ICSE Worksheet for Chapter - 11 Conservation of plants and Animals Class 8

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CLASS-8

BOARD: ICSE

BIOLOGY Worksheet - 11

TOPIC: Conservation of plants and Animals

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1. Species found only in a particular area is known as ____________.
2. Migratory birds fly to faraway places because of ____________ changes.
3. The Indian Government launched ‘Project Tiger’ in
   1. 1970
   2. 1973
   3. 1974
   4. 1975
4. Which one of these is not included under Red List?
   1. Extinct
   2. Endemic
   3. Endangered
   4. Vulnerable
5. Match the column:
   1.                A                                                 B
   1. Arctic tern                                   (i) Extinct species
   2. Homo sapiens                            (ii) Endemic to Assam
   3. Dodo                                          (iii) Threatened species
   4. Giant Panda                              (iv) Forest reserves
   5. Pachmarhi biosphere reserve    (v) A species
   6. One-horned Rhino                      (vi) A migratory bird
6. What is Red Data Book?
7. Expand IUCN and list down its main objectives.
8. Are migratory animals susceptible to become endangered?
9. What is recycling of paper? How recycling of paper helps in saving trees?
10. Write a short note on Project Tiger?

Solutions: to worksheet-11 Topic- Conservation of plants and Animals

1. Endemic
2. Climatic
3. (b) 1973
4. (b) Endemic
5. 1. vi
   2. v
   3. i
   4. iii
   5. iv
   6. ii
6. A red data book is the source book which keeps the record of all the endangered plants and animals
7. IUCN-International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources.
   Main aim of IUCN red list:
   1. Developing awareness about the importance of threatened bio-diversity.
   2. Identification and documentation of endangered species.
   3. Providing a global index of the decline of bio-diversity.
   4. Defining conservation priorities at a local level and guiding conservation action.
8. Migratory birds are susceptible to become endangered because many of the places they used to migrate have been altered by human actions. As a result, these animals don’t have place to go when weather condition become harsh or food in their habitat become scarce.
9. Recycling is the process of collecting dry waste and to process them to regain materials in order to use them again.
   By recycling of paper, not only we can save trees, but also can save energy and water needed for manufacturing paper. Hence collect used paper and recycle it.
10. Due to the rapid decline in population of tigers across the world, the governments have started certain conservation programmers that aimed at saving tigers. The project tiger was launched on 1^st April, 1973 by our government to protect the tigers of our country. About none tiger reserve were identified such as Manas (Assam), Corbett(UP), Kanha (MP), Bandipur (Karnataka), Ranthambore (Rajasthan), Sundarbans (West Bengal).Tigers were protected in these areas with a philosophy of ‘Do nothing to interfere with nature’.