The Gifts of Nature
I. Answer the following questions in a word, a phrase or a sentence.
1.Name three gifts Nature has given us.
Answer:Sparkling streams, dense forests, animals, and birds.
2.Why does water get polluted? Why does air get polluted?
Answer:Water gets polluted because we throw waste and wash, dirty dishes in the
river. Air gets polluted because of the smoke emitted by vehicles and
factories. Air also get polluted when forests, are cut down.
3.Why is soil tosing its fertility?
Answer:Soil is losing its fertility because of overexploitation, deforestation
and through soil pollution.
4.Why does man destroy forests?
Answer:Man is destroying forests by his greediness to become rich by cutting
them down indiscriminately.
5.What happens if man becomes two greedy and selfish?
Answer:Man will ultimately destroy the earth and eventually destroy himself.
6..What is our moral duty?
Answer:Our moral duty is to look after the things God has given us. We must
learn to take care of the gifts of nature so that these are not destroyed or
harmed. We must not use the gifts of nature for our selfish ends, but instead,
work to preserve them.
7..Which animals are on the verge of extinction?
Answer:Tigers, lions and some rare species are on the verge of extinction.
8.Where should we throw waste paper, tins, and bottles?
Answer:We should not throw waste paper, tins and bottles into the river but
outside in a dustbin.
9.What are trees said to be?
Answer:Trees are said to be “Green Gold”.
10.How can we maintain ecological balance?
Answer:We should plant more and more to trees to maintain ecological balance,
in the parks and along roadsides.
11.Who are the carriers of pollen?
Answer:Bees and butterflies are the carriers of pollen.
12.What is the wonderful handiwork of God?
Answer:The moon, the stars, mountains, and seas are the wonderful handiwork of
God.
II . Answers to the following questions in two or three sentences each:
1.What are the gifts of nature?
Answer:Long-range of mountains, the wide oceans, the sparkling streams, the
dense forests, the animals, birds, and insects,colorful flowers, fruits, the
earth we live on and the air we breathe are gifts of nature.
2.Why should we not destroy the gifts of nature?
Answer:The gifts of nature are ours to admire, use and preserve. So we should
not destroy it.
3.There were many more animals than there are today. Why?
Discuss.
Answer:There were many more animals than there are today. But over the years,
hunters have killed them for sport or food in large numbers. It is feared that
some species may soon become extinct. Today tigers, lions and some rare species
are on the verge of extinction.
4.What is water pollution?
Answer:Today we are making the ocean dirty by throwing tons and tons of refuse
into the rivers and oceans. This is known as water pollution.
5.Give three examples of where trees are used in our
daily life.
Answer:
1. To build houses
2. To make furniture
3. firewood for cooking.
6.Why should we put out the camp-fire before we leave the
camp?
Answer:To avoid accidental forest fires, we must put out the camp-fire before
we leave the camp.
7.What will happen if you take your pet animals to the
garden?
Answer:If we take our pet animals to the garden, it may step on the flower beds
and destroy the plants.
8.Name a few things of Nature which gives you
inspiration.
Answer:The moon, the stars, mountains, and seas are a great source of beauty
and inspiration to us.
III . Answer the following questions, discuss it with your partner and write down what you say in the form of a paragraph.
1.How can we take care of rare animals?
Answer:Over the years, hunters have killed them for sport or food in large
numbers. It is feared that some species may soon become extinct. Today these
varieties of animals like tigers, lions and some rare species are on the verge
of extinction. If we do not take care of these rare animals, there will soon be
none left, except in pictures. We must not kill animals and birds for sport. We
should also preserve the forests so that the wild animals can thrive and
multiply.
2.What steps can be taken to prevent water pollution?
Answer:We should not throw tons and tons of refuse into the rivers and oceans.
We must be careful when huge oil ships sail in the ocean and avoid accidents we
should not throw waste paper and tins and bottles into the rivers when we go
for a picnic on the banks of the river. We must avoid washing dirty dishes in
the river.
IV . Look at these sentences.
a).This giraffe is refusing to eat.
Answer: This giraffe, which has come from Africa, is refusing to eat.
b).. This traffic policewoman seems to be efficient.
Answer:
This traffic policewomen, who works here, seems to be efficient. The meaning is
clear in sentence ‘a’ in both the examples. In sentence ‘b’ the underlined
words add extra information. These words form a clause called ‘Relative
clause’. They begin with relative pronouns ‘which’ and ‘who’.
Punctuation: Comma or commas separate the extra information relative clause from the rest of the sentence.
V. Join the sentences given below using the relative pronoun given in the brackets:
1.I often go to Mumbai, Mumbai is the commercial capital
of India (which)
Answer:I often go to Mumbai which is the commercial capital of India.
2.My mother is going to host a T.V show on cooking. She
cooks very well (who)
Answer:My mother, who cooks weft, is going to host a T.V. show on cooking.
3.These sportspersons are going to meet the President.
Their performance has been excellent (whose)
Answer:These sportspersons, whose performance has been excellent are going to
meet the President.
VI . Read this sentence aloud to your partner:
- It is our responsibility to preserve the gifts of nature.
- Note that the word ‘responsibility’ has two stresses-re. spon. si. bil. i.ty
- The secondary stress is weak and the primary stress is strong.
- Note that in words ending with the spelling- ity’ the primary stress falls on the third syllable from the end.
VII . Writing:Topic – Planting saplings
Your teacher will
elicit ideas from you. Note down the points and ideas. Use these to write a
paragraph on the topic given.
Answer:
Our school has a large area of open grounds in front and at the back of our
school premises. The front area can be well used for planting trees in the
borders. Each class can be allotted 10 beds to plant a sapling of shade-giving
trees, prizes can be announced for the best maintainer. The last period of
every day can be used for gardening work.
VIII Read the following passage to your partner and write down suitable words in the blanks with his/her help.
Today the world is facing the problem of pollution. We are polluting Nature by our foolish acts. It is our duty to preserve the wonderful gifts of nature. We must leam to discipline our selves in preserving the gifts of Nature.
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