Campus: Balestier

Session: 2012-2013
We nurture global citizens
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Topic
Grade
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Our Natural resources:

Forests and Wildlife
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Work Sheet No. 7

Subject
Date

Social Studies

Section - A: Direct/ Regular/ Inferential Questions

Section - B: Application, Reasoning & Analytical Questions
Section - C: HOTS Questions (Higher Order Thinking Skills)

SECTION A
I. Answer the following:
1. What are natural resources?
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2. Name the different types of forests.

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3. There is no vegetation in the Himadri region. Give reason.

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4. Name some of the animals found in Ranthambore and Bharatpur wildlife sanctuary.
What kind of habitat do they live in there?

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SECTION B
II. Who am I?
1. I am a large area of land thickly covered by trees.
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2. I am dense forests found in areas receiving heavy rainfall.
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3. I am also called as the monsoon forests.
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4. I am used in the villages as fuel for cooking.
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5. I am home to many birds and animals.
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6. I am a wildlife sanctuary in Kerala.

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7. I am a well known tree which grows in the Sunderbans.
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8. I have trees that are tall and cone-shaped with needle like leaves.
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9. I am a type of shrub found in the desert areas.
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10. I am also called tidal forests.

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SECTION C
III. Imagine there are no forests and the animals have no homes to live in. Describe the
difficulties faced by the animals and the situation that would be created.

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IV. What steps can you take to conserve nature?

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