ELECTRONICS CORPORATION OF TAMILNADU LIMITED

(A Govt. of Tamil Nadu Enterprise)

INSTRUCTIONS
I.How to access content?

1.Go to Computer Icon.

2.Select C drive
3.Select Customer Media Dump
(I).Select Tamil virtual Academy folder
a.Create Shortcut for Thirukkural and click to open
b.Create Shortcut for Dictionary and click to open
c.Create Shortcut for Glossary and click to open
(II).School Edu-NIC folder
Select Text book,Books,11 folder , create shortcut and click to open
Select Text book,Books,12 folder , create shortcut and click to open ,
II.How to Type in Tamil
1.Create Shortcut for Tamil keyboard from Start, All programmes,TN Govt Keyboard
Interface,Select 4th of TN Govt Keyboard Interface
2.Disable Scroll lock
3.Double click Tamil keyboard Interface Icon
4.Click on the keyboard screen
5.You can see Unicode Bilingual Tamil 99 Keyboard
6.Select keyboard from Keyboard Layout
either
Tamil 99 Unicode (TAU)
or
Typewriter Unicode (TAU) from Keyboard layout Menu
7.Minimize the Keyboard
8.Open Microsoft word
9.Go to, font
10.Select TAU font and Press enter
11.Now you can start typing

III How to Go to Word or Excel ?

1.Go to Start
2.Select All programme
3.Select Microsoft office
4.Then select Microsoft word or Excel
IV.How to Disable Scroll lock
Press Fn key and PgUp simultaneously
Or
Go to Start, All programmes, Ease of Access,On screen keyboard then click Scroll lock (Disable)
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Water is the most important liquid we know. It is everywhere we look. Water is in the ground
and in the air that we breathe . All animals, plants and humans need water to survive . Water
has formed our earth since its beginning. It also prevents the earth from becoming too hot or too
cold. Water never disappears . We use the same water over and over again.

Chemistry of water
Water consists of very small molecules. Each of them has two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen
atom. The chemical formula of water is H20.
Water can be a solid , a liquid or a gas, depending on the temperature it has. At 32 F (0 C)
water freezes and turns into ice. It expands and becomes lighter. As a result ice floats on water.
That is why you should let water out of pipes during the wintertime because it may freeze and
burst the pipes. At 212F (100C) water boils and escapes as a vapour into the air. Between
these two states water is a liquid. Most of the worlds water is in liquid form. It can be found
everywhere on earth.
Water molecules always move. In ice they are very far apart from each other. They move very
slowly or often not at all. Molecules in water vapour move very quickly.

Water in our daily lives

Water has been important for people for thousands of years. Without water there would be no life
on earth.
We use water in our houses for cooking, bathing and washing the dishes. Water is used to grow
food. In many dry areas farmers must bring water to the fields through canals and expensive
irrigation systems .
Industries and factories also use water. Fruits and vegetables must be cleaned before they can be
processed and sold in supermarkets. Water is used for cooling in many areas, for example in
steel production.
Many countries around the world use water to produce energy. Power stations burn coal which
turns water into steam. Countries with many mountains and rivers use the power of water to
produce electricity .
Water is important for our free time. People enjoy themselves at seaside resorts or on cruise
trips .
Transportation was at first carried out on waterways . Ancient civilizations traded goods across
the Mediterranean Sea . Today oil, coal, wheat and other products are transported on
waterways.
Water and the human body
The human body is made up largely of water. Up to 75% of our body is water. Water helps us
digest food. Chemical reactions in our body would not be possible without water. It also needs
water to help carry away the substances that we do not need any more. Water regulates our
body temperature so that it always stays the same. Although we can live without food for a few
weeks without water we would die within a few days. A normal human needs about 2 to 3 litres
of water a day to survive .

World water supply

The amount of water we have on earth is always the same . However, clean water, is getting
rarer because of pollution .
Most of the worlds water, about 97% is in the oceans. 1.4 billion cubic kilometres is saltwater.
Only 3% is the freshwater in lakes, rivers and glaciers.
Much of the world has enough fresh water but there are regions that are too dry and dont get
enough rain. Developing countries often do not have enough water for their growing
populations . Other areas do not have enough water because people waste it.
Water cycle
Water moves in a steady cycle. It never goes away or disappears but it changes from solid to
liquid to gas.
When the sun heats up water it becomes a gas and evaporates . As it rises it cools down and
clouds form. Clouds have many very small droplets of water in them. When they get too heavy
they fall down to the ground as rain or snow.
Although some of this precipitation rises directly into the atmosphere again most of it gets into
the ground and remains in aquifers . Snow and ice remain on glaciers and ice caps until it gets
warmer. Then it starts melting and the liquid follows into lakes and rivers.
Water has shaped the surface of the earth for many years. It causes erosion , makes mountains
smoother , rivers carve themselves into valleys and makes them wider . Ocean waves form
coastlines .

Water Treatment

Not all water is safe to drink or to take a bath in. Some of it needs to be cleaned or purified
before we can use or drink it. This is done in three basic steps:
1. Water first flows through a basin which has chemicals in it . The bacteria , mud and
other dirty substances that are in the water stick to these chemicals and move down to
the bottom of the basin.
2. Water then goes through a filter made up of sand and gravel . Other particles are filtered
out.
 3. In the last phase chlorine is added to the water. It kills the bacteria that somehow get
through.
Dirty, used water is carried away through sewage systems . It often smells bad and has a lot of
bacteria in it. Most cities have treatment plants that turn used water into clean water that can be
used to irrigate fields.