Our Environment Class 10 Exam Notes

Our environment class 10 Assamese medium
🌍 ASSAM TEACHERS CONNECT CLASS 10 SCIENCE â€ĸ EXAM KNOWLEDGE VAULT

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🧠 Important Questions & Answers

āĻĒā§°ā§€āĻ•ā§āώāĻžā§° āφāĻ—āĻŽā§āĻšā§‚ā§°ā§āϤāϤ āĻĄāĻžāϙ⧰ chapter āĻāϟāĻž āφāĻ•ā§Œ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§‚ā§°ā§āĻŖāĻ•ā§ˆ āĻĒāĻĸāĻŧāĻžā§° āϏāϞāύāĻŋ āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āφāϟāĻžāχāϤāĻ•ā§ˆ āϗ⧁⧰⧁āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§‚ā§°ā§āĻŖ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύāĻŦā§‹ā§° systematically revise āϕ⧰āĻŋāĻŦ āĻĒāĻžā§°āĻŋ, āϤ⧇āĻ¨ā§āϤ⧇ preparation āĻ…āϧāĻŋāĻ• focused āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤ āĻāχ page-āĻŸā§‹ āϏ⧇āχ āωāĻĻā§āĻĻ⧇āĻļā§āϝ⧇āχ āϤ⧈āϝāĻŧāĻžā§° āϕ⧰āĻž āĻšā§ˆāϛ⧇āĨ¤

āχāϝāĻŧāĻžāϤ 20āϟāĻž 2/3-mark questions āφ⧰⧁ 10āϟāĻž 5/7-mark questions answerāϏāĻš āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻšā§ˆāϛ⧇āĨ¤ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽā§‡ āύāĻŋāĻœā§‡ answer āĻ­āĻžāĻŦāĻ•, āϤāĻžā§° āĻĒāĻŋāĻ›āϤ Reveal Answer āϟāĻŋāĻĒāĻŋ āĻŽāĻŋāϞāĻžāχ āϚāĻžāĻ“āĻ•āĨ¤

đŸŽ¯ 20 Short Questions âš”ī¸ 10 Long Questions 📝 HSLC Focus 💡 Exam Tips
SHORT QUESTIONS 20
LONG QUESTIONS 10
TOTAL QUESTIONS 30
CHAPTER 01

20 Important 2/3-Mark Questions

āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽā§‡ question āĻĒāĻĸāĻŧāĻŋ āύāĻŋāĻœā§‡ answer āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžā§° āĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āϟāĻž āϕ⧰āĻ•āĨ¤ āϤāĻžā§° āĻĒāĻŋāĻ›āϤ Reveal Answer āϟāĻŋāĻĒāĻ•āĨ¤

20 QUESTIONS
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Ecosystem āĻ•āĻŋ? āχāϝāĻŧāĻžā§° āĻŽā§āĻ–ā§āϝ āωāĻĒāĻžāĻĻāĻžāύ āĻĻ⧁āϟāĻž āĻ•āĻŋ?
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Ecosystem āĻšā§ˆāϛ⧇ āϕ⧋āύ⧋ āĻāϟāĻž āĻ…āĻžā§āϚāϞāϤ āĻĨāĻ•āĻž āĻœā§€ā§ąāĻŋāϤ āφ⧰⧁ āĻ…āĻœā§€ā§ą āωāĻĒāĻžāĻĻāĻžāύāϏāĻŽā§‚āĻšā§° āĻŽāĻžāϜāϤ āĻšā§‹ā§ąāĻž āĻĒāĻžā§°āĻ¸ā§āĻĒā§°āĻŋāĻ• āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§°ā§āϕ⧰ functional unitāĨ¤ āχāϝāĻŧāĻžā§° āĻŽā§āĻ–ā§āϝ āωāĻĒāĻžāĻĻāĻžāύ āĻĻ⧁āϟāĻž āĻšā§ˆāϛ⧇ biotic components āφ⧰⧁ abiotic componentsāĨ¤

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Biotic components āφ⧰⧁ abiotic components-ā§° āĻŽāĻžāϜāϤ āĻĒāĻžā§°ā§āĻĨāĻ•ā§āϝ āϞāĻŋāĻ–āĻžāĨ¤
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  • Biotic components āĻšā§ˆāϛ⧇ ecosystem-ā§° āĻœā§€ā§ąāĻŋāϤ āωāĻĒāĻžāĻĻāĻžāύ, āϝ⧇āύ⧇ āωāĻĻā§āĻ­āĻŋāĻĻ, āĻĒā§ā§°āĻžāĻŖā§€, bacteriaāĨ¤
  • Abiotic components āĻšā§ˆāϛ⧇ āĻ…āĻœā§€ā§ą āωāĻĒāĻžāĻĻāĻžāύ, āϝ⧇āύ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāύ⧀, āĻŦāĻžāϝāĻŧ⧁, āĻŽāĻžāϟāĻŋ, āĻ¸ā§‚ā§°ā§āϝ⧰ āĻĒā§‹āĻšā§° āφ⧰⧁ temperatureāĨ¤
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Producer āĻ•āĻžāĻ• āĻŦā§‹āϞ⧇? āĻāϟāĻž āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāĨ¤
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āϝāĻŋāĻŦā§‹ā§° organism-āĻ photosynthesis-ā§° āĻĻ⧰⧇ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻ•ā§ā§°āĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžā§° āϏāĻšāĻžāϝāĻŧāϤ āύāĻŋāϜ⧰ āĻ–āĻžāĻĻā§āϝ āύāĻŋāĻœā§‡ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁āϤ āϕ⧰⧇, āϏ⧇āχāĻŦā§‹ā§°āĻ• producer āĻŦ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻ•ā§‹ā§ąāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤ āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ — āϏ⧇āωāĻœā§€āϝāĻŧāĻž āωāĻĻā§āĻ­āĻŋāĻĻāĨ¤

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Consumer āĻ•āĻžāĻ• āĻŦā§‹āϞ⧇? Consumer-ā§° āĻĻ⧁āϟāĻž āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāĨ¤
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āϝāĻŋāĻŦā§‹ā§° organism-āĻ āύāĻŋāϜ⧰ āĻ–āĻžāĻĻā§āϝ āύāĻŋāĻœā§‡ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁āϤ āϕ⧰āĻŋāĻŦ āĻ¨ā§‹ā§ąāĻžā§°ā§‡ āφ⧰⧁ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝ organism-ā§° āĻ“āĻĒā§°āϤ āĻ–āĻžāĻĻā§āϝ⧰ āĻŦāĻžāĻŦ⧇ āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻ­ā§° āϕ⧰⧇, āϏ⧇āχāĻŦā§‹ā§° consumerāĨ¤ āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ — āϗ⧰⧁ āφ⧰⧁ āϏāĻŋāĻ‚āĻšāĨ¤

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Food chain āĻ•āĻŋ? āĻāϟāĻž āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ āϞāĻŋāĻ–āĻžāĨ¤
2/3 MARKS
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āĻāϟāĻž ecosystem-āϤ āĻ–āĻžāĻĻā§āϝ⧰ āϜ⧰āĻŋāϝāĻŧāϤ⧇ energy āĻāϟāĻž organism-ā§° āĻĒā§°āĻž āφāύ āĻāϟāĻž organism-āϞ⧈ transfer āĻšā§‹ā§ąāĻž āϏ⧰āϞ āĻĒāĻĨāĻ• food chain āĻŦā§‹āϞ⧇āĨ¤

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ: Grass → Grasshopper → Frog → Snake → Eagle

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Food web āĻ•āĻŋ?
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āĻāϟāĻž ecosystem-āϤ āĻŦāĻšā§āϤ⧋ food chain āĻĒā§°āĻ¸ā§āĻĒā§°ā§° āϏ⧈āϤ⧇ āϏāĻ‚āϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻšā§ˆ āϏ⧃āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋ āϕ⧰āĻž āϜāϟāĻŋāϞ network-āĻ• food web āĻŦ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻ•ā§‹ā§ąāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤

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Ecosystem-āϤ energy-ā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āϧāĻžāύ āĻ‰ā§ŽāϏ āĻ•āĻŋ?
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Ecosystem-āϤ energy-ā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āϧāĻžāύ āĻ‰ā§ŽāϏ āĻšā§ˆāϛ⧇ āĻ¸ā§‚ā§°ā§āϝāĨ¤ Green plants-āĻ solar energy photosynthesis-ā§° āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧāϤ chemical energy-āϞ⧈ ā§°ā§‚āĻĒāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧰ āϕ⧰⧇āĨ¤

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10% law āĻ•āĻŋ?
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āĻāϟāĻž trophic level-ā§° āĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§ā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āĻžāϝāĻŧ 10% energy āĻĒā§°ā§ąā§°ā§āϤ⧀ trophic level-āϞ⧈ transfer āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤ āĻŦāĻžāϕ⧀ energy āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āύ metabolic activities-āϤ āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āĻšāϝāĻŧ āφ⧰⧁ heat āĻšāĻŋāϚāĻžāĻĒ⧇ āĻšā§‡ā§°āĻžāχ āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤

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Trophic level āĻ•āĻŋ?
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Food chain-āϤ āϕ⧋āύ⧋ organism-āĻ āĻĻāĻ–āϞ āϕ⧰āĻž feeding position-āĻ• trophic level āĻŦ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻ•ā§‹ā§ąāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤ Producer āĻšā§ˆāϛ⧇ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ trophic levelāĨ¤

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Decomposers āĻ•āĻŋ? āĻĻ⧁āϟāĻž āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāĨ¤
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āĻŽā§ƒāϤ āωāĻĻā§āĻ­āĻŋāĻĻ, āĻĒā§ā§°āĻžāĻŖā§€ āφ⧰⧁ organic waste-ā§° āϜāϟāĻŋāϞ āĻĒāĻĻāĻžā§°ā§āĻĨāϏāĻŽā§‚āĻš āĻ­āĻžāĻ™āĻŋ simple substances-āϞ⧈ āĻĒā§°āĻŋā§ąā§°ā§āϤāύ āϕ⧰āĻž organisms-āĻ• decomposers āĻŦā§‹āϞ⧇āĨ¤ āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ — bacteria āφ⧰⧁ fungiāĨ¤

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Decomposers-āĻ ecosystem-āϤ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻ­ā§‚āĻŽāĻŋāĻ•āĻž āĻĒāĻžāϞāύ āϕ⧰⧇?
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Decomposers-āĻ dead organic matter āĻ­āĻžāĻ™āĻŋ nutrients environment-āϞ⧈ āĻ˜ā§‚ā§°āĻžāχ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĨ¤ āĻāχāĻĻ⧰⧇ nutrient cycling āĻ…āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻšāϤ āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇ āφ⧰⧁ ecosystem-ā§° balance āĻŦāϜāĻžāχ āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇āĨ¤

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Decomposition āĻ•āĻŋ? āχāϝāĻŧāĻžā§° āĻĻ⧁āϟāĻž āϗ⧁⧰⧁āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āϞāĻŋāĻ–āĻžāĨ¤
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āĻŽā§ƒāϤ organic matter decomposers-ā§° āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžā§°āĻž simple substances-āϞ⧈ āĻ­āĻžāĻ™āĻŋ āĻ¯ā§‹ā§ąāĻž āĻĒā§ā§°āĻ•ā§ā§°āĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāĻ• decomposition āĻŦā§‹āϞ⧇āĨ¤

  • Nutrients āĻĒ⧁āύ⧰ environment-āϞ⧈ āĻ˜ā§‚ā§°āĻŋ āφāĻšā§‡āĨ¤
  • Waste material breakdown āϕ⧰āĻžāϤ āϏāĻšāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϕ⧰⧇āĨ¤
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Ozone āĻ•āĻŋ? āχāϝāĻŧāĻžā§° chemical formula āϞāĻŋāĻ–āĻžāĨ¤
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Ozone āĻšā§ˆāϛ⧇ oxygen-ā§° āĻāϟāĻž allotrope āϝāĻžā§° āĻāϟāĻž molecule-āϤ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋāϟāĻž oxygen atom āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇āĨ¤ āχāϝāĻŧāĻžā§° chemical formula āĻšā§ˆāϛ⧇ O₃āĨ¤

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Ozone layer-ā§° āϗ⧁⧰⧁āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āĻ•āĻŋ?
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Ozone layer-āĻ āĻ¸ā§‚ā§°ā§āϝ⧰ āĻ•ā§āώāϤāĻŋāĻ•āĻžā§°āĻ• ultraviolet (UV) radiation-ā§° āĻāϟāĻž āĻŦ⧃āĻšā§Ž āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļ āĻļā§‹āώāĻŖ āϕ⧰āĻŋ Earth-ā§° āĻœā§€ā§ąāϜāĻ—āϤāĻ• āϏ⧁⧰āĻ•ā§āώāĻž āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĨ¤

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Ozone depletion āĻ•āĻŋ? āχāϝāĻŧāĻžā§° āĻāϟāĻž āĻ•āĻžā§°āĻŖ āϞāĻŋāĻ–āĻžāĨ¤
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Atmosphere-ā§° ozone-ā§° āĻĒā§°āĻŋāĻŽāĻžāĻŖ āĻšā§ā§°āĻžāϏ āĻĒā§‹ā§ąāĻžāĻ• ozone depletion āĻŦā§‹āϞ⧇āĨ¤ CFCs-ā§° āĻĻ⧰⧇ ozone-depleting substances āχāϝāĻŧāĻžā§° āĻāϟāĻž āϗ⧁⧰⧁āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§‚ā§°ā§āĻŖ āĻ•āĻžā§°āĻŖāĨ¤

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Environmental pollution āĻ•āĻŋ?
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Environment-āϤ harmful substances āĻŦāĻž pollutants-ā§° āĻĒā§°āĻŋāĻŽāĻžāĻŖ āĻŦ⧃āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāχ environment-ā§° āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ­āĻžā§ąāĻŋāĻ• quality āĻ•ā§āώāϤāĻŋāĻ—ā§ā§°āĻ¸ā§āϤ āϕ⧰āĻžāϕ⧇ environmental pollution āĻŦ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻ•ā§‹ā§ąāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤

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Biodegradable āφ⧰⧁ non-biodegradable substances āĻ•āĻŋ?
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  • Biodegradable: microorganisms-āĻ āϏāĻšāĻœā§‡ āĻ­āĻžāĻ™āĻŋāĻŦ āĻĒā§°āĻž substancesāĨ¤
  • Non-biodegradable: microorganisms-āĻ āϏāĻšāĻœā§‡ āĻ­āĻžāĻ™āĻŋāĻŦ āĻ¨ā§‹ā§ąāĻžā§°āĻž substancesāĨ¤

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ: vegetable waste biodegradable; plastic non-biodegradableāĨ¤

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Food chain-ā§° length āϏ⧀āĻŽāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āĻŋāϝāĻŧ?
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āĻĒā§ā§°āϤāĻŋāĻŸā§‹ trophic level-āϤ energy-ā§° āĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§ā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āĻžāϝāĻŧ 10% āĻĒā§°ā§ąā§°ā§āϤ⧀ level-āϞ⧈ transfer āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤ āϏ⧇āϝāĻŧ⧇ higher trophic levels-āϤ available energy āĻ…āϤāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŽ āĻšā§ˆ āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧ āφ⧰⧁ food chain-ā§° length āϏāĻžāϧāĻžā§°āĻŖāϤ⧇ āϏ⧀āĻŽāĻŋāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤

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3R principle āĻ•āĻŋ? āχāϝāĻŧāĻžā§° āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋāϟāĻž R āϞāĻŋāĻ–āĻžāĨ¤
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Waste āĻ•āĻŽā§‹ā§ąāĻž āφ⧰⧁ resources āϏāς⧰āĻ•ā§āώāĻŖā§° principle-āĻ• 3R principle āĻŦā§‹āϞ⧇āĨ¤ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋāϟāĻž R āĻšā§ˆāϛ⧇: Reduce, Reuse āφ⧰⧁ RecycleāĨ¤

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Sustainable development āĻŦ⧁āϞāĻŋāϞ⧇ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻŦ⧁āϜāĻž?
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āĻŦā§°ā§āϤāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻĒā§ā§°āϜāĻ¨ā§āĻŽā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āϝāĻŧā§‹āϜāύ āĻĒā§‚ā§°āĻŖ āϕ⧰āĻžā§° āϞāĻ—āϤ⧇ āĻ­ā§ąāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ¯ā§Ž āĻĒā§ā§°āϜāĻ¨ā§āĻŽā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āϝāĻŧā§‹āϜāύ āĻĒā§‚ā§°āĻŖā§° āĻ•ā§āώāĻŽāϤāĻž āϝāĻžāϤ⧇ āĻ•ā§āώāϤāĻŋāĻ—ā§ā§°āĻ¸ā§āϤ āύāĻšāϝāĻŧ, āϏ⧇āχāĻĻ⧰⧇ natural resources āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āϕ⧰āĻž āωāĻ¨ā§āύāϝāĻŧāύāĻ• sustainable development āĻŦā§‹āϞ⧇āĨ¤

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10 Important 5/7-Mark Questions

āĻāχāĻŦā§‹ā§° long-answer questionsāĨ¤ Answer āϞāĻŋāĻ–ā§‹āρāϤ⧇ heading, point āφ⧰⧁ scientific terms āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āϕ⧰āĻŋāϞ⧇ presentation āĻ…āϧāĻŋāĻ• āĻ­āĻžāϞ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤

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Ecosystem āĻ•āĻŋ? āχāϝāĻŧāĻžā§° biotic āφ⧰⧁ abiotic components āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖāϏāĻš āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž āϕ⧰āĻžāĨ¤
āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰:

Ecosystem āĻšā§ˆāϛ⧇ āϕ⧋āύ⧋ āĻāϟāĻž āĻ…āĻžā§āϚāϞāϤ āĻĨāĻ•āĻž āĻœā§€ā§ąāĻŋāϤ āφ⧰⧁ āĻ…āĻœā§€ā§ą āωāĻĒāĻžāĻĻāĻžāύāϏāĻŽā§‚āĻšā§° āĻŽāĻžāϜāϤ āĻšā§‹ā§ąāĻž āĻĒāĻžā§°āĻ¸ā§āĻĒā§°āĻŋāĻ• āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§°ā§āϕ⧰ functional unitāĨ¤

  • Biotic components: ecosystem-ā§° āĻœā§€ā§ąāĻŋāϤ āωāĻĒāĻžāĻĻāĻžāύāĨ¤ āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ — producers, consumers āφ⧰⧁ decomposersāĨ¤
  • Abiotic components: ecosystem-ā§° āĻ…āĻœā§€ā§ą āωāĻĒāĻžāĻĻāĻžāύāĨ¤ āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ — sunlight, water, air, soil, temperature āφ⧰⧁ mineralsāĨ¤
  • āĻāχ components-āϏāĻŽā§‚āĻš āĻĒā§°āĻ¸ā§āĻĒā§°ā§° āĻ“āĻĒā§°āϤ āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻ­ā§°āĻļā§€āϞāĨ¤
  • āĻāχ interaction-ā§° āĻĢāϞāϤ ecosystem-ā§° ecological balance āĻŦāϜāĻžāχ āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇āĨ¤
💡 Exam Tip: Biotic + Abiotic + Interaction — āĻāχ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋāϟāĻž keyword āύāĻŋāĻļā§āϚāϝāĻŧ āϞāĻŋāĻ–āĻŋāĻŦāĨ¤
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Food chain āφ⧰⧁ food web āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§°ā§āϕ⧇ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž āϕ⧰āĻžāĨ¤
āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰:

Food chain āĻšā§ˆāϛ⧇ āĻāϟāĻž ecosystem-āϤ āĻ–āĻžāĻĻā§āϝ⧰ āϜ⧰āĻŋāϝāĻŧāϤ⧇ energy transfer āĻšā§‹ā§ąāĻž āϏ⧰āϞ āĻĒāĻĨāĨ¤

  • āϏāĻžāϧāĻžā§°āĻŖāϤ⧇ food chain producer-ā§° āĻĒā§°āĻž āφ⧰āĻŽā§āĻ­ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
  • Consumers āĻ āĻĒā§°ā§ąā§°ā§āϤ⧀ trophic level āĻ—āĻ āύ āϕ⧰⧇āĨ¤
  • āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ: Grass → Grasshopper → Frog → Snake → EagleāĨ¤
  • āĻĒā§ā§°āĻ•ā§ƒāϤ ecosystem-āϤ āĻŦāĻšā§āϤ⧋ food chain āĻĒā§°āĻ¸ā§āĻĒā§°ā§° āϏ⧈āϤ⧇ āϏāĻ‚āϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻšā§ˆ food web āĻ—āĻ āύ āϕ⧰⧇āĨ¤
  • Food web ecosystem-ā§° feeding relationships-ā§° āĻ…āϧāĻŋāĻ• āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§ą āϚāĻŋāĻ¤ā§ā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĻāĻžāύ āϕ⧰⧇āĨ¤
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Ecosystem-āϤ energy flow āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž āϕ⧰āĻžāĨ¤ 10% law āĻ•āĻŋ?
āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰:

Ecosystem-ā§° energy-ā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āϧāĻžāύ āĻ‰ā§ŽāϏ āĻ¸ā§‚ā§°ā§āϝāĨ¤ Green plants photosynthesis-ā§° āϜ⧰āĻŋāϝāĻŧāϤ⧇ solar energy capture āϕ⧰⧇āĨ¤ āϤāĻžā§° āĻĒāĻŋāĻ›āϤ āĻ–āĻžāĻĻā§āϝ⧰ āϜ⧰āĻŋāϝāĻŧāϤ⧇ energy consumers-āϞ⧈ āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤

  • Sun → Producers → Primary Consumers → Secondary Consumers → Higher ConsumersāĨ¤
  • Energy flow āĻāĻ•āĻŽā§āĻ–ā§€āĨ¤
  • āĻĒā§ā§°āϤāĻŋāĻŸā§‹ trophic level-ā§° āĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§ā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āĻžāϝāĻŧ 10% energy āĻĒā§°ā§ąā§°ā§āϤ⧀ trophic level-āϞ⧈ transfer āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
  • āĻŦāĻžāϕ⧀ energy metabolism āφ⧰⧁ heat loss-āϤ āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
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Decomposition āĻ•āĻŋ? Decomposition-ā§° āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āύ āϧāĻžāĻĒ āφ⧰⧁ āχāϝāĻŧāĻžā§° āϗ⧁⧰⧁āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž āϕ⧰āĻžāĨ¤
āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰:

Dead plants, animals āφ⧰⧁ organic wastes-ā§° complex substances decomposers-ā§° āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžā§°āĻž simple substances-āϞ⧈ āĻ­āĻžāĻ™āĻŋ āĻ¯ā§‹ā§ąāĻž āĻĒā§ā§°āĻ•ā§ā§°āĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāχ decompositionāĨ¤

  • Decomposers-āĻ āĻŽā§ƒāϤ organic matter-ā§° āĻ“āĻĒā§°āϤ āĻ•āĻžāĻŽ āϕ⧰⧇āĨ¤
  • Complex organic substances breakdown āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
  • āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āύ inorganic nutrients environment-āϞ⧈ āωāĻ­āϤāĻŋ āφāĻšā§‡āĨ¤
  • Nutrient cycling āϚāϞāĻŋ āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇āĨ¤
  • Ecosystem-āϤ waste accumulation āĻ•āĻŽā§‡āĨ¤
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Ozone layer-ā§° āϗ⧁⧰⧁āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āφ⧰⧁ ozone depletion-ā§° āĻ•āĻžā§°āĻŖāϏāĻŽā§‚āĻš āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž āϕ⧰āĻžāĨ¤
āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰:
  • Ozone āĻšā§ˆāϛ⧇ O₃ molecule-⧰⧇ āĻ—āĻ āĻŋāϤ oxygen-ā§° āĻāϟāĻž formāĨ¤
  • Stratosphere-āϤ ozone layer āĻĒā§‹ā§ąāĻž āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
  • āχ harmful ultraviolet radiation-ā§° āĻāϟāĻž āĻŦ⧃āĻšā§Ž āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļ āĻļā§‹āώāĻŖ āϕ⧰⧇āĨ¤
  • Ozone depletion-ā§° āĻĢāϞāϤ āĻ…āϧāĻŋāĻ• UV radiation Earth surface-āϞ⧈ āφāĻšāĻŋāĻŦ āĻĒāĻžā§°ā§‡āĨ¤
  • CFCs-ā§° āĻĻ⧰⧇ ozone-depleting substances ozone layer-ā§° āĻ•ā§āώāϝāĻŧāϤ āĻ…ā§°āĻŋāĻšāĻŖāĻž āϝ⧋āĻ—āĻžāĻŦ āĻĒāĻžā§°ā§‡āĨ¤
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Biodegradable āφ⧰⧁ non-biodegradable substances āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖāϏāĻš āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž āϕ⧰āĻžāĨ¤
āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰:
  • Biodegradable substances microorganisms-ā§° āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžā§°āĻž āϏāĻšāĻœā§‡ āĻ­āĻžāĻ™āĻŋāĻŦ āĻĒāĻžā§°ā§‡āĨ¤
  • āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ — food waste, paper āφ⧰⧁ vegetable wasteāĨ¤
  • Non-biodegradable substances microorganisms-ā§° āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžā§°āĻž āϏāĻšāĻœā§‡ āĻ­āĻžāĻ™āĻŋāĻŦ āĻ¨ā§‹ā§ąāĻžā§°ā§‡āĨ¤
  • āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ — plastic āφ⧰⧁ āĻŦāĻšā§āϤ⧋ synthetic materialsāĨ¤
  • Non-biodegradable waste environment-āϤ āĻĻā§€ā§°ā§āϘāĻĻāĻŋāύ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻŋāĻŦ āĻĒāĻžā§°ā§‡ āφ⧰⧁ pollution āϏ⧃āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋ āϕ⧰āĻŋāĻŦ āĻĒāĻžā§°ā§‡āĨ¤
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Environmental pollution-ā§° āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āύ āϧ⧰āĻŖ āφ⧰⧁ āχāϝāĻŧāĻžā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āĻ­āĻžā§ą āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž āϕ⧰āĻžāĨ¤
āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰:
  • Air pollution: smoke, harmful gases āφ⧰⧁ particulate matter-ā§° āĻŦāĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāϝāĻŧ⧁ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĻā§‚āώāĻŋāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
  • Water pollution: sewage, chemicals āφ⧰⧁ industrial waste-ā§° āĻŦāĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāύ⧀ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĻā§‚āώāĻŋāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
  • Soil pollution: harmful chemicals āφ⧰⧁ solid waste-āĻ soil quality āĻ•ā§āώāϤāĻŋāĻ—ā§ā§°āĻ¸ā§āϤ āϕ⧰āĻŋāĻŦ āĻĒāĻžā§°ā§‡āĨ¤
  • Pollution-āĻ human health, biodiversity āφ⧰⧁ ecosystem balance-āϤ āĻ•ā§āώāϤāĻŋāĻ•āĻžā§°āĻ• āĻĒā§ā§°āĻ­āĻžā§ą āĻĒ⧇āϞāĻžāĻŦ āĻĒāĻžā§°ā§‡āĨ¤
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Decomposers āĻ•āĻŋāϝāĻŧ ecosystem-ā§° āĻŦāĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻ…āϤāĻŋ āϗ⧁⧰⧁āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§‚ā§°ā§āĻŖ?
āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰:
  • Dead plants āφ⧰⧁ animals-ā§° organic matter breakdown āϕ⧰⧇āĨ¤
  • Organic waste accumulation āĻ•āĻŽāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
  • Nutrients environment-āϞ⧈ āĻ˜ā§‚ā§°āĻžāχ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĨ¤
  • Plants-āĻ āϏ⧇āχ nutrients āĻĒ⧁āύ⧰ āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āϕ⧰āĻŋāĻŦ āĻĒāĻžā§°ā§‡āĨ¤
  • Nutrient cycling āĻ…āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻšāϤ ā§°āĻžāϖ⧇āĨ¤
  • Ecosystem-ā§° ecological balance āĻŦāϜāĻžāχ ā§°āĻ–āĻžāϤ āϏāĻšāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϕ⧰⧇āĨ¤
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Environmental protection-ā§° āĻŦāĻžāĻŦ⧇ 3R principle āφ⧰⧁ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻž āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž āϕ⧰āĻžāĨ¤
āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰:
  • Reduce: unnecessary consumption āφ⧰⧁ waste āĻ•āĻŽā§‹ā§ąāĻžāĨ¤
  • Reuse: āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁ āĻĒ⧇āϞāĻžāχ āύāĻŋāĻĻāĻŋ āĻĒ⧁āύ⧰ āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āϕ⧰āĻžāĨ¤
  • Recycle: waste materials process āϕ⧰āĻŋ āĻĒ⧁āύ⧰ useful products āϤ⧈āϝāĻŧāĻžā§° āϕ⧰āĻžāĨ¤
  • Tree plantation āφ⧰⧁ forest conservation āϕ⧰āĻžāĨ¤
  • Plastic use āĻ•āĻŽā§‹ā§ąāĻž āφ⧰⧁ waste properly manage āϕ⧰āĻžāĨ¤
  • Renewable resources āφ⧰⧁ clean technology āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§°āĻ• āĻ‰ā§ŽāϏāĻžāĻšāĻŋāϤ āϕ⧰āĻžāĨ¤
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Sustainable development āĻ•āĻŋ? Environment āϏāς⧰āĻ•ā§āώāĻŖā§° āĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻ¤ā§ā§°āϤ āχāϝāĻŧāĻžā§° āϗ⧁⧰⧁āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž āϕ⧰āĻžāĨ¤
āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰:

āĻŦā§°ā§āϤāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻĒā§ā§°āϜāĻ¨ā§āĻŽā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āϝāĻŧā§‹āϜāύ āĻĒā§‚ā§°āĻŖ āϕ⧰āĻžā§° āϞāĻ—āϤ⧇ āĻ­ā§ąāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ¯ā§Ž āĻĒā§ā§°āϜāĻ¨ā§āĻŽā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āϝāĻŧā§‹āϜāύ āĻĒā§‚ā§°āĻŖā§° āĻ•ā§āώāĻŽāϤāĻž āĻ•ā§āώāϤāĻŋāĻ—ā§ā§°āĻ¸ā§āϤ āύāϕ⧰āĻžāĻ•ā§ˆ āωāĻ¨ā§āύāϝāĻŧāύ āϕ⧰āĻžāϕ⧇ sustainable development āĻŦ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻ•ā§‹ā§ąāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤

  • Natural resources-ā§° responsible use āύāĻŋāĻļā§āϚāĻŋāϤ āϕ⧰⧇āĨ¤
  • Excessive exploitation āĻ•āĻŽāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
  • Pollution control-āϤ āϏāĻšāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϕ⧰⧇āĨ¤
  • Biodiversity āϏāς⧰āĻ•ā§āώāĻŖāϤ āϏāĻšāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϕ⧰⧇āĨ¤
  • Future generations-ā§° āĻŦāĻžāĻŦ⧇ resources āϏāς⧰āĻ•ā§āώāĻŖ āϕ⧰⧇āĨ¤
💡 Exam Tip: Definition + resource conservation + future generations — āĻāχ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋāϟāĻž point āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§°ā§āϭ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤ āϕ⧰āĻ•āĨ¤

Last-Minute Key Points

🌱 Ecosystem Biotic + abiotic components + interactions.
🔗 Food Chain Energy transfer through feeding relationships.
⚡ Energy Flow Energy flow is one-directional.
🔟 10% Law About 10% energy reaches the next trophic level.
â™ģī¸ Decomposers Bacteria and fungi recycle nutrients.
🌎 Ozone O₃; absorbs a significant portion of harmful UV radiation.
đŸ—‘ī¸ Waste Biodegradable and non-biodegradable wastes differ in their decomposition.
â™ģī¸ 3R Reduce → Reuse → Recycle.

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Our Environment chapter-ā§° āĻŦāĻžāĻŦ⧇ āϕ⧋āύāĻŦā§‹ā§° topic āĻŦ⧇āĻ›āĻŋ āϗ⧁⧰⧁āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§‚ā§°ā§āĻŖ?

Ecosystem, food chain, food web, energy flow, 10% law, decomposers, ozone layer, pollution, biodegradable waste āφ⧰⧁ environmental protection āĻŦāĻŋāĻļ⧇āώāĻ­āĻžā§ąā§‡ revise āϕ⧰āĻž āωāϚāĻŋāϤāĨ¤

2/3-mark answer āĻ•āĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻĻā§€āϘāϞ āĻš’āĻŦ āϞāĻžāϗ⧇?

Question-ā§° nature āĻ…āύ⧁āϏ⧰āĻŋ āϏāĻžāϧāĻžā§°āĻŖāϤ⧇ āϏāĻ‚āĻ•ā§āώāĻŋāĻĒā§āϤ āφ⧰⧁ point-wise answer āϞāĻŋāĻ–āĻŋāĻŦ āϞāĻžāϗ⧇āĨ¤ Definition-based question-āϤ clear definition āφ⧰⧁ āĻĒā§ā§°āϝāĻŧā§‹āϜāύ āĻ…āύ⧁āϏ⧰āĻŋ example āϞāĻŋāĻ–āĻž āωāϚāĻŋāϤāĨ¤

5/7-mark answer āϕ⧇āύ⧇āĻ•ā§ˆ āϞāĻŋāĻ–āĻŋāĻŦ āϞāĻžāϗ⧇?

āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽā§‡ āϏāĻ‚āĻ•ā§āώāĻŋāĻĒā§āϤ introduction āĻŦāĻž definition āĻĻāĻŋ, āϤāĻžā§° āĻĒāĻŋāĻ›āϤ heading āφ⧰⧁ point-wise explanation āϞāĻŋāĻ–āĻŋāϞ⧇ answer āĻ…āϧāĻŋāĻ• clear āφ⧰⧁ well-presented āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤

10% law āĻ•āĻŋāϝāĻŧ āϗ⧁⧰⧁āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§‚ā§°ā§āĻŖ?

āχ trophic levels-ā§° āĻŽāĻžāϜāϤ energy transfer āĻ•āĻŋāϝāĻŧ āĻ•āĻŽāĻŋ āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧ āφ⧰⧁ food chain āĻ•āĻŋāϝāĻŧ āϏāĻžāϧāĻžā§°āĻŖāϤ⧇ āĻĻā§€āϘāϞ āύāĻšāϝāĻŧ, āϏ⧇āχāĻŸā§‹ āĻŦ⧁āϜāĻŋāĻŦāϞ⧈ āϏāĻšāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϕ⧰⧇āĨ¤

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