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A. Answer the following questions.
1. What is the importance of forests for us?

2. How do tribals earn their livelihood?

3. What are sacred groves?

4. What is deforestation? What are its effects?

5. What was Chipko Movement?
B. Choose the correct option for the following.

1. What do we get from forests?
a) Wood b) Lac

c) Gum d) All of these

2. The cutting down of trees on a large scale is called:

a) afforestation b) deforestation
c) conservation d) preservation

3. Which movement is related to hugging of the trees?

a) Vanamahotsava b) Chipko Movement

c) Social Forestry Movement d) Jungle Movement

A. Find out when the following days are celebrated.

1. Earth Day : ______________________________________________________

2. Ozone Day : ______________________________________________________

3. International Environment Day : ____________________________________
B. Make posters on ‘Save Trees and The Environment’.

C. Find out about these two people.

Amrita Devi Chandi Prasad Bhatt

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