Pressure on Natural Resources

Q.

Which of the following is/are natural resource(s)?

1. Coal

2. Water

3. Land

4. Forests

Q.

What is a Progression?

Q.

Which of these are not the effects of deforestation?

1. Droughts

2. Flash floods

3. Increase in rainfall

4. Soil erosion

Q.

Which type of erosion leads to desertification?

Q. Question 3 (e)
Discuss the effects of deforestation on Earth.

Q.

Production of food rises by (i)______ while population grows by (ii)_____.

1. (i) Arithmetic Progression, (ii) Geometric Progression

2. (i) Harmonic Progression, (ii) Arithmetic Progression

3. (i) Geometric Progression, (ii) Arithmetic Progression

4. (i) Arithmetic Progression, (ii) Harmonic Progression

Q.

The exhausted forest cover can be regained by

1. Checking floods

2. Preventing their use

3. Planting more trees

4. Cutting trees

Q.

Production of food rises by__.

1. Geometrical progression

2. Exponential progression

3. Harmonic progression

4. Arithmetic progression

Q.

Which belong to the 6 main categories of natural resources?

(i) Water
(ii) Forest
(iii) Land
(iv) Energy
(v) Food

1. (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv)

2. (i), (ii) and (iv)

3. (i), (ii), (iv) and (v)

4. (i), (ii), (iii), (iv) and (v)

Q.

The problems such as flood, soil erosion, extinction of wild species and global warming can be reduced to an extent by the process of ___ .

1. deforestation

2. using manure

3. afforestation

4. using pesticides