8. SOCIAL SCIENCE Code No. 087 Class-IX Summative Assessment- II March - 2011 Design of Question paper TIME : 3 Hrs 1. WEIGHTAGE TO FORM OF QUESTIONS Form of Questions 1. 2. 3. 4. M.C.Qs. Short Answer (S.A.) Long Answer (L.A.) Map Question Total 2. Marks of Each Question 1 3 4 3 Number of Question 16 11 7 1 35 Total Marks 16 33 28 03 80 MM : 80 UNIT-WISE DIVISION OF QUESTIONS Unit No. (Subject) Marks No. of No. of No. of Map Total 1 mark 3 marks 4 marks Question Questions Questions Questions
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WAS IT??? The Earth was being striped of fifty-one million acres of tropical forest each year. Only forty percent of the original moist forests remain in tropical Africa; thirty-seven left in Asia. The United states has only 737 million acres of forests. Ninety-three percent of Madagascar’s trees have been devastated‚ while only one percent of Brazil’s Atlantic coast wilderness survives. Over 140‚000 acres of tropical forests are lost each day‚ 5‚800 an hour. If current rates persist‚ all forests
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decided to reward myself for achieving and maintaining this balance with a vacation to Hawaii. While there I enjoyed the beach‚ visited a volcano‚ explored a tropical rain forest‚ and slept outdoors. Immediately upon arrival I headed to the beach and buried my feet in the gleaming hot white sand. I stood on the edge of this breathtaking tropical island and saw water so blue‚ that it more resembled liquid sapphire. The ocean’s salt stained breeze kissed my skin only enough to askew my hair and soften
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central form‚ represents the forests of this Earth in all their variety and diversity: ranging from boreal coniferous forests to deciduous forests in temperate zones and from the dry savannah forests of the subtropics to the impenetrable jungle of tropical rain forests. 2. The tree trunk supports the rest of the logo – emphasizing that trees are the distinguishing feature of the forest ecosystem and are the basis for many of the pivotal functions that forests fulfill. Indeed forests and their services
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troops and are very sociable animals. They are also unique in that the female is more dominant then the male. These animal are endangered because of lose of they habitat. They are less than 10‚000 indri left in the world. The Indri lives in the tropical forests and lowland jungles. Dominant plants: broad-leaved evergreen trees; ferns; large woody vines and climbing plants; orchids and bromeliads Geographic distribution: parts of South and Central America‚ Southeast Asia‚ parts of Africa‚
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NAME :ADERIBIGBE ADEDOTUN Figure 14-2. West Africa: natural forest and plantation areas 2000 and net area change 1990-2000 The total volume of West African forests is estimated at approximately 5 billion cubic metres over bark‚ which is 11 percent of the volume of all African forests. The volume and biomass estimates for most countries are based on existing forest inventories. In humid zones‚ volume assessment is focused on timber volume. In dry zones‚ volume assessment usually includes the whole
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covered by forests in Mizoram calculating a total coverage of around 18‚338 sq.km. 68% of the geographical area is dense forest whereas 20% is open forest. There are mainly three types of forests in Mizoram. They are Sub tropical forest‚ Semi-evergreen forests and Sub-montane tropical forests. Different flora and fauna can be found in Mizoram. Around 22 species of Bamboo have been found out to exist in Mizoram and above 400 medicinal plants. The amount of the total forest of Mizoram has been calculated
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SHOULD ANIMALS BE IN ZOOS * No sense of freedom. * Not natural. * Generally kept only with own species. * Shorten life spans. INTRODUCTION Zoo is short form of zoological park. In zoos‚ people take care of endangered animals and they do scientific researches. However I believe caging animals‚ seizing their freedom and doing heap of heap stuff like circuses‚ people have fun and some people earn money is the main thing happening in zoos. Like everybody else animals love to have
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Table of Contents Page No. CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION 1 CHAPTER II THE FORESTS 4 CHAPTER III FOREST MANAGEMENT 10 CHAPTER IV FOREST POLICY AND LAW 15 CHAPTER V CRITICAL REVIEW 22 CHAPTER V CONCLUSION 22 Bibliography i CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION 1.1 OVERVIEW During the First millennium‚ the entire Indian subcontinent had dense forests with scattered islands of cultivation. The chronicles of Greek and Chinese writers recorded the luxurious forests which
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increasing requirement for fuel and agriculture. There are over 8‚5 million hectares of tropical forest were permanently destroyed each year due to people’s poor awareness in order to construct the building and new urban area. Because of the development of urban area‚ the forest resources are exploited more and more uncontrollably. In Nigeria‚ 81% of the original forest cover was disappeared completely now‚ the tropical forests of Brazil are less by 90-95%‚ the forest areas of Central America has been
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