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I. VERY SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS
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A. IMPORTANT QUESTIONS
1. What is preservation?
2. What is restoration?
4. What is considered to be a biodiversity hotspot?
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8. Which one of the following is a renewable re-
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(2 Marks)
A. IMPORTANT QUESTIONS
(b) Name any two elements present in fossil fuels in addition to carbon.
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19. Give two reasons why, there is a need of switching over from fossil fuels to the other sources of
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10. An environmentalist on visit to your school, suggested the use of three Rs to save the environment. Explain what he meant by three Rs and
how would you follow his advice?
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11. Suggest two important measures to reduce consumption of the various natural resources.
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16. Mention any two reasons for which environmentalist protested against raising height of the
31. Why is conservation of wildlife considered important to us? Give any two reasons. [2002, 2000]
(3 Marks)
A. IMPORTANT QUESTIONS
1. Name some environment pollution control laws
as well as wildlife protection acts.
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A. IMPORTANT QUESTIONS
1. In the context of conservation of natural resources, explain the terms reduce, recycle and
reuse. From among the materials that we use in
daily life, identify two materials for each category.
[HOTS]
A. Quiz
1. In a village in Karnataka, people started cultivating crops all around a lake which was always
filled with water. They added fertilisers to their
field in order to enhance the yield. Soon they discovered that the waterbody was completely cov-
Analyse the situation and give reasons for excessive growth of plants and death of fish in the lake.
2. In our country, there are various attempts to
increase the height of several existing dams like
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B. Puzzles
D. Seminar
1. TopicEcological Stability
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Effect of deforestation
Afforestation
Social forestry
Agroforestry
2. TopicEnvironmental Organisations
(HintsDiscuss the following points:)
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E. Debate
1. Dams can add to global warming.
2. Agroforestry reduces pressure on the forests.
(i) NGO started a movement against the destruction of Delhis green areas.
(ii) First national park of India.
(iii) Water harvesting structure in Karnataka.
(iv) Water harvesting structure in M.P.
(v) Bacteria indicate contamination of water with
untreated sewage.
(vi) Water harvesting structure in Maharashtra.
2. Hug the tree movement was a movement of the
local people to resist the deforestation attempt on
the hill slopes. The movement originated from
an incident in a village Reni in Garhwal during
the early 1970s. There was a specific name for
such a movement. To spell it, first write down
the letters that occur before each of the given
letters. Then unscramble the word, to get the name
of the movement.
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F. Group Discussion
1. In the absence of forest cover, the summer
becomes hotter while the winters become extra
cool.
2. Ganga Action Plan was formulated to reduce
pollution load on river Ganga.
G. Survey
1. Visit a town or village that you have seen a few
years back and find out
(a) New roads and buildings have come up.
(b) Work out a list of materials that have been
used in building new roads and houses.
(c) Where have these materials come from?
2. Visit a nearby national park and observe carefully
(a) The effect of building rest houses for tourists.
(b) The effect of throwing of plastic bottles,
cover and other litter by the tourists.
(c) The effect of allowing grazing of domestic
animals.
C. Group Activities
1. Prepare a list of forest material that you use. What
products do a person living near a forest would
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