land, soil, water,natural vegetation and wildlife resources one word answers 10
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Question 1.
What is the full form of CITES?
Answer:
CITES is the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora.
Question 2.
Define National Park?
Answer:
National Park is a natural area designated for the protection of ecological integrity of one or more ecosystem for the present and the future generation.
Question 3.
Name the classification of forests depending on when they shed their leaves?
Answer:
Forests are broadly classified as evergreen and deciduous depending on when they shed their leaves.
Question 4.
Primarily on what factors does the growth of vegetation depends upon?
Answer:
The growth of vegetation depends primary on temperature and moisture.
Question 5.
Why is river Yamuna getting polluted?
Answer:
River Yamuna is getting polluted due to sewage, industrial effluents and garbage released into it.
Question 6.
What quantity of water does a dripping tap waste in a year?
Answer:
A dripping tap water 1200 litres of water in a year.
Question 7.
What are the two major threats to soil as a resource?
Answer:
Soil erosion and depletion are the major threats to soil as a resource.
Question 8.
How much time period is required for the formation of just one centimetre of soil?
Answer:
It takes hundreds of years to make just one centimetre of soil.
Question 9.
Which natural resource covers only about 30% of the total area of the earth’s surface?
Answer:
Land
Question 10.
What is the main reason behind the uneven distribution of population in different parts of the world?
Answer:
It is mainly due to varied characteristics of land and climate.
Question 11.
On what basis land is classified into private land and community land?
Answer:
On the basis of ownership.
Question 12.
What has led to large scale destruction of forest cover and arable land?
Answer:
Growing population and their ever growing demand have led to a large scale destruction of forest cover and arable land.