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• Ascorbic Acid is commonly known as Vitamin C.
• It is essential for growth, repair, and maintenance of body tissues.
• Prevents scurvy, a disease caused by Vitamin C deficiency.

Additional information:

Sources of Vitamin C (5):

1. Orange
2. Lemon
3. Guava
4. Strawberry
5. Bell pepper

Functions:

• Antioxidant
• Collagen synthesis
• Strengthens immunity

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Explanation

Junk email is also commonly called spam

The most frequent term, derived from a Monty Python sketch

It is electronic junk mail or junk newsgroup postings

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• The SI unit of energy is the Joule (J).
• It is the unit of energy, work, and heat.

Additional information:

• 1 Joule (J) = 1 Newton × 1 meter
• Calorie – 1 cal = 4.184 J
• Kilowatt-hour (kWh) – 1 kWh = 3.6 × 10⁶ J
• Electronvolt (eV) – 1 eV ≈ 1.602 × 10⁻¹⁹ J
• Erg (CGS unit) – 1 erg = 10⁻⁷ J

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• Electron: Discovered by J. J. Thomson, 1897

Additional information:

• Proton: Discovered by Ernest Rutherford, 1919
• Neutron: Discovered by James Chadwick, 1932
• Atomic Model Proposed: Plum Pudding Model
• Significance: First subatomic particle discovered

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The troposphere is the lowest layer of the atmosphere

It is where weather occurs and contains about 75% of the atmosphere’s mass.

The principle constituent of the atmosphere of the Earth is called Nitrogen.

Explanation

James Chadwick is known for his discovery of the neutron in 1932. 

Proton: Protons were discovered by Ernest Rutherford, before neutrons.

Electron: Electrons were discovered by J.J. Thomson, much earlier than protons or neutrons.

Positron: A positron is the antiparticle of an electron, and it was discovered by Carl Anderson in 1932. 

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The majority carriers in a p-type semiconductor are holes. 

When a semiconductor material is doped with trivalent impurity atoms (like Boron), it creates "holes" where electrons are missing, effectively giving a positive charge.

These holes then become the majority charge carriers, meaning they are the primary contributors to electrical current flow in the material. 

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The triple point of water is the unique temperature and pressure at which water coexists in all three phases — solid, liquid, and gas — in equilibrium.

Temperature: 273.16 Kelvin

This is used as a fundamental fixed point in defining the Kelvin temperature scale.

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Explanation

1 byte equals 8 bits.

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