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SECTION A (20 Marks) Attempt All Questions From This Section

This document contains an environmental science exam for class 9 with two sections. Section A contains 5 short answer questions about topics like deforestation, species and populations, nitrogen cycle disruption, desert ecosystem threats, and eutrophication. Section B contains 3 long answer questions to choose from about major global environmental problems, species interaction through competition and predation, biogeographic zones of India, ocean pollution sources and prevention, thermal pollution sources and effects, acid precipitation causes and hazards, coral reef threats, and an example of synergism in nature. Students have 1 hour and 30 minutes to complete the exam worth a total of 50 marks.

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SECTION A (20 Marks) Attempt All Questions From This Section

This document contains an environmental science exam for class 9 with two sections. Section A contains 5 short answer questions about topics like deforestation, species and populations, nitrogen cycle disruption, desert ecosystem threats, and eutrophication. Section B contains 3 long answer questions to choose from about major global environmental problems, species interaction through competition and predation, biogeographic zones of India, ocean pollution sources and prevention, thermal pollution sources and effects, acid precipitation causes and hazards, coral reef threats, and an example of synergism in nature. Students have 1 hour and 30 minutes to complete the exam worth a total of 50 marks.

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PRATT MEMORIAL SCHOOL

HALF YEARLY EXAMINATION (2020 - 2021)


ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
CLASS :- IX
FULL MARKS:- 50
TIME:- 1 hour 30 min

SECTION A(20 Marks)


ATTEMPT ALL QUESTIONS FROM THIS SECTION

Question 1
a) Mention how deforestation is related to climate change (2)
b) What is meant by species and population in an ecosystem? (2)
c) Mention two ways how man is responsible for disruption of Nitrogen cycle(2)
d) Mention two threats to desert ecosystem(2)
e) What is eutrophication ? How does it affect the aquatic ecosystem(2)

Question 2
a) Explain thermal inversion in nature (2)
b) Mention two hazards of particular matter in air (2)
c) What is meant by point sources of air pollution(2)
d) Mention flora and fauna of a tropical rain forest (2)
e) What causes photochemical smog in nature? (2)

SECTION B(30 Marks)


ATTEMPT ANY 3 QUESTIONS FROM THIS SECTION

Question 3
a) Mention the major global envionmental problems(5)
b) Explain competition and predation as an instance of interaction of species
in nature (5)

Question 4
a) Give a brief account of biogeographic zones in India(5)
b) Mention the sources of ocean pollution and state the steps to prevent
ocean pollution(5)

Question 5
a) Enumerate the sources and effects of thermal pollution(5)
b) Mention the causes and hazards of acid precipitation in nature with special
reference to Mumbai (5)

Question 6
a) Give an account of the threats to coral reefs (5)
b) Explain synergism in nature with an example (5)

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