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Question 11 Mark
Paheli while moving in a forest observed that there was no noise pollution, though lots of heavy vehicles were passing from the nearby highway. Explain why?
Answer
Paheli observed that there is no noise pollution in a forest even though there are lots of heavy vehicles passing from the nearby highway. It is because trees present in the forest absorb the noise.
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Question 21 Mark
A bunch of seedlings were seen sprouting on a heap of animal dropping in a forest. How do you think is the seedling benefited from the animal dung?
Answer
The seedling was being benefited from the animal dung as the decaying animal dung provided nutrients to the growing seedlings.
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Question 31 Mark
Paheli wrote a food chain in the following way
Frog → Eagle → Insects → Grass → Snake
The chain is not in the correct order. Help her to write the food chain correctly.
Answer
The correct food chain is
Grass → Insects → Frog → Snake → Eagle
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Question 41 Mark
Name any four useful products other than wood, which we get from forests.
Answer
Four useful products other than wood which we get from forests are gum, spices, fodder for animals and medicinal plants.
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Question 51 Mark
Give names of any four birds which you expect to see in a forest.
Answer
The four birds which we expect to see in a forest are jungle crow, hornbill, mynas and koel.
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Question 61 Mark
What would happen if it rains heavily in your town?
Answer
If it rains heavily in the town, it would have flooded the drains and roads.
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Question 71 Mark
Paheli remembered that she saw a pipal sapling on the sidewall in her school. Can you help her to understand how this would have happened?
Answer
Due to the process of seed dispersal, some seeds of pipal may have dispersed on side of wall through winds, animals, birds, etc. and have grown into pipal plant.
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Question 81 Mark
What happens if an animal dies in the forest?
Answer
The dead animals become food for vultures, crows, jackals and insects.
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Question 101 Mark
Y and Z are two types of organisms which are found in the forests. Y eats up dead animals, while Z breakdown the body of the dead animals into simpler substances.
(a) What is the general name of organism Y?
(b) Write one example of Y type organism.
(c) What is general name of organism Z?
(d) Write one example of Z type organism.
Answer
(a) Scavenger
(b) Vulture
(c) Decomposers
(d) Fungi (mushroom)
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Question 111 Mark
Deforestation may lead to floods. Why?
Answer
Deforestation leads to floods as lesser number of trees will be available due to deforestation. In the absence of trees, the soil will not hold water leading to floods.
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Question 121 Mark
All the needs of animals living in a forest are fulfilled. Justify this statement in a few sentences.
Answer
Forest provides home (shelter), food and water to the animals living there. Thus, all the needs of animals living in a forest are fulfilled.
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Question 131 Mark
State the consequence when one food chain is disturbed in an ecosystem.
Answer
Since, all food chains are interlinked, disturbance in one food chain will affect the other food chain in a forest.
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Question 141 Mark
Consider the following organisms
Grass, birds, frog, crow, tiger, vulture, toadstool, deer.
Which of these
(i) can eat the dead animals?
(ii) can form a three step food chain?
Answer
(i) Crow, vulture
(ii) Grass → Deer → Tiger
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Question 151 Mark
Give the reason behind variations found in the forests of different regions.
Answer
The variations in the type of plants and animals are found in forests of different regions because of the different climatic conditions.
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Question 161 Mark
What is a canopy?
Answer
The uppermost branches and leaves of tall trees act like a roof over the forest ground, this is called canopy.
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Question 171 Mark
While going inside a forest, it becomes darker. Why?
Answer
The canopy of forest blocks a significant amount of sunlight from reaching the forest floor.
As a result less than 50% of the sunlight that hits the top of the forest makes it through canopy to the plants below. This makes the darkness of the forest floor.
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Question 181 Mark
List some animals which live in deeper areas of the forest.
Answer
Animals like boar, bison, jackal, porcupine, elephant, etc. live in the deeper areas of the forest.
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Question 191 Mark
List five products we get from forests.
Answer
The five products we get from forests are
(i) Fruits
(ii) Honey
(iii) Medicines
(iv) Oxygen
(v) Gum
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Question 201 Mark
Explain why forest should be conserved?
Answer
Forests should be conserved because they maintain ecological balance, support biodiversity, and provide essential resources like oxygen, food, and shelter for living organisms.
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