biosphere vital to humans?
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- What is environment?
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