Questions on Planning for Environmental Conservation and Protection
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Communities that depend on Forests and Worship Trees
Tribal people of Jharkhand worship Karam Tree during their Karma Pooja. During this Pooja twigs of Karam Tree are planted at a sacred place. The Pahans (Purohits) worship these branches.
Flowers and Flower Sellers
Flowers are most beautiful and attractive parts of a plant. These contain reproductive structures- male and female. Flowers containing any one of these structures are known as unisexual whereas flowers containing both the reproductive structures are known as bisexual.
Rains in Nepal caused floods in Bihar
Rains in Nepal have always been responsible for floods in Bihar. Most of the rivers flowing through Bihar have their origins in Nepal. Since last three days Nepal is experiencing continuous rainfall. This is why villages in Bihar are being seriously flooded. What can be done?
The City Moves to the Water Crisis
Most of the ponds and lakes are drying up. The ground water level is falling down. As such the city is moving to grave water crisis.
Benefits of Consuming Bottle Gourd
Bottle Gourd is also known as Calabas, White- flowered Gourd and Tasmanian Bean. Taxonomically, it is known as Lagineria siceraria belonging to the family Cucurbitaceae. It is a vine which is cultivated for its fruit used as a vegetable.
Fresh Water Ecosystems and Marine Ecosystems
The unit of biosphere having all the components producers, consumers and decomposers and the abiotic components together with physical factors in dynamic relationships is called as ecosystem.
Domestic and Wild – animals
Animals could be mainly divided into wild and domestic. However, the domestic animals that live under wild conditions are called Feral Animals. It is not very difficult to understand a domestic animal from a wild animal, by looking at them, as there are many differences exhibited between them.
Types of Ecosystems – Terrestrial and Aquatic
Ecosystems can be categorised into two broad categories: natural and artificial. Natural Ecosystems are those ecosystems that operate by themselves under natural conditions. These ecosystems are further categorized as Terrestrial and Aquatic Ecosystems. Terrestrial ecosystems relate to lands, whereas Aquatic ecosystems relate to fresh or marine water. Freshwater ecosystems may be Lotic or Lentic. Lotic are running water ecosystems like springs, streams or rivers, whereas Lentic Fresh Water Ecosystems may be found in standing waters of lakes, ponds, pools, puddles, ditches, swamps, etc. Marine Ecosystems are found in marine waters of salt lakes, seas, oceans and estuaries. Artificial Ecosystems are man-engineered ecosystems like crop fields, artificial ponds and lakes, aquaria, fish ponds, and abandoned mines reclaimed as lakes or water bodies for recreation.
Mechanism of Breathing and Cellular Respiration
The mechanical process of breathing involves inspiration and expiration.
Water Pollution- Sources and Control
Mixing of different solid, liquid or gaseous substances and microorganisms into water, so as to alter its natural qualities is called as water pollution. According to the National Water Commission (1973), water gets polluted if it has not been of sufficiently high quality to be suitable for the highest uses people wish to make of it at present or in future.
The delayed monsoon is ready to depart now
The South West Monsoon is ready to go in a delayed manner. It is returning late continuously since last three years.
