1Q-(a)What do you mean by natural
environment.
(b) What is an Ecosystem
2Q-Write the uses of rocks.
3Q-List benefits of mid day meal
program
4Q-what do you understand by the
term 'all persons are equal before the
law'.
5Q-What are the uses of Minerals.
6Q-What is Lithosphere?
7Q-Who was al-Idrisi?
8Q-who made Map 2 and when?
Answers
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Answer:
Q.1
a) The term 'natural environment' refers to the non-human-made surroundings and conditions in which all living and non-living things exist on Earth.
b) A biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment is called an ecosystem.
Q.2
Some of the uses of rocks are as follows:
(i) To build houses and buildings
(ii) Precious rocks, called gemstones, are often used to make jewellery
(iii) To make tools for cutting and drilling purposes
(iv) The fossilized remains of plants and animals present in rocks help in scientific research.
(v) The different minerals that make up different rocks are extracted and can be used as fuels, medicines, fertilizers, and industries.
Q.3
Poor children who can't afford good food get it in the school.
Q.4
“All persons are equal before law” means that every person from the president of the country to a
person like Kanta has to obey the same laws .
It is important in a democracy because :
i)Democracy suggests that no one should be treated on unequal basis because of their wealth, caste,
colour, religion, gender etc.
ii)It also ensures that no one will be given more preference for the same crime.
iii)It provides the people equal opportunity to defend themselves in public court irrespective of their social economic position.
iv)It also reflects the true nature of the democracy.
Q.5
They are used as fuels, for example – coal, petroleum and natural gas. They are used in industries for making medicines, fertlisers and many other items. Iron, bauxite, mica, gold, silver, etc.
Q.6
A lithosphere is the rigid, outermost shell of a terrestrial-type planet or natural satellite. On Earth, it is composed of the crust and the portion of the upper mantle that behaves elastically on time scales of thousands of years or greater.
Q.7
Abu Abdullah Muhammad al-Idrisi al-Qurtubi al-Hasani as-Sabti, or simply al-Idrisi, was an Arab Muslim geographer, cartographer and Egyptologist.
Q.8
Map 2 was made by a French cartographer in 1720. Both maps are quite different from each other, even though they represent the same area.