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COURSE STRUCTURE

CLASS X
(Annual Examination)
SCIENCE
(Code No. 086)
Theme: Materials Unit I:
Chemical Substances - Nature and Behavior
Chemical reactions: Chemical equation, Balanced chemical equation, implications of a
balanced chemical equation, types of chemical reactions: combination, decomposition,
displacement, double displacement, precipitation, endothermic exothermic reactions,
oxidation and reduction.

Acids, bases and salts: Their definitions in terms of furnishing of H+ and OH– ions,
General properties, examples and uses, neutralization, concept of pH scale (Definition
relating to logarithm not required), importance of pH in everyday life; preparation and
uses of Sodium Hydroxide, Bleaching powder, Baking soda, Washing soda and Plaster
of Paris.

Metals and nonmetals: Properties of metals and non-metals; Reactivity series;


Formation and properties of ionic compounds; Basic metallurgical processes; Corrosion
and its prevention.

Carbon compounds: Covalent bonding in carbon compounds. Versatile nature of


carbon. Homologous series. Nomenclature of carbon compounds containing functional
groups (halogens, alcohol, ketones, aldehydes, alkanes and alkynes), difference
between saturated hydro carbons and unsaturated hydrocarbons. Chemical properties
of carbon compounds (combustion, oxidation, addition and substitution reaction).
Ethanol and Ethanoic acid (only properties and uses), soaps and detergents.

Theme: The World of the Living


Unit II: World of Living
Life processes: ‘Living Being’. Basic concept of nutrition, respiration, transport and
excretion in plants and animals.

Control and co-ordination in animals and plants: Tropic movements in plants;


Introduction of plant hormones; Control and co-ordination in animals: Nervous system;
Voluntary, involuntary and reflex action; Chemical co-ordination: animal hormones.

Reproduction: Reproduction in animals and plants (asexual and sexual) reproductive


health - need and methods of family planning. Safe sex vs HIV/AIDS. Child bearing and
women’s health.
Heredity and Evolution: Heredity; Mendel’s contribution- Laws for inheritance of traits:
Sex determination: brief introduction: (topics excluded - evolution; evolution and
classification and evolution should not be equated with progress).

Theme: Natural Phenomena


Unit III: Natural Phenomena
Reflection of light by curved surfaces; Images formed by spherical mirrors, center of
curvature, principal axis, principal focus, focal length, mirror formula (Derivation not
required),magnification. Refraction; Laws of refraction, refractive index. Refraction of
light by spherical lens; Image formed by spherical lenses; Lens formula (Derivation not
required); Magnification. Power of a lens. Functioning of a lens in human eye, defects
of vision and their corrections, applications of spherical mirrors and lenses.
Refraction of light through a prism, dispersion of light, scattering of light, applications
in daily life (excluding color of the sun at sunrise and sunset).

Theme: How Things Work


Unit IV: Effects of Current
Electric current, potential difference and electric current. Ohm’s law; Resistance,
Resistivity, Factors on which the resistance of a conductor depends. Series combination
of resistors, parallel combination of resistors and its applications in daily life. Heating
effect of electric current and its applications in daily life. Electric power, Interrelation
between P, V, I and R.

Magnetic effects of current: Magnetic field, field lines, field due to a current carrying
conductor, field due to current carrying coil or solenoid; Force on current carrying
conductor, Fleming’s Left Hand Rule, Direct current. Alternating current: frequency of
AC. Advantage of AC over DC. Domestic electric circuits. Theme: Natural Resources Unit
V: Natural Resources Our environment: Eco-system, Environmental problems, Ozone
depletion, waste production and their solutions. Biodegradable and non-biodegradable
substances.

Theme: Natural Resources


Unit V: Natural Resources
Our environment: Eco-system, Environmental problems, Ozone depletion, waste
production and their solutions. Biodegradable and non-biodegradable substances.

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