GREEN SKILLS : QUESTION AND ANSWERS

GREEN SKILLS-I

Very Short Answer Questions

1. What is aim of green economy?

Ans. Green economy aims to provide a high quality of life by the efficient use of natural resources.

2. What is Environment?

Ans. Environment can be defined as everything that is around us.

3. Define ecosystem.

Ans. An ecosystem can be defined as the community of the living organisms with respect to their physical environment.

4. Name some different types of pollution.

Ans. The main types of pollution are water pollution, air pollution, land pollution, noise pollution, etc.

Short Answer Questions-I

1. Write the effect of human activities in the social and environmental relationship.

Ans. Human activities are deeply affected by extremely hot or cold weather. Moderate temperature is always considered as the best condition to evoke a human activity.

2. Define green skills.

Ans. Green skills can be defined as the skills, abilities, knowledge and attitudes that are needed in the manpower to support economic, social and environmental outcomes in the business industry.

3. Write five ways to conserve the natural resources.

Ans. The five ways to conserve the natural resources are:

1. Tree plantation to prevent soil erosion
2. Use of solar energy, wind energy and other alternative sources
3. Rainwater harvesting
4. Use of bio-fuels
5. Recycling of wastes

4. What do you understand by an ecosystem?

Ans. An ecosystem can be defined as the community of the living organisms with respect to their physical environment. It can be of different sizes with hundreds of different living organisms, such as plants and animals in a fragile balance.

5. What do you understand by environment?

Ans. Environment can be defined as everything that is around us and that makes our surroundings suitable for us to live on the planet earth. It includes air, water, plants, animals and other living and non-living things. It refers to nature with all of its non-human features, attributes, processes and activities.

Short Answer Questions-II

1. What do you understand by Environmental Protection and Conservation?

Ans. It can be defined as the effort of securing the environment by the individual, government and non-government organizations for the profit of both the living organisms and the environment. We have one single planet and we should protect it by combining all our modern ways of living. We should respect and understand what nature provides us and environmental awareness has increased greatly in the last few years. For the conservation of environment, various programmes like public awareness, conservation of forest, public campaign, environmental pollution, cultural heritage's protection, etc., can be organized. The major environmental issues are air pollution, water pollution, solid wastes, agrochemicals, radioactive wastes, greenhouse effect, global warming, ozone depletion in the stratosphere, etc.

2. Define green economy.

Ans. Green economy can be defined as a sustainable economy that improves the human well-being and social equity and also supports the environment and ecological system. It is about filling the gap between sustainable development and unbalanced resources, such as water, air, soil, etc. It is the thought of an alternative vision for growth and development. Green economy helps in sustaining and advancing economic, environmental and social well-being..

3. Write the effect of economic prosperity in the social and environmental relationship.

Ans. The geographical condition of a country is deeply related with the economic prosperity of the region. Sufficient natural resources are necessary for the economic growth of a country. The production in a certain region depends upon the raw materials available in that region.

4. What do you understand by Natural Resource Conservation?

Ans. The protection, preservation, restoration and rational use of all the natural resources in the total environment are collectively called natural resource conservation. It refers to the conservation of land, water, soil, plants and animals. It focusses on how it affects the quality of life. The natural resources help human beings in their survival and act as the sole provider of our fundamental needs, which include food, clothing and shelter.

5. Write the importance of green economy.

Ans. Development experts and the World Bank have learned that if we want to succeed in ending poverty, our growth should be inclusive and sustainable. The most critical areas to achieve green economy are — responsible resource management, access to energy and good governance. The vital roles played by the green economy are as follows: It makes the quality of life better. The environmental balances become harmonized. The resource efficiency increases. ,) It causes new technological development. ,) New economic commodities generate, which may be in conformity with the environment.

Long Answer Questions

1. Explain an ecosystem and factors causing imbalance in an ecosystem.

Ans. An ecosystem can be defined as the community of the living organisms with respect to their physical environment. It can be of different sizes with hundreds of different living organisms, such as plants and animals in a fragile balance. In other words, it refers to the network of interactions between the living things and their environment. It consists of the living organisms that reciprocally take advantages and benefits from each other. The factors causing imbalance in the ecosystem are as follows:

Pollution: It is one of the main reasons behind the ecosystem imbalance. It leads to an unhealthy environment that badly influences the life of the human beings. The main types of pollution are water pollution, air pollution, land pollution, noise pollution, etc.

Global warming: It continues to play a significant role to imbalance the ecosystem. It increases the temperature of the earth and also causes the climatic changes.

Degradation of land and soil erosion: It plays a vital role in the destruction of the ecosystem. As the population of human beings is increasing, the need for land is also increasing to fulfill the requirements for development, such as roads, buildings, etc.

Deforestation: The forests are the one of the vital sources that help in balancing the ecosystem. The excessive efforts to clear the forest in order to make land available for commercial and domestic use cause ecosystem imbalance.

Excessive utilization of natural resources: The large extraction of the natural resources, such as soil, water, trees and fossil fuels for mining, logging and oil-drilling play a vital role in the destruction of the ecosystem.

2. Explain the natural resource conservation and environment conservation.

Ans. Natural resource conservation: The protection, preservation, restoration and rational use of all the natural resources in the total environment are collectively called natural resource conservation. It refers to the conservation of land, water, soil, plants and animals. It focuses on how it affects the quality of life. The natural resources help human beings in their survival and act as the sole provider of our fundamental needs, which include food, clothing and shelter.

Proper steps need to be taken to ensure that we continue enjoying these resources. Failure in the conservation of the natural resources will put the future generation in tremendous hardships.

The following ways can be used to save and conserve the natural resources.

• Use of digital media instead of paper
• Use of energy-saving fluorescent bulbs
• Practice of crop rotation
• Use of drip irrigation
• Use of hybrid cars instead of conventional cars
• Use of bio gas in the kitchen
• Industrial waste and sewage treatment before they are released in the water bodies 

Environment conservation: It can be defined as the effort of securing the environment by the individual, government and non-government organizations for the profit of both the living organisms and the environment. We have one single planet and we should protect it by combining all our modern ways of living. We should respect and understand what nature provides us and environmental awareness has increased greatly in the last few years.

For the conservation of environment, various programmes like public awareness, conservation of forest, public campaign, environmental pollution, cultural heritage's protection, etc., can be organized. The major environmental issues are air pollution, water pollution, solid wastes, agrochemicals, radioactive wastes, greenhouse effect, global warming, ozone depletion in the stratosphere, etc. Ramsar Convention, Stockholm Convention, Vienna Convention, Montreal Protocol, Rio Earth Summit, Kyoto Protocol, Nagoya Protocol and Paris Agreement are the major environmental conventions, conferences and summits held for the various environmental issues.