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Questions
Define the following:
Deforestation
Define deforestation.
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Solution
It is the removal of a forest or stand of trees from an area and thereafter that area is converted to a non forest use.
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Which of the following is not a non-conventional source of energy?
Match the terms given in column A with those in column B.
| Column A | Column B | ||
| (a) | Forest | (i) | Arithmetic progression |
| (b) | Food | (ii) | Geometric progression |
| (c) | Population | (iii) | Deforestation |
| (d) | Coal | (iv) | Afforestation |
| (e) | Flash floods | (v) | Renewable source of energy |
| (vi) | Non-renewable source of energy |
Define the following term:
Resources
Distinguish between the following pair:
Exhaustible and Inexhaustible resources.
Distinguish between the following pair:
Conventional and Non-conventional sources of energy.
Distinguish between the following pair:
Deforestation and Afforestation.
