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Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Our environment bingoRead the answer and worked solution →The phrase Vasudhaiv Kutumbakam, the entire earth is one family, comes from the Mahaupanishad, part of which Veda?Read the answer and worked solution →The Ganga Action Plan, launched because river water quality was very poor, came in:Read the answer and worked solution →Among the five R's, which is better than recycling because recycling itself uses energy?Read the answer and worked solution →Growing plants in cracked cups or using them as bird feeders is an example of which R?Read the answer and worked solution →Growth that meets current basic needs while preserving resources for future generations is:Read the answer and worked solution →The only resource Earth receives from outside is:Read the answer and worked solution →A paper mill owner using forest pulp belongs to which stakeholder group in forest conservation?Read the answer and worked solution →The Bishnoi community, for whom conservation is a religious tenet, lives in:Read the answer and worked solution →Amrita Devi Bishnoi sacrificed her life with 363 others in 1731 to protect which trees?Read the answer and worked solution →Khejrali village, site of the 1731 Bishnoi sacrifice, is near:Read the answer and worked solution →The Chipko Andolan began in the early 1970s in Reni village in:Read the answer and worked solution →In Chipko, who reached the forest first and hugged the trees to stop the contractor's workers?Read the answer and worked solution →The 1972 people's participation experiment in reviving Sal forests began in the Arabari range of which district?Read the answer and worked solution →In Arabari, villagers protecting the forest received what share of the final harvest?Read the answer and worked solution →Kulhs, a 400-year-old local canal irrigation system, belong to:Read the answer and worked solution →Which canal has brought greenery to considerable areas of Rajasthan?Read the answer and worked solution →The Narmada Bachao Andolan protested raising the height of which dam?Read the answer and worked solution →The Tehri Dam, opposed by many, stands on which river?Read the answer and worked solution →Rajendra Singh, India's waterman who built 8,600 johads, won which prize in 2015?Read the answer and worked solution →Surangams are traditional water harvesting structures of:Read the answer and worked solution →Known petroleum reserves are estimated to last about:Read the answer and worked solution →Burning coal in insufficient oxygen forms which poisonous gas instead of carbon dioxide?Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the water harvesting structuresRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the five R'sRead the answer and worked solution →Run the conservation storyRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the conservation wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Rajasthan or elsewhereRead the answer and worked solution →Sort forest, water and fuelRead the answer and worked solution →

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Questions
  1. Answer
    1
    Question
    Per cent of sunlight green plants capture
  2. Answer
    10
    Question
    Per cent of energy passed to the next trophic level
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    3
    Question
    Oxygen atoms in one ozone molecule
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    4
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    Trophic level of tertiary consumers
  5. Answer
    1987
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    Year UNEP forged the CFC freeze agreement
  6. Answer
    1986
    Question
    Year whose CFC production level was frozen
Instructions
Type the number only.
_Source: syllabus Science, Chapter 15, Our Environment._

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Our environment bingo

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Clues and terms
  1. Clue
    Rain, wind, soil, temperature.
    Item
    Abiotic
  2. Clue
    Makes food from sunlight.
    Item
    Producer
  3. Clue
    Bacteria breaking down the dead.
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    Decomposer
  4. Clue
    One step of a food chain.
    Item
    Trophic level
  5. Clue
    Many chains, branching.
    Item
    Food web
  6. Clue
    Energy passed to next level.
    Item
    Ten per cent
  7. Clue
    Pesticides pile up at the top.
    Item
    Biomagnify
  8. Clue
    Refrigerant that eats ozone.
    Item
    CFC
  9. Clue
    Agreement to freeze CFCs.
    Item
    UNEP 1987
Instructions
Read each clue and tap the term it describes.
_Source: syllabus Science, Chapter 15, Our Environment._

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The phrase Vasudhaiv Kutumbakam, the entire earth is one family, comes from the Mahaupanishad, part of which Veda?

  1. Atharva Veda
  2. Rig Veda
  3. Sama Veda
  4. Yajur Veda
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Correct answer: A. Atharva Veda

1. Sustainable living is part of Indian tradition. 2. The Mahaupanishad is probably part of the Atharva Veda. 3. The phrase means the whole earth is one family. _Source: syllabus Science, Chapter 16, Sustainable Management of Natural Resources._

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