Thought Of the Day

Sunday, 18 November 2012



June 24 in Singapore, opened a new wonder of the world. “Sky Park” Marina Bay Sands is located on the 200-meter height on the three skyscrapers, as if on three pillars. Here is the most expensive in the world of casinos, bars, restaurants, the largest outdoor swimming pool, 150 meters long and even the Museum of Modern Art.

❝❝ SCIENTIFIC FACTS ABOUT 'LEFT HANDERS' ❞❞

✍ Use the right side of the brain the most
✍ Better at 3D perception and thinking
✍ Better at multi-tasking
✍ Make especially good baseball players, tennis players, swimmers, boxers and fencers
✍ More likely to pursue creative careers✍ More likely to have allergies
✍ More prone to migraines
✍ More likely to be insomniacs
✍ Three times more likely to become alcoholics – the right side of the brain has a lower tolerance to alcohol!
✍ More likely to be on extreme poles of the intelligence scale
✍ Tend to reach puberty 4 to 5 months later than right handers
✍ More likely to suffer stuttering and dyslexia
✍ Twice as likely to be a man
✍ Tend to be more athletically inclined
✍ Have more spatial awareness and think more quickly
✍ Have twice the problem-solving skills and a higher I.Q

❝❝ FEW FAMOUS 'LEFT HANDERS' ❞❞
► Leonardo Da Vinci
► Charlie Chaplin
► Robert De Niro
► Marilyn Monroe
► Lewis Carroll
► James Cameron
► Albert Einstein
► Napoleon Bonaparte
► Julius Caesar
► Aristotle
► Winston Churchill
► Pele
► John McEnroe
► Diego Armando Maradona



Friday, 16 November 2012

MCQ

1) THE CONCEPT OF LOKPAL IS TAKEN FROM WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING COUNTRY/COUNTRIES?
a) FRANCE b) EUROPEAN UNION c) SCANIDINAVIAN d) SWITZERLAND
 -->Scandinavian countries are Sweden, Denmark and Norway. Troy is in Turkey.
 
2) India's first Defence University is set up in

1 Haryana
2 Uttar Pradesh
3 Punjab
4 Delhi
 
3)  3D
technology to be used for Gujarat
Election. 1st time in India. Modi
would be virtually present
simultaneously in all four metros
of Gujarat : Ahmedabad, Surat,
Baroda, Rajkot on 18th November,
6 pm onwards
  4) Sachin Tendulkar was the first batsman to have been declared run out by a third umpire in 1992 against South Africa in South Africa :o)

Friday, 9 November 2012

The Cell





 


The one-celled organism 
amoeba proteus
 A single-celled bacteria 
of the type: E. coli
 A human red blood cell
 A plant cell from the leaf 
of a poplar tree
 The cell is one of the most basic units of life.  There are millions of different types of cells.  There are cells that are organisms onto themselves, such as microscopic amoeba and bacteria cells.  And there are cells that only function when part of a larger organism, such as the cells that make up your body.  The cell is the smallest unit of life in our bodies.  In the body, there are brain cells, skin cells, liver cells, stomach cells, and the list goes on.  All of these cells have unique functions and features.  And all have some recognizable similarities.  All cells have a 'skin', called the plasma membrane, protecting it from the outside environment.  The cell membrane regulates the movement of water, nutrients and wastes into and out of the cell.  Inside of the cell membrane are the working parts of the cell.  At the center of the cell is the cell nucleus.  The cell nucleus contains the cell's DNA, the genetic code that coordinates protein synthesis.  In addition to the nucleus, there are many organelles inside of the cell - small structures that help carry out the day-to-day operations of the cell.  One important cellular organelle is the ribosome.  Ribosomes participate in protein synthesis.  The transcription phase of protein synthesis takes places in the cell nucleus.  After this step is complete, the mRNA leaves the nucleus and travels to the cell's ribosomes, where translation occurs.  Another important cellular organelle is the mitochondrion.  Mitochondria (many mitochondrion) are often referred to as the power plants of the cell because many of the reactions that produce energy take place in mitochondria.  Also important in the life of a cell are the lysosomes.  Lysosomes are organelles that contain enzymes that aid in the digestion of nutrient molecules and other materials.  Below is a labelled diagram of a cell to help you identify some of these structures.
        There are many different types of cells.  One major difference in cells occurs between plant cells and animal cells.  While both plant and animal cells contain the structures discussed above, plant cells have some additional specialized structures.  Many animals have skeletons to give their body structure and support.  Plants do not have a skeleton for support and yet plants don't just flop over in a big spongy mess.  This is because of a unique cellular structure called the cell wall.  The cell wall is a rigid structure outside of the cell membrane composed mainly of the polysaccharide cellulose.  As pictured at left, the cell wall gives the plant cell a defined shape which helps support individual parts of plants.  In addition to the cell wall, plant cells contain an organelle called the chloroplast.  The chloroplast allow plants to harvest energy from sunlight.  Specialized pigments in the chloroplast (including the common green pigment chlorophyll) absorb sunlight and use this energy to complete the chemical reaction:
 6 CO2 + 6 H2O + energy (from sunlight)  C6H12O6 + 6 O2
In this way, plant cells manufacture glucose and other carbohydrates that they can store for later use.         Organisms contain many different types of cells that perform many different functions.  In the next lesson, we will examine how individual cells come together to form larger structures in the human body.