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Question 12 Marks
The soil is to be made fertile without adding chemical fertilizers.
Answer
Organic manure is added to the soil. Organic manure is prepared by mixing remains of plants, vegetables, fruits etc. with soil and is allowed to decompose by microorganisms. Microorganisms convert the above substances to organic manure which helps plants to grow.
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Question 22 Marks
Mosquitoes cause malaria. To prevent malaria mosquitoes need to be stopped from growing.
Answer
Mosquitoes larvae grow in water. Hence to prevent them from growing we should not allow water to accumulate. We should keep our surroundings dry. Also fishes like guppies, gold fish and killifish eat up the mosquto larvae. Hence sometimes these fish are grown in ponds to prevent mosquitoes.
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Question 32 Marks
We have to remove insects from the grains without using pesticides.
Answer
Some plants like neem or their extract repel insects. That is insects run away from these substances. Hence if we place dried leaves of neem. The grains will be freed from the insects as they will go away. Similarly it is by applying canola oil to the grains we can remove the insects as canola oil is also an insect repellent.
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Question 42 Marks

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(A) Find the different food chains of whichthe worm and the mouse form a link:
(B) Find the different food chains where the fox and lion form a link.

Answer
(A) There are two food chains as shown below :Image

(B) There are two food chains as shown below:Image

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Read/observe And give the Solution. - EVS STD 5 Questions - Vidyadip