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ITL PUBLIC SCHOOL

CHAPTER 15-OUR ENVIRONMENT

CLASS X BIOLOGY

Very short answer type questions(1mk)

1. Select the biodegradable wastes from the following: DDT, crop’s residue, leather, glass

2. In a chain consisting of snake, grass, frog & insect assign an appropriate trophic level to
frog and insect.

3. Why is the Government stressing upon the use of jute / cloth carry bags instead of plastic
bags?

4. Select the Abiotic components of the environment from the following:- Light, fungus,
monkey, humidity.

5. What is the full form of CFC and UNEP?

6. Select the biotic components of the environment from the following:- Fungi , soil , mango
tree, temperature.

Short answer type questions(2mk)

7. Name any two non – biodegradable wastes. What is the effect of biodegradable wastes on
environment?

8. Which of the following belonging to a food chain is likely to have maximum


concentration of harmful chemicals in its body? Explain why? Peacock, Frog, Snake, Grass
hopper.

9. The first trophic level in a food chain is always green plants. Why?

10. What are trophic levels? What will happen if organisms of one of the trophic levels in a
food chain are removed?

11. How is ozone formed?

Short answer type questions(3mk)

12. a) What is ozone layer? Why should ozone layer be protected?

b) In the following food chain, grass provides 4000J of energy to the grasshopper. How
much energy will be available to snakes and frogs?
GRASS - GRASSHOPPER –FROGS –SNAKES
13. a) What is meant by non-biodegradable waste? Identify biodegradable waste from the
following: Empty packet of chips, Empty plastic bottle of mineral water, Empty paper box of
sweets, Empty tin of a cold drink.

b) What is the impact of non-biodegradable waste on environment?

14 Explain ten percent law of energy. Mention two other characteristics of food chain.

15. What is an ecosystem? We do not clean ponds and lakes but need to clean aquarium on a
regular basis. Why?

16. Suggest any three activities in daily life which are eco-friendly.

Long answer type questions(5mk)

17. a) How can we reduce the problem of waste disposal? Explain any three methods.

b) What are the long term and short term benefits of exploiting the resources?

18. a) What is a food web? Explain giving one example.

b) Why a food chain does not have more than four steps?

HOTS

19. With the help of examples explain that garden is an ecosystem.

20. “Energy flow in a food chain is always unidirectional”. Justify the statement. Give an
example of aquatic food chain

21. If a harmful chemical enters a food chain comprising snakes, hawks, mice and plants,
which of these organisms is likely to have maximum concentration of harmful chemicals in
its body and why?

Case based questions:

22. The ecosystem is the structural and functional unit of ecology where the living organisms
interact with each other and the surrounding environment. In other words, an ecosystem is a
chain of interaction between organisms and their environment. The term “Ecosystem” was
first coined by A.G.Tansely, an English botanist, in the year 1953. The structure of an
ecosystem is characterised by the organisation of both biotic and abiotic components. This
includes the distribution of energy in our environment. It also includes the climatic conditions
prevailing in that particular environment.

a) Define ecosystem.

b) Mention two components of an ecosystem.


c) Give examples of both the types of components of an ecosystem.

d) Write two examples of artificial ecosystem.

23.

a) The first trophic level in a food chain is always a green plant. Why?
b) What will happen if we kill all the organisms in one trophic level?
c) Why are decomposers not included in a particular trophic level of food chain?

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