Minerals and Energy Resources — Geography STD 10 — Question

Rice is grown in nurseries before transplantation.

A fire broke out at the Kochi city corporation-run waste treatment plant. Thick clouds of toxic smoke engulfed the city. The unsorted waste at the plant contained PVC and clinical waste, both of which on combustion are extremely harmful for the general health of people.
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(a) Which method of waste management would have helped in reducing health hazard in the above case?
(b) What measures may be undertaken by individuals to reduce waste?

Is source reduction good for the environment?

India exports manganese.

What is eutrophication?

Study the climatic data provided below and answer the questions that follow:

Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	June	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Station A (sea level)
Temperature (°C)	24.4	28.4	20.7	29.3	30.0	29.9	29.8	27.8	26.9	26.3	25.1	24.8
Rainfall (cm)	0.1	0.1	0.5	0.6	3.8	26.6	29.6	30.5	26.5	11.9	1.1	0.2
Station B (800 m above sea level)
Temperature (°C)	8.1	8.9	15.6	20.1.	25.2	24.3	24.1	22.7	20.6	18.4	14.1	9.6
Rainfall (cm)	0.4	0.3	0.3	1.1	1.3	3.2	7.7	1.3	5.8	0.7	0.4	0.3

(i) Calculate the annual range of temperature of Station A Suggest a reason why the range is small one.
(ii) Which of the two Stations has the lower temperature? Why?
(iii) Calculate the annual rainfall of Station B.

Name the three agricultural seasons in India and major crops grown in these seasons.

What are Jet Streams?

What are the geographical requirements for growing pulses?

What do you mean by spoilage of landscape?