Environment science assignments:

Activity 1
Name all the things in your washroom-
Toilet cleaner- lizol

Face wash – garnier

Razors- gillete

Shampoo- Halo

Conditioner- Halo

Detergents- tide

Comfort cloth fabric

Perfume- Victoria’s secret

Soap- dove

Roll on- nivea

Mouth wash- listerine

Detol

Body scrub

Soap case

Toothpaste- colgate

Tooth brush – colgate

Shaving cream- gillete

Face wash- lakmé

Hand wash- lifebuoy

Antiseptic cream- Boro plus

Scissors

Washroom refreshner- odonil.

Activity 2
What is the coast of a Toothbrush-
A Toothbrush approximately coasts around 20-45 Rs.

Activity 3
Name the damaged natural resources around you ( any one)-
The water at my place is contaminated. It’s hard and causing me to loose a lot of hair. It has phosphates
and sulphates causing skin problems. Sometimes the water colour is darker than usual. I think the
reason is the rotting piece of land behind my house and it has now become a swamp. All the sewage of
the various houses nearby dump it there thereby contaminating it. Thus this not only contaminates the
soil above but also the water table below.

Activity 4
The amount of plastic or things in general you use in a day -
Toothbrush

Toothpaste

Hair brush

Comb

Soap case

Body wash

Face wash

Cream

Perfume

Sun screen

Phone case

Pen

Laptop

Coffee mug (glass)

Plates
Bottles glass

Chair

Chocolate rapper

Bag of chips

Plastic bags for vegetables

Milk packet

Slippers

Face wash, face mask

Night Cream

Hair bands

Earplugs

80% cotton clothes.

Activity 5
When did your parents start buying water cans and bottles and why -
My dad guessed that it’s been 29 years since they stated buying water. So before that they all had tap
water, because water was so fresh and not contaminated with toxins. He says a main reason could be
hard water, marketing techniques, composition of water changed over time due to height of pollution
and increase of population. There was and still is an era of aqua guard and other such water purification
machines that people started installing in their homes. I asked him what was the main reason for this he
said that due to GMO's and pesticides and fertilisers the water lost its purity. He also said that maybe a
ton of people had complications and died which ultimately caused them to switch to buying drinking
water.

Activity 6
What’s the science between tree’s and rain?
Growing trees take water from the soil and releases it into the atmosphere. Tree leaves also act as
interceptors, catching falling rain, which then evaporates which ultimately condenses to form rain and
precipitates everywhere. A process known as evo-transpiration.

Activity 7
What is the cause of palm oil cultivation in Indonesia?
Palm oil production is important to the economy of Indonesia as the country is the world's biggest
producer and consumer of the commodity, providing about half of the world's supply. There are a
variety of health, environmental, and societal impacts that result from the production of palm oil in
Indonesia. Palm oil is an essential ingredient for the food industry, used as a cooking oil or in the
production of processed foods (such as many types of chocolates, biscuits, chewing gum...) and for the
manufacture of cosmetic and hygiene products (soaps, lipstick, washing powder). It is also valuable as a
lubricant in industrial production or for the energy sector for the production of biodiesel.

Activity 8
List out all the wooden articles at home.
Chair

Bed

Mirror frame

Door

Window frames

Cupboard doors

Picture frames

Wall hanger

Fruit basket

Tables

Centre table

Dinner table and chairs

Windows

Wooden hair brush

Key holder

Guitar

Ukelele

Wooden spatula

Rolling pin
Jingaa

Phone holder

Activity 9
Write a short report on the effects of mining on Western Ghats.
Most geological reserves are site specific and are often located in the ecologically sensitive areas such as
pristine forests, rich in Biodiversity. The mining activity is known to have adverse local impacts on land
use practices and socio-economic activities. The study revealed that the open cast bauxite mining
activity, legal and illegal, had initiated environmental degradation in the region due to deforestation,
biodiversity loss, wasteland generation, dust and noise pollution, pressure on local resources, and soil
erosion. Though mining initially provided job opportunities for limited inhabitants and generated
revenue to Government, it would last only for a short period. However, the damage caused to the local
ecology as a result of the changed land use is permanent. In conclusion it is exposed that the bauxite
mining activity is not sustainable, and this is being increasingly realised by the locals as well.
Nevertheless the market forces and government policies, beyond rich of locals, are jointly responsible
for exploitation of bauxite ore at the cost of permanent environmental damage to the ecosensitive
region.

Activity 10
What is the decomposition time span of plastic like-
Bottle- 450 yrs

Mask- 450 yrs

Straw- 200 yrs

Pen- 6-10 yrs

Milk cover- 10-20 yrs

Toothbrush- 500 yrs

Water cans- 450 yrs

Earbuds- 1-5 months

Cigarette butts- 10-12 yrs.

Activity 11
Define the various sources of fresh water for human beings.
Rivers: a large natural stream of water flowing in a channel to the sea, a lake, or another river.

Ponds: a small body of still water formed naturally or by artificial means.

Lakes: a large area of water surrounded by land.

Wells: a shaft sunk into the ground to obtain water, oil, or gas.

Hot water springs: A hot spring, hydrothermal spring, or geothermal spring is a spring produced by the
emergence of geothermally heated groundwater onto the surface of the Earth.

Canals: an artificial waterway constructed to allow the passage of boats or ships inland or to convey
water for irrigation.

Rains: the condensed moisture of the atmosphere falling visibly in separate drops.

Groundwater: water table present below the surface is a great source of fresh water for humans.

Streams: tiny lines of water originating from an over flooded or normal river.

Activity 12
Find out how you are polluting water on a daily basis.
I think according to me and in my point of view, irresponsible discharge of waste into water bodies or
even saturation of lands in toxic waste can cause leaching which ultimately leads to toxication of
underground water. Also one serious polluting substance is ²discharge of sewage into nearby water
bodies. Discharge of kitchen waste water and bath water in the garden not only toxicates the soil and
the plants but also seeps into the ground to the underground water table and majority of the
Detergents and soaps are not eco friendly.

Activity 13
What are the various rivers of India, their origins and the states that they follow through and
its tributaries.

Rivers Origin Ends Places it Tributaries

flows
through

Indus In Tibet in Northern Arabia India and Sutlej, Ravi,

slopes of mount n sea Pakistan Beas, Chenab
kailash and Jhelum
Ganga Gangotri in uttrakand Bay of Uttar Yamuna, son,
Bengal Pradesh, gomti, Ghagra,
 Uttrakhand, gandhak, kosi
Bihar, West
Bengal
Yamuna Yamunotri in garhwall Bay of Delhi, Tons, Chambal,
Bengal Haryana Hindon, Betwa
and UP and Ken.
Brahmaputra Angsi glacier in tibet Bay of Assam, the Dibang, the
Bengal Arunachal Lohit, the
Pradesh Kenula
Kaveri Brahmagiri Hills in Bay of Karnataka Hemavati,
kogadu in karnataka Bengal and Tamil Moyari,
Nadu Shimsha,
Arkavati,
Honnuhole,
Kabini, Bhavani,
Noyill and
Amaravati
Godavari Triambakerswar in Bay of South- Pravara,
maharashtra Bengal eastern part Indravati, Maner
of Andhra Sabri
Pradesh
Krishna Mahabalashwar in Bay of Maharashtra Ghataprabha,
maharashtra Bengal & Andhra
Pradesh
the
Malaprabha,
the Bhima,
the
Tungabhadra
and the Musi
Narmada Amarkantak in Arabia Madhya Hiring, tendoni,
Madhya pradesh n sea Pradesh barna, kolar
and
Maharashtra
Tapti Betul district of Arabia Madhya Purna, Panjhra,
Madhya Pradesh in n sea Pradesh Girna
the Satpura range and
Maharashtra
Mahanadi Sihava mountains of Bay of Jharkhand, Seonath, the
Chhattisgarh Bengal Chhattisgar
h, Orissa
Jonk, the
Hasdeo, the
Mand, the ib,
the Ong and
the tel
Vaigai Varusanadu Hills Bay of Madurai in Suruli River,
Bengal Tamil Nadu
Mullaiyaar
River, Varaha
River and
Manjal
 Periyar Sivagiri peaks of Bay of Tamil Nadu Muthirapuzha
Sundaramala, Tamil Bengal and Kerala River.
Nadu.
Mullayar River.

Cheruthoni River.

Perinjankutti
River.

Edamala River.

Thamirabara Agastyarkoodam pea Gulf of Tamil Naidu Karaiyar,

ni k of Pothigai hills of manna Servalar,
the Western Ghats r Gadananathi,
Chittar River
Manimutharu,
Pachaiyar

Activity 14
List the different types of forests in India, the kinds of trees found there and the locations of the
forests ( states )

1. Moist tropical forest-

 Tree species: bamboos, epiphytes, aini, semul, gutel, mundane, hopea, benteak, kadam irul,
rosewood, haldu, kanju, bijasal, kusum, bomsum, Indian chestnut, litsea, holloch, champa and
mesua, etc.
 Areas: Western Coast, in Upper Assam, lower slopes of the eastern Himalaya, Orissa coast and
neighbouring hills.

2. Dry tropical forest-

 Tree species: dry tropical forest are sal, acacia, mangoes and bamboo.
 Areas: This types of forests mainly found in Indian Northern Hilly regions and some states
of Southern India

3. Montane temperate forest-

 Tree species: rhododendrons, ferns, oak, maple, juniper, deodar, chilgoza, etc.
  Areas: Northern middle Himalayas ranges (1801 to 3001 m) and Southern Niligiri higher
Mountain ranges.

4. Montane subtropical forest-

 Tree species: poonspar, cinnamon, rhododendron, sal, sandan, laburnum, pomegranate,

olive, oleander
 Areas: Assam, Nagaland, Mizoram, Meghalaya, Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh, etc. mountain
ranges of Western Ghats.

5. Alpine forest-

 Tree species: The vegetation consists mainly of the black juniper, the drooping
juniper; honeysuckle and willow are the common trees.
 Areas: Himalayan regions as well as the barren cold deserts of the Tran Himalaya.

Activity 15
How does forest create rain write the concept?
Yes, it’s true… scientists have evidence supporting the widespread perception that trees make
rain, that growing more vegetation, we get more rain. On average, 40% or more of the
precipitation over land originates from evaporation and the transpiration of water from plants.
Forests like Amazon don’t merely grow in wet areas; they create and maintain the conditions in
which they grow. When vegetation gets cleared, less water is available in the landscape for
evaporation and transpiration, suppressing precipitation. For example, more rain used to fall
on the western side of a 750 km long fence built to exclude rabbits in southwest Australia.
Today, however, the land on the eastern side of the barrier gets higher rainfall. This is because,
on the western side, most of the vegetation has since been removed for arable cropping.

Growing more vegetation over large areas, we also increase the transportation of moisture
inland – the Biotic Pump Theory. Research demonstrates that for more than 60% of the tropical
land surface, the air that has passed over extensive vegetation in the preceding few days
produces at least twice as much rain as air that has passed over little vegetation. Large-scale
deforestation reduces rainfall in some areas by up to 30%, and reliable rainfall in continental
interiors of Africa, Australia and elsewhere, appears to depend on maintaining relatively intact
and continuous forest cover from the coast.
Transforming landscapes from forest to fields has at least as big an impact on regional climates
as climate change. more vegetation over large areas, we also increase the transportation of
moisture inland – the Biotic Pump Theory.

Activity 16

List out the products you consume in a day and list them as artificial or natural etc.

Breakfast-Tea, biscuits, rusks, roti, with salads( mixed), eggs, vegetable, dates, almonds, raisins,
banana or any fruit.

Snack( mid-meal)- murruku, banana chips, or a fruits.

Lunch- rice/roti, salads( mixed/veggies), fish/eggs/chicken/mutton, yogurt, vegetable( okra,

beans, beetroot, carrot, potatoes, and finally a bar of chocolate;))

Snack- rice noodles, yippee noodles/ Maggie/ chips/ fries/ fritters/ biscuits/ ice cream/!
samosa/bun/ jeelabi.

Dinner- dosa, roti, ( gravy leftovers from lunch)/ maybe add an egg scramble, juice/milk.

Activity 17

Rainwater harvesting is the simple process or technology used to conserve Rainwater by

collecting, storing, conveying and purifying of Rainwater that runs off from rooftops, parks,
roads, open grounds, etc. for later use.