Class 10 Science - Chapter Sustainable Management of Natural Resource NCERT Solutions | Find out the source of water in your reg

Find out about the traditional systems of water harvesting/management in your region.

Suggest some approaches towards the conservation of forests.

We saw in this chapter that there are four main stakeholders when it comes to forests and wildlife. Which among these should have the authority to decide the management of forest produce? Why do you think so?

List five things you have done over the last one week to —

(a) conserve our natural resources.
(b) increase the pressure on our natural resources.

How can you as an individual contribute or make a difference to the management of (a) forests and wildlife, (b) water resources and (c) coal and petroleum?

Why should we conserve forests and wildlife?

Compare the above system with the probable systems in hilly/mountainous areas or plains or plateau regions.

Why do you think that there should be equitable distribution of resources? What forces would be working against an equitable distribution of our resources?

What changes can you make in your habits to become more environment-friendly?

What can you as an individual do to reduce your consumption of the various natural resources?

Did Döbereiner’s triads also exist in the columns of Newlands’ Octaves? Compare and find out.

What is a good source of energy?

Why is diffusion insufficient to meet the oxygen requirements of multi-cellular organisms like humans?

What are trophic levels? Give an example of a food chain and state the different trophic levels in it.

What is the difference between a reflex action and walking?

What is the importance of DNA copying in reproduction?

If a trait A exists in 10% of a population of an asexually reproducing species and a trait B exists in 60% of the same population, which trait is likely to have arisen earlier?

Why should a magnesium ribbon be cleared before burning in air?

Define the principal focus of a concave mirror.

You have been provided with three test tubes. One of them contains distilled water and the other two contain an acidic solution and a basic solution, respectively. If you are given only red litmus paper, how will you identify the contents of each test tube?

Why are traits acquired during the life-time of an individual not inherited?

(a)  What property do all elements in the same column of the Periodic Table as boron have in common?
(b)  What property do all elements in the same column of the Periodic Table as fluorine have in common?

Give any two ways in which non-biodegradable substances would affect the environment.

What are the advantages of sexual reproduction over asexual reproduction?

What are trophic levels? Give an example of a food chain and state the different trophic levels in it.

How does the creation of variations in a species promote survival?

What type of oxides are formed when non-metals combine with oxygen?

Why should a magnesium ribbon be cleared before burning in air?

An atom has electronic configuration 2, 8, 7.

   (a)  What is the atomic number of this element?
   (b)  To which of the following elements would it be chemically similar? (Atomic numbers are given in parentheses.)
          N(7)      F(9)      P(15)      Ar(18)

What is biological magnification? Will the levels of this magnification be different at different levels of the ecosystem?