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Class 8 geography chapter 2 Land, Water, Natural Vegetation and Wildlife Resources

Class 8 Geography chapter 2 Land, Water, Natural Vegetation and Wildlife Resources Ques.1. Answer the following questions. (i) Which are the two main climatic factors responsible for soil formation? Ans. Temperature and rainfall (ii) Write any two reasons for land degradation today. Ans. Two reasons are :     - Deforestation     - indiscriminate use of chemical pesticides and fertilizers in agriculture lands. (iii) Why is land considered an important resource? Ans. Land is considered as an important resource as it provides hatitation to a wide variety of Flora and fauna. Also used by human beings for various purposes such as agriculture, forestry, mining building houses and roads and setting up industries. (iv) Name any two steps that government has taken to conserve plants and animals. Ans. Government has taken :      - Setup national parks, wildlife sanctuaries and biosphere reserves for protecting natural vegeta...

Class 8 Geography chapter 1 Resources

Class 8 chapter 1 Resources Ques.1. Answer the following questions.      (i) Why are resources distributed unequally over the earth?   Ans. The distribution of natural resources depends upon the number of physical factors like terrain, climate and altitude. The distribution of resources is unequal because these factors differ so much over the earth.     (ii) What is resource conservation? Ans. Using resources carefully and giving them time to get renewed is called resource conservation.     (iii) Why are human resources important? Ans. People can make the best use of nature to create more resources when they have the knowledge, skill and technology to do so, that's why human beings are special resource.     (iv) What is sustainable development? Ans. Balancing the need to use resources and also conserve them for the future is called sustainable development. Ques.2. Tick the correct answer. (i) Which one of the foll...