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Catch the greenhouse gasesRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the water pollution wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Run the environmental yearsRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the pollution wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Air or waterRead the answer and worked solution →Sort the case studiesRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Environmental issues 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 →

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Catch the greenhouse gases

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Items
  1. Matches the category
    Yes
    Item
    Carbon dioxide
  2. Matches the category
    Yes
    Item
    Methane
  3. Matches the category
    Yes
    Item
    Nitrous oxide
  4. Matches the category
    Yes
    Item
    CFCs
  5. Matches the category
    No
    Item
    Oxygen
  6. Matches the category
    No
    Item
    Nitrogen
  7. Matches the category
    No
    Item
    Dobson unit
  8. Matches the category
    No
    Item
    Polyblend
Category
Greenhouse gas
Instructions
Catch the greenhouse gases. Let the other words fall.
_Source: syllabus Biology, Chapter 16, Environmental Issues._

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Pop the water pollution words

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Other terms
  1. Scrubber
  2. PM 2.5
  3. Catalytic
  4. Noise
Matching terms
  1. BOD
  2. Algal bloom
  3. Hyacinth
  4. Eutrophic
  5. DDT
  6. Heavy metals
Instructions
Pop the words about water pollution. Leave the air pollution words.
_Source: syllabus Biology, Chapter 16, Environmental Issues._

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Run the environmental years

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Questions
  1. Correct
    1974
    Choices
    1. 1974
    2. 1981
    3. 1986
  2. Correct
    1981
    Choices
    1. 1974
    2. 1981
    3. 1986
  3. Correct
    1986
    Choices
    1. 1974
    2. 1981
    3. 1986
  4. Correct
    1987
    Choices
    1. 1987
    2. 1974
    3. 2002
  5. Correct
    1974
    Choices
    1. 1987
    2. 1974
    3. 2002
  6. Correct
    2002
    Choices
    1. 1987
    2. 1974
    3. 2002
Instructions
Year of: Water Act, Air Act, Environment Act; then Montreal Protocol, Chipko, Delhi CNG buses.
_Source: syllabus Biology, Chapter 16, Environmental Issues._

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