Amity International School, Sector 46, Gurgaon

MLP
Class VII Geography
Subject-Geography, Chapter 1- Environment
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ACTIVITY:- Make a poster/ collage on “different forms of Renewable Energy” and answer the following
questions:-
1. Do you think recycling is important?
2. What might humans be able to do in the future to deal with environmental catastrophes?
3. What environmental issues are evident in your local area?
4. Are you concerned about climate change? Why?

List of Questions:-
Q1. Why is there a need to save the environment? (SOC)
Ans- Environment is our basic life support system. It provides us the air we breathe, the land we live, the
food we eat and the water we drink. It is essential to save the environment as we cannot survive without
it.
Q.2.Give reasons- (1) Man modifies his environment : Human beings interact with the environment
and modify it according to their need. 1. They led a simple life and adapted to nature. Their needs
grew and they learned new ways to fulfil them. 2. They learnt to grow crops, surplus food was
produced, barter system emerged, wheel was invented and transport became faster, information
revolution in communication brought people together.
(2) Plants and animals depend on each other to survive.(Integrated Worksheet)
Plants can prepare their food by the process of photosynthesis. They consume carbon dioxide and
produces oxygen. Animals and human beings need oxygen to breathe and they exhale carbon dioxide.
Animals eat plants and get energy required. Plants get manure from animals. We human beings need both
plants and animals. This is how animals and plants depend on each other.
Q3. Distinguish between abiotic and biotic environment.
BIOTIC ABIOTIC
1. It is the world of living organism. It is the world of non-living elements
2. They depend on abiotic elements for their needs. Abiotic elements are influenced by biotic
Metals used to make a car. elements.
3. These are obtained from biosphere These are obtained from lithosphere
4. They can move and grow. They are stationary and donot grow.
 5 Ex.-plants and animals Land, stones, rocks

Ques 4-. How do human activities influence the environment? Explain positive and negative influence of
human activities on the environment.
Negative:
1. Deforestation: Cutting of trees causes soil erosion and also results in less rainfall. Increased use of
fertilizer also results in depletion of soil.
2. Extraction of minerals: Extraction leads to soil erosion as the top layer of earth is removed to extract the
minerals.
3. Burning of fossil fuels: Fuels like petrol and diesel when burnt leads to air pollution.
4. Water pollution: Discharge of garbage and chemical waste into factories into the river lead to water
pollution.
Positive:
1. Afforestation: Growing more trees and using organic manure helps to save our earth.
2. 3R’s: Reuse, reduce, recycle help in conservation natural resources. Use of CNG and public transport
helps to check air pollution.
Ques 5.
Source Based Questions(Integrated worksheet)
All plants, animals and human beings depend on their immediate surroundings. Often they are also
interdependent on each other. This relation between the living organisms, as well as the relation between
the organisms and their surroundings form an ecosystem. There could be an ecosystem of large rain forest,
grassland, desert, mountains, lake, river, ocean and even a small pond.
1. What is the significance of the interdependence between plants, animals, and human beings on
their immediate surroundings?
Ans. Plants and animals are interdependent on each other for their survival. This relationship is
evident in the food chain, where plants consume decayed material from the soil, herbivores
consume plants, and carnivores consume herbivores. When these organisms die, they decompose
and return to the soil, completing the cycle.
2. How does the relationship between living organisms contribute to the formation of an
ecosystem?
Ans. All plants, animals and human beings depend on their immediate surroundings. Often they are
also interdependent on each other by transfer of energy and material.
3. Can you provide examples of different types of ecosystems mentioned in the passage?
Ans. There could be an ecosystem of large rain forest, grassland, desert, mountains, lake, river,
ocean and even a small pond.
4. Explain the concept of interdependence within an ecosystem with specific examples.
Ans. Biotic and Abiotic factors both influence each other. The abiotic factors will determine what
kind of biotic factors would be present.
2. Particular Organism and plant forms are situated for particular type of environment eg. Hot
climate in desert will have animals like rattle snakes , camel etc. in cold climate animals present are
snow leopard ,arctic fox etc.
3. Microbes and plant life in a lake will determine what the different factors of water bodies e.g
Dead sea does not support any life Whereas other have millions of plants and animals.
4. Hence both biotic and abiotic factors are related. It benefits humans as these interactions help in
growth of population of different species.
5. Why is it mentioned that there could be an ecosystem in a small pond as well as in large-scale
environments like rainforests and oceans?
Ans. Ecosystem generally means interaction of all living and non-living things and a variety of
animals and plants are being found in the pond as well as in the rainforest which forms a complete
ecosystem.
 GK based MCQ Chap-1-Our Environment

Q 1. All organisms are capable of producing their own food from abiotic environment
are called
A) Consumers
B) Producers or Autotrophs
C) Heterotrophs
Ans-B
Q 2. They provide us food, minerals, mineral oil, gas and good for navigation.
A) Glaciers
B) Oceans
C) Forests
Ans- B
Q 3 Which of the following is terrestrial ( of earth) ecosystem?
A A natural forest
B. A lake
C. An aquarium
Ans-A
Q4 Which one of the following prompted the Govt. of India to enact Environment Protection Act 1986?
A) River Ganga water pollution
B) Endosulfan tragedy in Kerala
C) Bhopal Gas Tragedy
Ans-C