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question_answer1) What is the role of respiration in oxygen cycle?
question_answer2) Name the gases which cause greenhouse effect.
question_answer3) Name some biologically important organic compounds that contain both oxygen and nitrogen.
question_answer4) Name the compound, which is responsible for the depletion of ozone layer in the atmosphere.
question_answer5) Which part of solar radiation is absorbed by ozone layer?
question_answer6) What do you mean by biotic component?
question_answer7) What do you mean by air pollution?
question_answer8) Air is also called "breath of life'. Why?
question_answer9) Which winds bring rain in most parts of India?
question_answer10) State the harmful effects of ultraviolet rays.
question_answer11) Which non-living component of the Earth determine biodiversity of an area?
question_answer12) State two factors, which are responsible for polluting water.
question_answer13) What is soil?
question_answer14) What is top soil? How is it responsible for the biodiversity in an area?
question_answer15) What are the main substances of biogeochemical cycles?
question_answer16) Which group of plants contains nitrogen fixing bacteria in their roots?
question_answer17) Name two organisms, which play vital role in nitrogen fixation.
question_answer18) Why step farming is common on hills?
question_answer19) Soil formation is done by both biotic and abiotic factors. List the names of these factors by classifying them as biotic and abiotic.
question_answer20) Write full form of CFCs.
question_answer21) State one use of ozone.
question_answer22) State the role of symbiotic bacteria in nitrogen cycle of nature.
question_answer23) Name any one method by which water helps in soil formation.
question_answer24) In which region, the ozone layer is present in the atmosphere?
question_answer25) Where the hole in ozone layer have recently detected?
question_answer26) Why the Earth is called as 'Blue Planet'?
question_answer27) State the process by which carbon enters in the living system.
question_answer28) What is global warming?
question_answer29) Name the component of air, which is most essential for living organisms.
question_answer30) Give two examples where water can be found in the frozen form on the Earth.
question_answer31) Why terrestrial life forms require freshwater?
question_answer32) Name two fossil fuels, which are responsible for air pollution.
question_answer33) What do you mean by thermal pollution?
question_answer34) Give any two effects of soil erosion.
question_answer35) What is combustion?
question_answer36) Name the process by which oxygen is replenished in nature.
question_answer37) What is ozone hole?
question_answer38) Name two freshwater resources, which provide freshwater for human use.
question_answer39) What is the direction of air in coastal areas during the day?
question_answer40) Which particles form the nuclei for condensation of water vapours in the atmosphere?
question_answer41) Name the two acids that are present in acid rain.
question_answer42) Write the name of two greenhouse gases.
question_answer43) What is the ultimate source of energy in an ecosystem?
question_answer44) What is the region of Earth's crust and atmosphere occupied by the living organisms called?
question_answer45) Tell the major component of atmosphere of Mars and Venus.
question_answer46) Name some gases that cause air pollution.
question_answer47) List two main ways by which oxygen is consumed and carbon dioxide is produced.
question_answer48) Give the composition of acid rain.
question_answer49) Where is Rhizobium bacteria found?
question_answer50) Which organisms carry out the process of denitrification?
question_answer51) What is the oxygen content in Earth's atmosphere?
question_answer52) What is nitrification?
question_answer53) Which gas is most responsible for the global warming?
question_answer54) What is the smog an indication of?
question_answer55) What would happen if there were no atmosphere around the Earth?
question_answer56) What would happen, if all the oxygen present in the environment converted to ozone?
question_answer57) Why should not the fertilisers and pesticides be used in large amount?
question_answer58) How can the nitrogen molecule present in air be converted into nitrates and nitrites?
question_answer59) What is the reason behind the ozone layer getting depleted?
question_answer60) When we breathe in air, nitrogen also gets inside along with oxygen. What happens to the nitrogen after that?
question_answer61) What does top soil contain?
question_answer62) What is the major source of minerals in soil?
question_answer63) What is the percentage of Earth's surface covered by water?
question_answer64) How is oxygen returned to the atmosphere?
question_answer65) Is photosynthesis involved in the water cycle somehow?
question_answer66) Suggest some reasons to prevent soil erosion.
question_answer67) What happens, when rain falls on soil without vegetation cover?
question_answer68) Tell one organism for which oxygen comes out to be harmful.
question_answer69) Which ray causes greenhouse effect?
question_answer70) Give an example of any bacteria that converts nitrites into nitrates.
question_answer71) During photosynthesis where does the oxygen in the glucose come from?
question_answer72) Growth of lichens on barren rocks is followed by the growth of some other organisms. Name any one.
question_answer73) Is air a biotic component or abiotic component?
question_answer74) Which of these steps is not involved in the carbon cycle? Photosynthesis, transpiration, respiration and burning of fossil fuels.
question_answer75) Draw a well labelled diagram to show carbon cycle in nature.
question_answer76) What is meant by water cycle? How are nutrients from land made available to marine organisms by this cycle?
question_answer77) Name two gases given out by burning of fossil fuels, which dissolves in rain to form acid rain.
question_answer78) (a) Name the gases causing greenhouse effect. (b) Name the compound causing depletion of ozone layer.
question_answer79) State in brief the role of photosynthesis and respiration in carbon cycle in nature.
question_answer80) Define the term natural resources. Write its two types giving an example of each.
question_answer81) State the role of plants in controlling flood and air pollution.
question_answer82) Enlist the sources of water pollution.
question_answer83) Explain why smog formation occurs in cold weather.
question_answer84) What is ozone hole? How it is caused?
question_answer85) State the role of forests in maintaining water cycle.
question_answer86) Write some harmful effects of air pollution.
question_answer87) What is the role of decomposers in biogeochemical cycles?
question_answer88) Give reasons/or the following Life does not exists on Venus and Mars. Why? (b)We are lucky that ozone is not stable near Earth's surface.
question_answer89) Why do not lichens occur in Delhi, whereas they commonly grow in Manali or Darjeelinq?
question_answer90) In coastal areas, wind current moves from the sea towards the land during day, but during night it moves from land to the sea. Discuss the reason.
question_answer91) Why does the percentage of gases like oxygen, nitrogen and carbon dioxide remain almost the same in the atmosphere?
question_answer92) Why does Moon have very cold and very hot temperature variations, e.g., from -190° to 110°C even though it is at the same distance from the Sun as the Earth is?
question_answer93) Why do people love to fly kites near the sea shore?
question_answer94) River from land adds minerals to sea water. Discuss how.
question_answer95) All the living organisms are basically made of C, N, S, P, H and 0. How they enter the living forms?
question_answer96) Explain the role of the sun in the formation of Soil.
question_answer97) Lichens are called pioneer colonisers of bare rock. How they help in formation of soil?
question_answer98) State the role of nitrogen fixing bacteria in the biosphere.
question_answer99) Explain the term greenhouse effect. In which region, hole in ozone layer has been discovered?
question_answer100) Define humus and state its function in the soil.
question_answer101) What is biogeochemical cycle? Write its main substances.
question_answer102) State the factors responsible for soil formation.
question_answer103) Draw a well labelled diagram to show a oxygen cycle in nature.
question_answer104) Name any two leguminous plants that can fix atmospheric nitrogen. Also give the name of two nitrogen fixing bacteria.
question_answer105) Why nitrogen cycle is called perfect cycle in biosphere?
question_answer106) State the role of nitrifying bacteria in nitrogen cycle.
question_answer107) A farmer sprayed the pesticides and insecticides in his fields. After sometime, he noticed that fishes in nearby pond started dying. State the reason behind dying of fishes.
question_answer108) State the cause of acid rain.
question_answer109) Fertile soil has lots of humus. Why?
question_answer110) Mention one method by which living organisms influence the soil formation.
question_answer111) What do you mean by biological nitrogen fixation?
question_answer112) Why is nitrogen fixing bacteria found only in roots of leguminous plants?
question_answer113) What will happens, if decomposers are removed completely from the Earth? Give reasons.
question_answer114) What will happen, if (a) ozone gas is present in atmosphere? (b) all plants extinct from the Earth?
question_answer115) Complete the following cycle and answer the given questions. (a)What will happen, if the step D does not occur? (b) State two free living nitrogen fixing bacteria.
question_answer116) (a) Name the gas, which is used in the process of photosynthesis. (b) Complete the given cycle.
question_answer117) Where is ozone layer found in atmosphere? What is its importance? Write the harmful effects of UV rays.
question_answer118) Draw well-labelled diagram to show nitrogen cycle in nature.
question_answer119) (a) What are the two forms of oxygen found in atmosphere? (b) State two effects of depletion of ozone layer in the atmosphere.
question_answer120) Ramesh visited Delhi with his parents, where he saw mostly CNG buses are running and people using CNG instead of petrol. He was so surprised and wants to know reason behind this. (a) How would you help Ramesh in reducing his confusion? (b) State two gases, which are emitted by burning of petroleum. (c) How these gases affect us?
question_answer121) Water pollution is major problem in our country. State three major factors, which lead to water pollution.
question_answer122) Why is replenishment of soil essential? Describe two natural ways of soil replenishment.
question_answer123) Suggest any three preventive measures of reducing soil erosion.
question_answer124) What is ozone layer depletion? How it occurs? Where was it firstly observed?
question_answer125) (a) Enumerate some differences between nitrification and denitrification processes. (b) State the importance of nitrogen cycle for living organisms.
question_answer126) "Soil is formed by water.' If you agree with this statement, then give reasons.
question_answer127) Carbon dioxide is necessary for plants. Why do we consider it as a pollutant?
question_answer128) Justify 'Dust is a pollutant.
question_answer129) A priest of temple collected dried garlands, holy old books and some statues. He asked his son to throw them in the river. But instead of throwing, he buried them in the soil. Read the above passage and answer the following questions (a)In the situation above, who wins your support the priest or the son? Justify your answer by giving two reasons. (b) What are the values reflected in the behaviour of son?
question_answer130) A motor car with its glass totally closed, is parked directly under the Sun. The inside temperature of car rises very high. Explain.
question_answer131) Ajay and Vijay are two farmers. Ajay cultivate maize and soyabean in his field every year and gets good yield. Vijay cultivates only maize in his field every year. After few years Vijay noticed that his yield is continuously declining. Then Ajay advised him to grow soyabean with maize in his field. Respond to the given questions using the information provided (a)What may be the reason behind Ajay's advice? (b) State the role of nitrogen fixing bacteria in nitrogen cycle. (c) Which values of Ajay are high lighted in the passage?
question_answer132) Describe biological water cycle.
question_answer133) State the role of atmosphere in climate control.
question_answer134) Prakash Singh is a farmer residing on the outskirts of Delhi. On a visit to a fertilizer shop, the salesmen inquired Prakash Singh for the crop, he anticipated to cultivate in the coming season. During the conversation, the crop concerned was conveyed. The salesman suggested that urea and other nitrogenous fertilisers should be used. Ramesh quietly but keenly listening the conversation intervened and told Prakash Singh that for the concerned crop nitrogenous fertilisers shall not be required. Respond to the given questions using the information provided above (a) What values are shown by Ramesh? (b) What can be the concerned crop possibly? (c) What can be the reason for Ramesh's Suggestion?
question_answer135) Ishita went to her grandmother's home in her holidays. In grandmother's home, she noticed that the marbles used in balcony and on approach road from the gate to car garage has become yellow. Her grandmother told the problem started after establishing of a petroleum refinery in their locality. Read the above passage and answer the following questions (a) What is the connection of refinery to yellow colourisation of marble? (b) State other harmful effects of air pollution. (c) What values you have learnt from the given passage?
question_answer136) (a) Write a short note on soil erosion. (b) Name two biologically important compounds that contain both oxygen and nitrogen. (c) How can you say that water is essential for life?
question_answer137) What do you mean by global warming? State the causes and effects of global warming.
question_answer138) (a) Air is called as breath of life. Why? (b) What are the causes and effects of air pollution?
question_answer139) (a) How does energy enter in the biosphere? (b) Name one natural and one man-made process by which returns to the atmosphere. (c) In the following biogeochemical cycle, name and define the processes marked as Z, Y and Z.
question_answer140) State a few causes of 'water pollution'. Discuss how you can contribute in reducing water pollution.
question_answer141) Raghu switched from traditional to modern farming practices in which he used large amounts of fertilisers and pesticides to gain an increase in profit. Read the above passage and answer the following questions (a)What are the adverse effects of modern farming? (b) What is soil pollution? (c) What do you think will be effect on the soil in long run? (d) Which values are absent in Raghu? What alternative method could be more beneficial for farming?
question_answer142) Explain nitrogen cycle in biosphere. Why is this cycle said to be perfect cycle? Name two leguminous plants, which can fix free nitrogen.
question_answer143) Name two biologically important compounds that contain both oxygen and nitrogen.
question_answer144) What are renewable resources?
question_answer145) What are the two main causes of over-exploitation of natural resources?
question_answer146) Name the component of air that has maximum solubility in water.
question_answer147) In which zone of atmosphere is ozone layer present?
question_answer148) Which gas is added to the atmosphere by the decay of organic matter?
question_answer149) Name the two things essential for existence of life on Earth.
question_answer150) Name the processes which help to maintain the balance between oxygen and carbon dioxide in the environment.
question_answer151) What are the two forms of elemental oxygen found in the atmosphere?
question_answer152) Which group of organisms is poisoned by elemental oxygen?
question_answer153) What is the effect of oxygen on nitrogen fixation?
question_answer154) What are the basic requirements for existence of life?
question_answer155) How is humus a major factor in deciding the soil structure?
question_answer156) What are the different states in which water is found during the water cycle?
question_answer157) What are clouds?
question_answer158) Name any one source of freshwater.
question_answer159) You have seen weather reports on television and in newspapers. How do you think we are able to predict the weather?
question_answer160) From where do we procure table salt?
question_answer161) Give any two uses of groundwater.
question_answer162) What is soil erosion?
question_answer163) Why step farming is common in hills?
question_answer164) We know that many human activities lead to increasing levels of pollution of the air, water-bodies and soil. Do you think that isolating these activities to specific and limited areas would help in reducing pollution?
question_answer165) What is topsoil?
question_answer166) What do you mean by fertility of the soil?
question_answer167) What are biodegradable pollutants?
question_answer168) Name the organisms that help in bringing back the minerals from the living system to the nutrient pool.
question_answer169) Which group of plants has nitrogen-fixing bacteria in the root nodules?
question_answer170) Name the organism found in the root nodules of leguminous plants.
question_answer171) What are CFCs?
question_answer172) The atmosphere of the Earth is heated by which radiations?
question_answer173) How are the nitrogen molecules present in air converted into nitrates and nitrites?
question_answer174) What is 'ozone hole'?
question_answer175) What is the major source of mineral in soil?
question_answer176) What does marked temperature changes in aquatic environment mainly affect?
question_answer177) How is our atmosphere different from the atmosphere on Venus and Mars?
question_answer178) How does the atmosphere act as a blanket?
question_answer179) What causes winds?
question_answer180) How are clouds formed?
question_answer181) List any three human activities that you think would lead to air pollution.
question_answer182) What are the harmful effects of ozone?
question_answer183) There is mass mortality of fishes in a pond. What may be the reasons?
question_answer184) Why does life not exist on Venus and Mars while it exists on Earth?
question_answer185) Write the major uses of oxygen.
question_answer186) Why is carbon dioxide produced in large extents?
question_answer187) How is carbon dioxide fixed?
question_answer188) All the living organisms are basically made up of C, N, S, P, H and O. How do they enter the living forms? Discuss.
question_answer189) Why does the percentage of gases like oxygen, nitrogen and carbon dioxide remain almost the same in the atmosphere?
question_answer190) Justify "Dust is a pollutant".
question_answer191) What causes acid rain?
question_answer192) In coastal area, wind current moves from the sea towards the land during day but during night it moves from land to the sea. Discuss the reason.
question_answer193) What is smog?
question_answer194) Name the major industrial air pollutants.
question_answer195) How is ozone layer useful to us?
question_answer196) Why is it said that nitrogen is very important for us?
question_answer197) How is a balance maintained in the environment?
question_answer198) What are the two main sources of air pollution?
question_answer199) Why is water essential for life?
question_answer200) Write the major uses of water.
question_answer201) Name the properties of potable drinking water.
question_answer202) What methods should be employed for conserving water resources?
question_answer203) How can the water released from dams affect the aquatic life?
question_answer204) Why does water need conservation even though large oceans surround the land masses?
question_answer205) How is the life of organisms living in water affected when water gets polluted?
question_answer206) How are living organisms dependent on the soil? Are organisms that live in water totally independent of soil as a resource?
question_answer207) Write a note on how forests influence the quality of our air, soil and water resources.
question_answer208) What are aerosols?
question_answer209) What are the factors determining the soil type?
question_answer210) Enlist the main causes of soil erosion.
question_answer211) Why is replenishment of soil essential? Describe two natural ways of soil replenishment.
question_answer212) How can we prevent the loss of topsoil?
question_answer213) What makes the biosphere dynamic but stable system?
question_answer214) Soil formation is done by both abiotic and biotic factors. List the names of these factors by classifying them as abiotic and biotic.
question_answer215) Explain the role of the Sun in the formation of soil.
question_answer216) "Soil is formed by water." If you agree to this statement then give reasons for your answer.
question_answer217) How does burning of fossil fuels cause pollution?
question_answer218) What is the role of plants in controlling air pollution?
question_answer219) What would happen if the Sun heated the Earth's surface equally everywhere?
question_answer220) What is photochemical smog? And what are its effects?
question_answer221) Describe the major factors which lead to water pollution. Give examples.
question_answer222) What are the harmful effects of water pollution?
question_answer223) What do you mean by biological nitrogen fixation?
question_answer224) Give the names of a few organisms that help in nitrogen fixation.
question_answer225) The flow of energy is unidirectional whereas the biogeochemical transfer is cyclic. Why is it so?
question_answer226) Justify the statement 'The nitrogen cycle is supposed to be an ideal cycle in the biosphere'.
question_answer227) What are the methods of preventing or reducing soil erosion?
question_answer228) List any three human activities which would lead to an increase in the carbon dioxide content of air.
question_answer229) How are CFCs harmful for the environment and living beings?
question_answer230) What is greenhouse effect?
question_answer231) What are the forms of oxygen found in the atmosphere?
question_answer232) What will be the consequence of global warming?
question_answer233) Why are oceans salty?
question_answer234) Carbon dioxide is necessary for plants. Why do we consider it as a pollutant?
question_answer235) Rivers from land add minerals to sea water. Discuss how?
question_answer236) Following are a few organisms (a) lichen (b) mosses (c) mango tree (d) cactus Which among the above can grow on stones and also help in formation of soil? Write the mode of their action for making soil.
question_answer237) Why is the circulation of carbon in nature important?
question_answer238) Why is atmosphere essential for life?
question_answer239) How has industrialisation led to an increase in air pollution? What steps should be taken to check air pollution?
question_answer240) What is the importance of water for plant life?
question_answer241) How is carbon stored in our planet?
question_answer242) How is soil formed?
question_answer243) What are the sources of soil pollution?
question_answer244) What are the effects of soil pollution?
question_answer245) How can we control soil pollution?
question_answer246) Describe the water cycle.
question_answer247) Describe the steps and processes involved in the nitrogen cycle.
question_answer248) Why is replenishment of forests necessary?
question_answer249) What are the sources of oxygen in the atmosphere?
question_answer250) Why is it necessary to conserve natural resources? How can they be conserved?
question_answer251) If there is no atmosphere around the Earth, what will happen to its temperature?
question_answer252) What would happen if all the oxygen present in the environment is converted to ozone?
question_answer253) When we breathe in air, nitrogen also goes inside along with oxygen. What is the fate of this nitrogen?
question_answer254) Why does moon have very cold and very hot temperature variations, e.g., from 190°C to 110°C, even though it is at the same distance from the Sun as the Earth is?
question_answer255) How does the temperature of Earth's atmosphere remain fairly uniform during the day?
question_answer256) How does the construction of dams affect the temperature of water beyond the dam? What is its impact on the biotic community in the rivers and ponds?
question_answer257) Why is the air near the busy roads more polluted than air at a distance from the busy roads?
question_answer258) Large amount of carbon dioxide is produced during cellular respiration, burning of fossil fuels and forest fires. Still the concentration of carbon dioxide in Earth's atmosphere is only 0.03% . On the planets Venus and Mars, it constitutes 95-97% of the atmosphere. Give reason for this difference.
question_answer259) A motor car, with its glass totally closed, is parked directly under the Sun. The inside temperature of the car rises very high. Explain why?
question_answer260) Why do people love to fly kites near the seashore?
question_answer261) Why does Mathura refinery pose problems to the Taj Mahal?
question_answer262) Why do not lichens occur in Delhi whereas they coinmonly growm Manali or Darjeelng?
question_answer263) During summer, if you go near the lake, you feel relief from the heat, why?
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