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

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1. CLASS-8
2. BOARD: SSC
3. BIOLOGY Worksheet -11
4. TOPIC: Conservation of plants and Animals
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1. Species found only in a particular area is known as ____________.
2. Illegal hunting of animals for their valuable body parts is called _________.
3. The endangered species are listed out in
   1. Blue data book
   2. Red data book
   3. Yellow data book
   4. Green data book
4. The Indian Government launched ‘Project Tiger’ in
   1. 1970
   2. 1973
   3. 1974
   4. 1975
5. Match the column:
   1.             A                                B
   2. (a) Arctic tern                     (i) Extinct species
   3. (b) Homo sapiens              (ii) Endemic to Assam
   4. (c) Dodo                            (iii) Threatened species
   5.  
   6. (d) Giant Panda                (iv) Forest reserves
   7. (e) Pachmarhi biosphere reserve (v) A species
   8. (f) One-horned Rhino       (vi) A migratory bird
6. Name one international organization that aim at conservation of nature.
7. What do you understand by the term migration?
8. Write a short note on Project Tiger?
9. What is recycling of paper? How recycling of paper helps in saving trees?
10. What is the main aim of the IUCN Red List?

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

1. Endemic
2. Poaching
3. (b) Red data book
4. (b) 1973
5. 1. vi
   2. v
   3. i
   4. iii
   5. iv
   6. ii
6. IUCN-International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources aims at conserving nature.
7. The process of movement of animals and birds in large numbers from one place to another to overcome unfavorable conditions is called migration.
8. 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 nine tiger reserves were identified such as Manas (Assam), Corbett(UP), Kanha (MP), Bandipur (Karnataka), Ranthambore (Rajasthan), Sundrbans (West Bengal).Tigers were protected in these areas with a philosophy of ‘Do nothing to interfere with nature’.
9. Recycling is the process of collecting dry waste and to process them to regain materials in order to use them again.
10. 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.
11. 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.