How can you contribute to the maintenance of green wealth of your locality? Make a list of actions to be taken by you.
By growing plants and by taking care of them, I can help in maintaining the green wealth of my locality. For planting trees, I can encourage people by giving the, information about the importance of trees, I can aware people by telling them the natural calamities like drought, flood, global warming and many other which are the result of deforestation. I will plant more and more trees.
Discuss the effects of deforestation on the following:
(a) Wild animals
(b) Environment
(c) Villages (Rural areas)
(d) Cities (Urban areas)
(e) Earth
(f) The next generation
Answer in brief:
(a) Why should we conserve biodiversity?
(b) Protected forests are also not completely safe for wild animals. Why?
(c) Some tribals depend on the jungle. How?
(d) What are the causes and consequences of deforestation?
(e) What is Red Data Book?
(f) What do you understand by the term migration?
Find out the information about the national parks in your state. Identify and show their location on the outline map of India.
Complete the word puzzle:
Down
1. Species on the verge of extinction.
2. A book carrying information about endangered species.
5. Consequence of deforestation.
Across
1. Species which have vanished.
3. Species found only in a particular habitat.
4. Variety of plants, animals and microorganisms found in an area.
Differentiate between the following:
(a) Wildlife sanctuary and biosphere reserve
(b) Zoo and wildlife sanctuary
(c) Endangered and extinct species
(d) Flora and fauna
Why should paper be saved? Prepare a list of ways by which you can save paper.
In order to meet the ever-increasing demand in factories and for shelter, trees are being continually cut. Is it justified to cut trees for such projects? Discuss and prepare a brief report.
What will happen if:
(a) we go on cutting trees.
(b) the habitat of an animal is disturbed.
(c) the top layer of soil is exposed.
Explain how deforestation leads to reduced rainfall.
Fill in the blanks:
(a) A place where animals are protected in their natural habitat is called .
(b) Species found only in a particular area is known as .
(c) Migratory birds fly to far away places because of changes.
Which of the following can be beaten into thin sheets?
(a) Zinc (b) Phosphorus (c) Sulphur (d) Oxygen
Fill in the blanks
(a) Most liquids that conduct electricity are solutions of , ______________ and ______________.
(b) The passage of an electric current through a solution causes ______________ effects.
(c) If you pass current through copper sulphate solution, copper gets deposited on the plate connected to the terminal of the battery.
(d) The process of depositing a layer ofany desired metal on another material by means of electricity is called .
Give two examples each of situations in which you push or pull to change the state of motion of objects.
Fill in the blanks:
(a) Friction opposes the _____________ between the surfaces in contact with each other.
(b) Friction depends on the _____________ of surfaces. (c) Friction produces __________.
(d) Sprinkling of powder on the carrom board ________ friction.
(e) Sliding friction is ___________ than the static friction.
List conditions under which combustion can take place.
Indicate whether the following statements are True (T) or False (F).
(a) Unicellular organisms have one-celled body. (T/F)
(b) Muscle cells are branched. (T/F)
(c) The basic living unit of an organism is an organ. (T/F)
(d) Amoeba has irregular shape. (T/F)
Which of the following cannot be charged easily by friction?
(a) A plastic scale
(b) A copper rod
(c) An inflated balloon
(d) A woollen cloth.
Suppose you are in a dark room. Can you see objects in the room? Can you see objects outside the room. Explain.
What are the different ways in which water gets contaminated ?
Explain the importance of reproduction in organisms.
One day Reeta went to a jeweller’s shop with her mother. Her mother gave old gold jewellery to the goldsmith to polish. Next day when they brought the jewellery back, they found that there was a slight loss in its weight. Can you suggest a reason for the loss in weight?
What is the angle of incidence of a ray if the reflected ray is at an angle of 90° to the incident ray?
List changes in the body that take place at puberty.
Match the organisms in Column I with their action in Column II.
Column I Column II
(i) Bacteria (a) Fixing Nitrogen
(ii) Rhizobium (b) Setting of curd
(iii) Lactobacillus (c) Baking of bread
(iv) Yeast (d) Causing Malaria
(v) A protozoan (e) Causing Cholera
(vi) A Virus (f) Causing AIDS
(g) Producing antibodies
Write 10 lines on the usefulness of microorganisms in our lives.
Boojho made the following sketch (Fig. 17.29) of the solar system. Is the sketch correct? If not, correct it.
Describe an activity to show that thermoplastic is a poor conductor of electricity.
Four children were asked to arrange forces due to rolling, static and sliding frictions in a decreasing order. Their arrangements are given below. Choose the correct arrangement.
(a) Rolling, static, sliding
(b) Rolling, sliding, static
(c) Static, sliding, rolling
(d) Sliding, static, rolling
Lightning and thunder take place in the sky at the same time and at the same distance from us. Lightning is seen earlier and thunder is heard later. Can you explain?
Draw sketches to show the relative positions of prominent stars in
(a) Ursa Major and (b) Orion