These TS 7th Class Science Important Questions 16th Lesson Forest: Our Life will help the students to improve their time and approach.
TS 7th Class Science Important Questions 16th Lesson Forest: Our Life
Question 1.
Write about forest areas in our state. Name some animals which live in those forests. List out types of trees and tabulate the information.
Answer:
- Let us find out about the types of plants and animals in the forests of our state.
- In the forests of Telangana State, we can see different types of trees like Teak, Sal etc., as well, that grow very tall.
- Neem, Tamarind, Amia, Soapnut, Red sandalwood also grow quite tall.
- There are bushes, creepers, guggilam, tangedu, kamba, yegisa, nallamaddi, bamboo, etc as well.
Question 2.
Why Sundarlal Bahuguna became a famous environmentalist ? Which incident inspired him?
Answer:
In 1730 AD, about 350 Bishonois led by Arnrita Devi sacrificed their lives to protect sacred green Kejari trees by hugging them when a king wanted to cut those trees. Later, this led to ‘chipko movement C in the history. Thereafter, this practice has been carried forward by people like Sundarlal Bahuguna.
Question 3.
Name some ancient dense forests.
Answer:
In ancient times, the country was famous for its dense and continuous forests I like Dandakaranya, Panchavat, Nallamala etc.
Question 4.
What are the important sources of forests that we obtain?
Answer:
Timber, fuel wood, canes, resins, lac, oils, fruits, nuts, fire wood, fodder for animals, honey, spices, etc.,
Question 5.
Name the forests located in hot and humid areas?
Answer:
The forests of hot and humid areas are called equatorial forests.
Question 8.
What are the forests located in cold areas?
Answer:
The forests of cold areas are called as Alpine forests.
Question 7.
Sometimes we hear about invasion of wild animals from forests into nearby villages or towns. Why such incidents occur?
Answer:
Often we hear about invasion of wild animals like tiger or cheetah or elephants into nearby villages. The main reason is the depletion of their resources such as food, shelter by felling trees. In order to find their prey or food, they come out from the forest.
Question 8.
Science teacher announced to go on a picnic. The picnic spot is the Nallamala forest. Then Ajay got some doubts in him. He wants to get answers for his doubts. What questions he might have asked his teacher about the Nallamala forest?
Answer:
Ajay might have asked the following questions.
- Where is Nallamala forest located?
- How many of the square kilometers are occupied by the forest?
- What creatures can we see in Nallamala forest?
- How do the people get advantages from the forest?
- Is government taking care of the forest?
Question 9.
What questions you would ask your teacher about destruction of forests or deforestation?
Answer:
- Why is forest area alarmingly decreasing?
- Is it only the man made cause in destruction of forests?
- Aren’t there any remedial steps to conserve the forests?
- Why is man indiscriminately destroying the forests?
Question 10.
Name some wild plants that are grown in your surroundings observed by you?
Answer:
Teak wood, red sandal, soap nut, etc.
Question 11.
Write the information you collected on the types of plants and animals in the forests of Telangana State.
Answer:
Some plants grown in Telangana State are Tamarind, Amla, Neem, Tangedu,
Addaku, Teak woodsal etc.,
Animals living in Telangana State forests
Tigers, Monkeys, Rabbits, Wild bears, deer, etc.,
Question 12.
Draw a beautiful picture of forest. Which conveys the life of tribal people in an amazing eco-friendly environment.
Answer:
Question 13.
Write some man made mistakes in destroying the forests.
Answer:
- Usually, people destroy the forests for their own economic purposes.
Eg: Earning by selling trees causes excessive cutting down of trees or deforestation takes place. - Spreading concrete jungles made by man.
Eg: Construction of buildings. roads, industries etc. - Over industrialisation destroys forests.
Eg: Mining industries led by multinational companies are major threat to forests.
Choose the correct answer:
I. Conceptual Understanding
Question 1.
These provide habitat to wild life ( )
A) Forests
B) Towns
C) Parks
D) Cities
Answer:
A) Forests
Question 2.
These help in causing rain ( )
A) Rivers
B) Canals
C) Forests
D) Deserts
Answer:
C) Forests
Question 3.
Forests of hot and humid areas ( )
A) Mangroves
B) Thorn forests
C) Deciduous
D) Equatorial forests
Answer:
D) Equatorial forests
Question 4.
People living in the company of tigers and wild animals. ( )
A) Pigmies
B) Chenchus
C) Igloos
D) All
Answer:
B) Chenchus
Question 5.
Kondapalli Vana Samrakshana Samithi is located at the foothills of ( )
A) Ananthapuram forest
B) Chandragiri forest
C) Ananthagiri forest
D) Ramagiri forest
Answer:
C) Ananthagiri forest
Question 6.
Tribal people living in Ananthagiri forest area are ( )
A) Koya
B) Santhal
C) Gonds
D) None
Answer:
A) Koya
Question 7.
Find out the environmentalist ( )
A) Amrita Devi,
B) Sundarlal Bahuguna
C) Baba Arnte
D) A and B
Answer:
D) A and B
Question 8.
The leader of the chipko movement is ( )
A) Baba Amte
B) Sundarlal Bahuguna
C) Medha Patkar
D) Bishonoi
Answer:
B) Sundarlal Bahuguna
Question 9.
In which year, 350 Bishonois led by Amrita Devi sacrificed their lives to protect forests ? ( )
A) In 1730 AD
B) In 1830 AD
C) In 1930 AD
D) In 1750 AD
Answer:
A) In 1730 AD
II. Asking Questions and Making Hypothesis
Question 10.
If forests are destroyed, this consequence may occur ( )
A) more balance in environment
B) Increase in animal population
C) Imbalance in environment
D) No change to environment
Answer:
C) Imbalance in environment
Question 11.
Why tribal people migrate from forest land area? ( )
A) Increase in wild animal population
B) Decrease in their required natural habitat
C) Increase in dense forest
D) All the above
Answer:
B) Decrease in their required natural habitat
III. Experimentation and Field Investigation
Question 12.
Every second, you obtain this one from plants.
A) Oxygen
B) Carbondioxide
C) Nitrogen
D) Food
Answer:
A) Oxygen
IV. Information Skills and Projects
Question 13.
The biggest forest land area in Andhra Pradesh
A) Vishakha forest
B) Kurnool forest
C) Chittoor forest
D) Nallamala forest
Answer:
D) Nallamala forest
V. Appreciation and Aesthetic Sense and Values
Question 14.
The activity done by our people to revive great forests.
A) Karthika vanam
B) Sam vanam
C) Pranahitha vanam
D) Planting tree
Answer:
A) Karthika vanam
Question 15.
If you grow plants, you can ( )
A) prevent, soil erosion
B) stop increasing carbondioxide
C) provide food for all
D) above all
Answer:
D) above all
Question 16.
Bishonois sacrificed their lives to protect trees. ( )
A) sal
B) green kajari
C) red sandal
D) rose wood
Answer:
B) green kajari