NCERT solutions for Class 10 Science chapter 15 - Our Environment [Latest edition]

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Chapter 15: Our Environment

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Intext Questions [Page 260]

NCERT solutions for Class 10 Science Chapter 15 Our Environment Intext Questions [Page 260]

Intext Questions | Q 1 | Page 260

What are trophic levels? Give an example of a food chain and state the different trophic levels in it.

Intext Questions | Q 2 | Page 260

List two important roles play in the environment by decomposers.

Intext Questions [Page 262]

NCERT solutions for Class 10 Science Chapter 15 Our Environment Intext Questions [Page 262]

Intext Questions | Q 1 | Page 262

Why are some substances biodegradable and some non-biodegradable?

Intext Questions | Q 2 | Page 262

Give any two ways in which biodegradable substances would affect the environment.

Intext Questions | Q 3 | Page 262

Give any two ways in which non-biodegradable substances would affect the environment.

Intext Questions [Page 264]

NCERT solutions for Class 10 Science Chapter 15 Our Environment Intext Questions [Page 264]

Intext Questions | Q 1 | Page 264

What is ozone and how does it affect any ecosystem?

Intext Questions | Q 2 | Page 264

 How can you help in reducing the problem of waste disposal? Give any two methods.

Exercises [Pages 264 - 265]

NCERT solutions for Class 10 Science Chapter 15 Our Environment Exercises [Pages 264 - 265]

Exercises | Q 1 | Page 264

Which of the following groups contain only biodegradable items?

(a) Grass, flowers and leather
(b) Grass, wood and plastic
(c) Fruit-peels, cake and lime-juice
(d) Cake, wood and grass

Exercises | Q 2 | Page 264

Which of the following constitute a food-chain?

  • Grass, wheat and mango

  • Grass, goat and human

  • Goat, cow and elephant

  • Grass, fish and goat

Exercises | Q 3 | Page 265

Which of the following are environment-friendly practices?

  • Carrying cloth-bags to put purchases in while shopping

  • Switching off unnecessary lights and fans

  • Walking to school instead of getting your mother to drop you on her scooter

  • All of the above

Exercises | Q 4 | Page 265

What will happen if we kill all the organisms in one trophic level?

Exercises | Q 5 | Page 265

 Will the impact of removing all the organisms in a trophic level be different for different trophic levels? Can the organisms of any trophic level be removed without causing any damage to the ecosystem?

Exercises | Q 6.1 | Page 265

What is biological magnification?

Exercises | Q 6.2 | Page 265

Will the levels of this magnification be different at different levels of the ecosystem?

Exercises | Q 7 | Page 265

What are the problems caused by the non-biodegradable wastes that we generate?

Exercises | Q 8 | Page 265

If all the waste we generate is biodegradable, will this have no impact on the environment?

Exercises | Q 9 | Page 265

Why is damage to the ozone layer a cause for concern? What steps are being taken to limit this damage?

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Chapter 15: Our Environment

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NCERT solutions for Class 10 Science chapter 15 - Our Environment - Shaalaa.com

NCERT solutions for Class 10 Science chapter 15 - Our Environment

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Concepts covered in Class 10 Science chapter 15 Our Environment are Waste and Its Categories, Ecosystem, Food Chain, Ozone Layer Depletion, Wastes Generated in Our Environment, Waste Separation Exercise, Solid Waste Management, The Environment, Structure of an Ecosystem, Classification of Animal, Tropic Level, Food Web, Energy Flow in an Ecosystem, Waste and Its Categories, Ecosystem, Food Chain, Ozone Layer Depletion, Wastes Generated in Our Environment, Waste Separation Exercise, Solid Waste Management, The Environment, Structure of an Ecosystem, Classification of Animal, Tropic Level, Food Web, Energy Flow in an Ecosystem.

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