Question 1:
Oxygen and _________ of stratosphere protect us from the ill-effects of ultraviolet light rays of sunlight.
Question 2:
Just like bees, ____ also supports pollination, as pollens get blown away by ___ from plants, cross pollination takes place.
Question 3:
Use of pesticides, fertilisers pollute the air by releasing harmful _______ into it.
Question 4:
________ minerals include sand, gravel, cement, salt, sulphur, phosphorous, diamonds and gems.
Question 5:
Groundwater gets contaminated due to the use of ________, fertilisers and chemicals and causes serious health hazards to the wildlife in aquatic ecosystems such as diseases, birth defects, and reproductive failure.
Question 6:
Air pollution causes a variety of environmental effects such as _______, ______, ________, damage to crops and forests, and climate change.
Question 7:
Flow of air at high speed is called ______, and it is used to generate power by installation of turbines.
Question 8:
The layer of air above the earth’s surface is called __________.
Question 9:
_______ acts as a universal solvent and gases such as oxygen, nitrogen, carbon dioxide and solids such as salts get readily dissolved with it.
Question 10:
The air that we breathe is present in the first zone of earth known as _______. It is 10 to 12 km from the surface of the earth.