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NCERT Solutions for Class 10 Science Chapter 15 Our Environment



Q 1. Define soil erosion?
Ans. The process of removal of top soil by water, wind or any other pratice is called soil erosion.
Q 2. Major cause of air pollution?
Ans. Burning of Fossil fuel.
Q 3. Plastic is?
Ans. Non-biodegradable.
Q 4. Who are the primary consumers?
Ans. Herbivores.

Q 5. The amount of energy that flows from one level to another level is?
Ans. Only 10%.
Q 6. Main function of decomposes?
Ans. They convert organic matter into i organic substances.
Q 7. Who is decomposer in food chain?
Ans. Decomposer are bacteria, fungi and insects.
Q 8. Who comes in the first level of food chain?
Ans. Autotrophs or producers.
Q 9. Define Ecosystem?
Ans. All the interacting organisms in an area together with non-living constituents of the environment is called ecosystem.
Q 10. Examples of natural ecosystem?
Ans. Forests, lakes and ponds.
Q 11. Nature of ozone?
Ans. Ozone is a natural gas and it is made of three oxygen atoms.
Q 12. What will happen if we kill all the organisms I one trophic level?
Ans. 1.Energy flow in food chain will stop
2.Whole food chain will be finished.

Q 13. Name the environmental friendly practice?
Ans. Switching off unnecessary lights, fan and ac.
Q 14. Define biodegradable?
Ans. Substance that are broken down by biological processes is called biodegradable.
Q 15. Which smell is like a rotten fish?
Ans. Ozone.
Q 16. Food chain?
Ans. Grass-> goat-> humans.
Q 17. Name the layer that protects earth against the ultraviolet radiation from sun?
Ans. Ozone layer.
Q 18. Full form of CFC?
Ans. Chlorofluorocarbons.
Q 19. Name the gas which destroys ozone?
Ans. Chlorofluorocarbons.
Q 20. Which have a smell like rotten egg?
Ans. Hydrogen sulphide.