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sHi
ghSchool
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Ass
ignment
Sc
ienc
e/VI
/Wa
ter
-ANa
tur
alr
esour
ces

Class VI
I
Subject Sci
ence
Topic: Wat
er-ANat
ural
resour
ce
SubTopic: ANat
ural
resour
ce
Lear
ningOutcomesofAssi
gnment
Oncomplet
ingtheAssi
gnmentst
udent
swi
l
lbeabl
eto:
 Under
standNatural
resourcesandit
'suses
 Under
standthei
mportanceofwaterformanki
ndandt
oknowt
hemet
hodsofconser
vingwat
eras
i
tisapreci
ousresource.

1.
Asanat
ural
resour
ce,
groundwat
eri
s

(
a)renewabl
eandexhaustibl
e
(
b)renewabl
eandinexhausti
ble
(
c)non-r
enewabl
eandexhaust ibl
e
(
d)non-r
enewabl
eandi nexhausti
ble

2.
Howmuchoft
heear
th'
ssur
facei
scov
eredwi
thwat
er?

(
a)abouttwo-thi
rds
(
b)aboutthree-f
ourt
hs
(
c)exact
lythree-f
ourt
hs
(
d)aboutone-fourt
h

3.
Renewabl
eresour
cesneedt
obeconser
vedbecause

(
a)weshoul
dnotuset hem f
asterthantheyarer
epleni
shedbynat
ure.
(
b)t
heyareslowl
ydisappear
ingfrom theeart
h
(
c)i
fweoverusethem nat
urewillst
opr epl
aci
ngthem.
 St
.Xav
ier
’
sHi
ghSchool
,Hi
wri
Nagar
,Nagpur
Ass
ignment
Sc
ienc
e/VI
/Wa
ter
-ANa
tur
alr
esour
ces

4.
Non-
renewabl
eresour
ces

(
a)cannev
erber epl
acedoncetheygetusedup.
(
b)canberepl
acedbutthetimeofr epl
acementv
ari
esf
rom af
ewhundr
edt
omi
l
li
onsofy
ear
s.
(
c)canberepl
acedin50-100years.
(
d)canberepl
acedin100-200years.

Q.
2Answerinoneortwosent
ences
1.
Arenat
ural
resour
cesl
iv
ing,
non-l
i
vingorbot
h?

2.
All
renewabl
eresour
cesar
einexhaust
ibl
e.Tr
ueoff
alse?

3.
Usi
ngl
esswat
erandpr
event
ingwat
erf
rom get
ti
ngpol
l
utedi
scal
l
ed_
___
___
___
_ofwat
er.