Very Short Answer Questions - 1 Mark

Que 1. What are natural resources? 

Ans. Natural resources are naturally occurring substances useful to man in their unmodified (natural) forms. 

Que 2. Define biodiversity. 

Ans. The occurrence of different types of genes and species from all the habitat and ecosystem in a particular place and various part of the earth is called biodiversity. 

Que 3. Why maintaining a biodiversity is important? 

Ans. Maintaining biodiversity is important because experiments and field studies suggest that a loss of biodiversity may lead to a loss of ecological stability. 

Que 4. List any two industries based on forest produce. 

Ans. Paper, timber, lac, sports equipments. (Any two) 

Que 5. A person lives near a forest. Make a list of four items which he can get from the forest to meet his daily needs. 

Ans. Firewood, small timber, thatch, bamboo, fruits, nuts and medicines. (Any two) 

Que 6. Name the award given in the memory of Amrita Devi Bishnoi. 

Ans. Amrita Devi Bishnoi award for wildlife conservation. 

Que 7. Name the prominent ecologist who is responsible for Chipko movement. 

Ans. Shri Sundarlal Bahuguna. 

Que 8. Give one criticism about large dams. 

Ans. Large dams consume large amount of public money without the generation of proportionate benefits. 

Que 9. Name the industries which are based on forest products. 

Ans. Timber, paper and sports industries. 

Que 10. What are biodiversity hotspots? 

Ans. Biodiversity hotspots are regions rich in biodiversity. 

Que 11. Give an example of a community for whom conservation of forest and wildlife has been a religious tenet. 

Ans. For Bishnoi community in Rajasthan, conservation of forest and wildlife has been a religious tenet.