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Q1 Locate the lines in the text that support the title ‘The Ailing Planet’.
Ans: 1) The world's crucial signs uncover a patient in declining wellbeing.
2) Are we leaving our replacements a seared planet of propelling desert, ruined scenes and weak climate.Q2 What does the notice ‘The world’s most dangerous animal’ at a cage in the zoo at Lusaka, Zambia, signify?
Ans: There is a no animal inside the cage but a mirror where you can see yourself that means it wants to reflect that humans are the most dangerous animals who are more harmful to the nature. They are exploiting the environment for their needs and disturbing the whole ecosystem.
Q3 How are the earth’s principal biological systems being depleted?
Ans: The earth’s principal biological system consists of four components that are: fisheries, forests, grasslands and croplands. But these essential components are being depleted alarmingly as human needs has increased so much due to their massive increase in population which are affecting every resources and to satisfy our needs we are depleting the earth’s biological systems where need is more but productivity is very low.
Q4 Why does the author aver that the growth of world population is one of the strongest factors distorting the future of human society?
Ans: Definitely, the growth of world’s population is one of the strongest factors distorting the future of human society. In today’s era where human needs are increasing alarmingly due to increase in population. So due to this factor the earth’s biological system is being depleted at large extent which are also affecting the human society. This factor has resulted in too much pressure on natural resources. The forests are being cut to satisfy human needs for more place and other essentials. These more demands leads to over fishing, the burning fuels has reduced the fertility of soil. So we have to follow the concept of Sustainable Development so that these resources should also be available for or next generations. So more strict laws and rules should be implemented for control of human population, if we don’t do these things then definitely all the resources will be extinct soon.