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The document contains exercises related to environmental science, focusing on topics such as the ozone layer, water's importance, and soil constituents. It includes fill-in-the-blank questions, explanations for various statements, matching exercises, and true/false questions. Key concepts covered include the protective role of the ozone layer, the necessity of water for life, and the constituents of the biosphere.

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Science Ans 1

The document contains exercises related to environmental science, focusing on topics such as the ozone layer, water's importance, and soil constituents. It includes fill-in-the-blank questions, explanations for various statements, matching exercises, and true/false questions. Key concepts covered include the protective role of the ozone layer, the necessity of water for life, and the constituents of the biosphere.

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Exercise

• 1. Fill in the blanks.


• (a) The layer of ozone gas absorbs
Ultra violet rays that come from the sun to the
earth.
• (b) Of the total water available on the earth,
fresh water forms 0.3%percent.
• (c) Both biotic and abiotic Constituents are
present in the soil.
2. Why is it said that – ?
(a) The ozone layer is a protective shell of
the earth
• Answer:-Ozone gas is not directly useful for the
survival of living things, yet it is very important for
living things to have this layer of ozone at a high
altitude around the earth. The ultra violet rays
coming from the sun are very harmful for living
things. The ozone gas absorbs these rays. As a
result, life on earth is protected.
(b) Water is life.

• Answer :-water is a universal


solvent . The blood of animals
and the sap in plants contain a
very high proportion of water. No
living thing can survive without
water. Therefore it is said that
‘Water is life.’
(c) Seawater is useful eve though it is not
potable

• Answer:-The water vapour


formed from oceans is the
main source of water in the
water cycle. It gets converted
into rain, creating fresh water
sources on earth.
4. Match the following.
• Group ‘A’ Answer
• (1) Carbon Plants and vapour food
production
• (2) Oxygen Combustion
• (3) Water Rain
• (4) Microbes Generation of dioxide soil
5. Name the following
(a) Constituents of the
biosphere
ATMOSPHERE

HYDROSPHERE
LITHOSPHERE
(b) Biotic constituents of soil

• Answer :-Insects ,
Microbes, plant
Earthworm's
(c) Fossil fuel

• Petrol , diesel ,
kerosene , etc.
(d) Inert gases in air
• Answer:- Nitrogen
• Oxygen
• Carbon dioxide
• Argon
• Helium
• Neon
• Krypton
• Xenon
(e) Gases that are harmful to the
ozone layer
• Carbon tetrachloride
and
chlorofluorocarbons
6. True or false?
• (a) Land and soil are the same thing :-
FALSE
• (b) The water in a lake is called ground
• Water:- FALSE
• (c) It takes about 1000 years to form a
25 cm thick layer of soil :- FALSE
• (d) Radon is used in decorative lights :-
FALSE

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