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Who is known as the father of chemistry and why?

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Updated on 10-Oct-2022 09:36:33

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Beginning with the 9th-century chemist Jābir ibn Hayyān, who is sometimes regarded as "the father of chemistry".Antoine Lavoisier is considered the father of modern chemistry. He was a French nobleman who recognized and named oxygen and isolated the major components of air.

What is table sugar?

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Updated on 10-Oct-2022 09:36:33

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Sucrose is the table sugar. Sucrose is a disaccharide. Two simple sugars are joined together by a chemical bond to give a disachharide.

Why the two magnets, one with the south pole, and another also with the south pole do not attract?

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Updated on 10-Oct-2022 09:36:33

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Hi Yaswanth, When we hold two magnets together so that like or same poles are close together (two north or two south) they repel. But, when we hold two magnets together with the unlike poles (a north pointing to the south or vice versa) the magnets stick together ... Read More

Find the value of n if $3n-2=46.$

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Updated on 10-Oct-2022 09:36:32

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Given equation is $3n-2=46$.We need to find out the value of variable ‘n’.$3n – 2 = 46$$3n = 46 + 2$$3n = 48$$n = \frac{48}{3}$$n = 16$The value of n is 16.

Would bulb glow in the circuit given below? Why, or Why not?
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Updated on 10-Oct-2022 09:36:32

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No, according to the picture of the given circuit, the bulb would not glow because, the wire coming from negative terminals of the battery is broken, due to which it is not connected to the other terminal of the bulb, and the circuit is incomplete.

What are Ruminants?

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Updated on 10-Oct-2022 09:36:30

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The word "ruminant" comes from the Latin word 'ruminare', which means "to chew over again".Ruminants include cattle, sheep, goats, buffalo, deer, etc. All these animals have a digestive system that is uniquely different from our own.Instead of one compartment to the stomach (like humans) they have four. Among the four ... Read More

To stitch a shirt 2m 15cm cloth is needed. Out of 40m cloth, how many shirts can be stitched and how much cloth will remain?

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Updated on 10-Oct-2022 09:36:30

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Given, Total cloth = 40mCloth needed to stitch a shirt = 2m 15cmWe have to find the number of shirts that can be stitched and the length of the cloth remaining.Now, first of all convert all the measurement in same unit either in ‘meter’ or ‘centimetre’.I am converting 'm' to ... Read More

Two painters are painting a house. One of them rubs off the old paint and the other does not. Which one will get better results. Why?

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Updated on 10-Oct-2022 09:36:30

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If two colors are mixed there can be a possibility of birth of another color. For example, if yellow and blue are mixed in equal proportion then green is produced. Similarly, yellow and red make orange, and red and blue make purple. Therefore, before starting painting it is good to ... Read More

What is Anemometer?

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Updated on 10-Oct-2022 09:36:30

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Anemometer is used to measure wind speed. The mostly used anemometer has four cups attached to the horizontal arms, which are in turn attached to a horizontal rod. The cups rotate when there is wind, making the rod to spin. Now wind speed is measured by counting the number of ... Read More

Who are saprotrophs?

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Saprotrophs are the organisms that feed on dead or decaying organic material by secreting enzymes on it and absorbing nutrients.\r\rMost common example of saprotrophs are fungi and bacteria. \r\rSaprotrophs are important part of food chain as they decompose decay organisms and release nutrients into the soil, required for plant growth.\rRead More

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