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Jaigurudev: Maharishi Vidya Mandir

The document discusses wildlife conservation and contains the following information: 1) It provides a lesson on ecosystems and food chains, defining producers, consumers, and predators. 2) Questions assess understanding of extinction, endangered species, threats like poaching and habitat destruction, as well as conservation efforts. 3) Wildlife must be conserved to protect endangered plants and animals from going extinct, and the government has established national parks and sanctuaries to save wildlife.

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Jaigurudev: Maharishi Vidya Mandir

The document discusses wildlife conservation and contains the following information: 1) It provides a lesson on ecosystems and food chains, defining producers, consumers, and predators. 2) Questions assess understanding of extinction, endangered species, threats like poaching and habitat destruction, as well as conservation efforts. 3) Wildlife must be conserved to protect endangered plants and animals from going extinct, and the government has established national parks and sanctuaries to save wildlife.

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JAIGURUDEV

MAHARISHI VIDYA MANDIR

WILD LIFE CONVERVATIOM

LESSON NO: 5

I. FILL IN THE BLANKS:

1. In an ecosystem all plants and animals depend on each other.

2. Plants are called the primary producer as they make their own food.

3. Animals at the top of the food chain are predators.

4. The absence of any one in the food chain can affect all others.

5. The numbers of the endangered animals go down at a fast rate.

6. Destruction of habitat of animals forces them to move elsewhere.

II. Match the two columns to make perfect pairs.

COLUMN ; A COLUMN B
1. Protecting wildlife i) conservation
2. Whale bone ii) baleen
3. died out iii) extinct
4. pesticides ii) pollution
5. Kaziranga v) rhino

III. Answer the given questions.

1. What do you understand by a food chain? How is everyone in a food chain


divided?

i. The dependence of plants and animals and human being on each other is
called a food chain.
ii. Everyone in the food chains are as follows.

a. producer-→ plant

b. Primary consumer→ animal

c. Secondary consumer-→ animals eat herbivores.

d. Tertiary consumer-→ animals that eat carnivores.

2. Name the natural disasters such as extinction of many animals forced


extinction of many animals.

Natural disasters such a fires, floods, storm and volcanic eruptions causing
extinction of many animal species.

3. What is the difference between extinct and endangered animals? Explain with
examples.

Extinct Animals Endangered Animals

i) There are no i) Animals at the


more individuals of risk of extinction
that kind alive and are left only a
anywhere in the few to count ,they
world, they are are called
called extinct endangered or
animals. threatened animals.
ii) Mammoth, ii) Giant panda,
dado, and dinosaurs. rhino and Bengal
tiger.

4. Why is poaching a major threat to wildlife?

Poaching is a major threaten to wildlife for the following reasons:


i) Animals are hunted for their skin, fur, hides tusk etc. for the commercial
purpose.

ii) Poaching is done as sport.

iii) It leads to wild life extinctions.

5. How are animals threated by entertainers?

The entertainers threated the animals very cruelly to make their own profit:

i) They beat the animals with a stick or whip.

ii) They pull the teeth of animals.

iii) They do not provide sufficient food.

iv) They pass rope through the nostrils of the animals.

6. Why do we need to conserve wildlife? Mention any two steps taken the
government to save wildlife?

i) We need to conserve wildlife protecting the endangered animals and


plants from getting extinct.

ii) The two steps taken by the government to save wildlife is

• The Gir National park.


• Kerala’s periyar wild-life sanctuary.

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