CLASS 7 SR CONVENT GK QUIZ

Fill in the Blanks Quiz – Agriculture Chapter

Fill in the Blanks Quiz

1. It is a disaster involving elements of the ground, including rocks, parts of houses and anything else which may happen to be swept up. It can be caused by an earthquake, volcanic eruptions, or general instability in the surrounding land. .

Correct Answer: Landslide

2. It is a geophysical hazard involving a slide of a large snow or rock mass down a mountainside, caused when a building of material is released down a slope, it is one of the major dangers faced in the mountains in winter. .

Correct Answer: Avalanche

3. It is an extended period of months or years when a region suffers a severe deficiency in its water supply. Generally, this occurs when a region receives consistently below average rainfall. It can have a substantial impact on the ecosystem and agriculture of the affected region.

Correct Answer:Draught (Note: The standard spelling is Drought)

4.These are uncontrolled fires burning in wildland areas. Common causes include lightning, human carelessness, arson, volcano eruption, and pyroclastic cloud from active volcano.

Correct Answer: Forest fire

5.It is an overflow of an expanse of water that submerges land a deluge. It is usually due to the volume of water within a body of water such as a river or lake, exceeding the total capacity of the body, and as a result some of the water flows or sits outside of the normal perimeter of the body. It can also occur in rivers, when the strength of the river is so high it flows right out of the river channel, usually at corners or meanders .

Correct Answer: Flood

6. It is a series of waves created when a body of water, such as an ocean, is rapidly displaced. Earthquake, mass movements above or below water, volcanic eruptions and other underwater explosions, landslides, large meteorite impacts comet impacts and testing with nuclear weapons at sea all have the potential to generate it.

Correct Answer:Tsunami

7. It is the point in which a volcano is active and releases lava and poisonous gases into the air. Some eruptions form pyroclastic flows, which are high-temperature clouds of ash and steam that can travel down mountainsides at very high speed.

Correct Answer: Volcanic eruption

8. They are violent, rotating columns of air which can blow at speeds between 50 and 300 mph, and possibly higher.

Correct Answer: Tornado

9. It is the result of a sudden release of energy in the Earth’s crust that creates seismic waves. They are recorded with a seismometer, also known as a seismograph.

Correct Answer: Earthquake

Environmentalists Quiz

10. He (1838-1914) was born in Scotland and immigrated to Wisconsin as a young boy. His tireless efforts led to the creation of Yosemite National Park and millions of other conservation areas.

Correct Answer: John Muir

11. She (1907-1964) is regarded by many as the founder of the modern environmental movement. Her famous work was Silent Spring.

Correct Answer: Rachel Carson

12. She lived for almost two years in the branches of an ancient redwood tree named Luna to save it from being cut down.

Correct Answer: Julia Butterfly Hill

13. He was a famed big-game hunter and also one of the most active champions of wilderness preservation in history.

Correct Answer: Theodore Roosevelt

14. She founded the Green Belt Movement in Africa and won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2004.

Correct Answer: Wangari Maathai

They are Champions Quiz

15. He was a great one day cricket player of India. During ICC World Cup 2011 he was suffering from cancer. But despite his disease, he played well and helped India to win the World Cup Trophy. He was the Man of the Tournament.

Correct Answer: Yuvraj Singh

16. He was one of the world’s greatest composers. He continued to compose music even after he became totally deaf in 1817.

Correct Answer: Ludwig van Beethoven

17. He was one of the greatest writers of English. Being a blind person he wrote the Paradise Lost, an epic poem in English language.

Correct Answer: John Milton

18. She was a famed author and lecturer despite being blind and deaf.

Correct Answer: Helen Keller

19. British television reporter, was paralysed in 2004 from a gun attack while in Saudi Arabia. He later resumed work with BBC.

Correct Answer: Frank Gardner

Environmental Terms Quiz

20. It is the variety of life: the different plants, animals and micro-organisms, and the ecosystems of which they are a part.

Correct Answer: Biodiversity

21. An organic product that is suitable for use as a soil conditioner and can improve soil structure, water retention, aeration, erosion control and other soil properties.

Correct Answer: Compost

22. It is a natural unit consisting of all plants, animals and micro-organisms in an area functioning together with all the non-living physical factors of the environment.

Correct Answer: Ecosystem

23. A natural system of trapping the Earth’s heat. Solar rays penetrate the atmosphere to reach the Earth’s surface and are then re-radiated by this surface.

Correct Answer: Greenhouse Effect

24. A material that cannot be replenished or regrown within a reasonable time frame, such as fossil fuels.

Correct Answer: Non-renewable resource

25. Reduction, within controlled conditions, of the initial pollutant potential of waste and/or waste volumes before landfill.

Correct Answer: Processing

26. Direct re-introduction of a waste type into the production cycle from which it originates as a total or partial replacement for a new material.

Correct Answer: Recycling

27. Physical or chemical procedure which provides waste with the necessary characteristics needed to allow it to be used as a replacement for a new raw material.

Correct Answer: Regeneration

28. Converting waste into valuable resources such as fuel or fertiliser. Use of waste for a similar or different purpose from that for which the material was originally intended.

Correct Answer: Resource Recovery

Be A Good Child Quiz

29. Don’t chew with your mouth ______.

Correct Answer: open

30. Say “_______ me” whenever you need to leave the table.

Correct Answer: excuse

31. Never reach across a dish or someone else’s ______.

Correct Answer: plate

32. Don’t put your elbows on the table when you are ______.

Correct Answer: eating

33. When you ask for something, do not forget to say “_______”.

Correct Answer: Please

34. Say “Thank You” when you are given ______.

Correct Answer: something

35. Greet ______ when you see them.

Correct Answer: people

36. When you talk to people, look in their ______.

Correct Answer: eyes

37. Do not interrupt when other people are ______.

Correct Answer: talking

38. ______ with others.

Correct Answer: Share

39. ______ people.

Correct Answer: Help

40. Let ______ go first.

Correct Answer: guests

41. Be on ______, especially if you are meeting someone.

Correct Answer: time

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