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Homework Worksheet
SOCIAL SCIENCE
Class VIII Sec Name  Date 13-8-2021

Geography

Chapter 2 LAND, SOIL,WATER,NATURAL VEGETATION AND WILDLIFE

Answer the following

1 What is Soil?

2 Mention some factors responsible for water shortage.

3 Explain Weathering.

4 Mention a few causes of soil degradation.

5. Illustrate the factors responsible for soil formation with a neat labelled diagram.

6. With a neat labelled diagram depict the soil profile.

7. What do you understand by rainwater harvesting?

8. Inspite of the Earth being a water planet why do humans face a shortage of water?

9. What do you mean by water cycle?

10. List some methods for water conservation.

11. What are the sources of fresh water?

Fill in the blanks

1. ____________ determines the type of soil found in an area.

2. The process responsible for soil formation is known as_________________

3. Soil becomes fertile due to the right mix of_____________ and ____________

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4. The colour and texture etc of soil is determined by ______________

5. __________________ is growing of different crops in alternate rows.

6. The thickness of the soil profile is determined by_____________

7. _______________ was where life began 350 billion years ago.

8. Nearly 70% of the ice sheets and glaciers occur in the _________, ________ and
mountain regions.

9. The total volume of water on the Earth remains _______________.

10. Sprinkler irrigation prevent water loss by____________ and ___________

HINTS::Constant,Antartica,Seepage,LandformsMinerals, Primitive oceans,Organic

Matter Topography,Weathering ,Greenland,Time,Evaporation

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