Unit 1

2Marks

1.Give an example for freshwater and saline water lakes?

Ans-Lake Baikal of Russia is the example of Freshwater And Caspian Sea is the example for saline
water lakes.

2.what is ecosystem?
Ans-A biotic community and it’s abiotic environment, functioning as a system is called Ecosystem.

3.Give an example for cold and hot desert.

Ans-Nubra Valley of Ladakh is the example for cold desert and Thar desert of Rajasthan is the
example for hot desert.

4.What is Environment?
Ans-The living things and non-living things that are around us is consider as Environment.

5.What is Ecology?
Ans-The study of relations between organisms and their natural environment, living and non-living.

6.What is Ecosystem Ecology?

Ans-The study of natural system with emphasis on energy flow and nutrient cycling.

7.What is Food Chain?

Ans-In Ecology, sequence of transfers of matter and energy in the form of food from organism to
organisms is called Food Chain.

8.What is Food Web?

Ans-Food web is the natural net of food chain and a graphical representation of what-eats-what in
an ecological community.

9.What is Energy flow in ecosystem?

Ans-The energy flow is the amount of energy that moves along with the food chain.

10.Write the full form of UNCCD?

Ans-United Nation Convention to Combat Desertification.

11.What is Sustainability?
Ans-The developments that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of the
future generation to meets their own needs is called Sustainability.

12.What is Sustainable Development?

Ans-The goals recognize that ending poverty must go hand in hand