Give one word answers:
1) A clearing made in the forest to prevent spread of fire.
2) A bank or mound of cement constructed along a tank or artificial lake to prevent flooding.
3) Subsoil is exposed and cultivation is not possible.
4) Land covered with rocks builders and stones.
5) Non availability of the nutritious food to the underfed, ill-nourished poor people.
6) Categorising population according to age groups.
7) The male-female ratio i.e., number of females per thousand males.
8) The age group subjectively between 40-64 years old.
9) Movement of people into a destination country of which they are not natives or where they do not possess citizenship.
10) The uncultivable land found in arid region where the top soil gets eroded due to flooding during rainy season.
Answers
1 ans- firebreak is a gap in vegetation or other combustible material that acts as a barrier to slow or stop the progress of a bushfire or wildfire.
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3 ans -Exposed subsoils, especially if they are of fine texture and on a considerable slope, are likely to shed more water than infiltrates into them. The result is excessive erosion and a droughty soil that may not be able to support any vegetation during hot summer months.
4 ans - Answer: Glacial erratics are stones and rocks that were transported by a glacier, and then left behind after the glacier melted. Erratics can be carried for hundreds of kilometers, and can range in size from pebbles to large boulders. Scientists sometimes use erratics to help determine ancient glacier movement.
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6 ans- This classification was replaced by a new departmental standard on May 22, 2007.
- Children (00-14 years) 00-04 years. 110. 00-04 years. 05-09 years. ...
- Youth (15-24 years) 15-19 years. 211. 15-17 years. 212. ...
- Adults (25-64 years) 25-29 years. 310. 25-29 years. 30-34 years. ...
- Seniors (65 years and over) 65-69 years. 410. 65-69 years.
7 ans - Biologically normal sex ratio at birth is 1,050 males to 1,000 females or 950 females to 1,000 males.
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9 ans - Immigration is the international movement of people to a destination country of which they are not natives or where they do not possess citizenship in order to settle as permanent residents or naturalized citizens.
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Answer:
1. Fire lines
2. Reservoir
3. Excessive erosion (or simply, erosion)
4. (Not sure about this one. It varies. You can find them anywhere from mountains, to glaciers as Glacial Erratics.
5. (Results in) Malnourishment
6. Age distribution
7. Gender ratio
8. Adults (25-64. Seniors are generally considered 65+
9. Immigration
10. Barren lands