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Class 3 Our Environment Question and Answers
Q: What does the word “environment” mean?
A: The word “environment” means everything that surrounds or encircles us.
Q: What are some examples of living things in our environment?
A: Examples of living things in our environment include people, plants, and animals.
Q: What are some examples of non-living things in our environment?
A: Examples of non-living things in our environment include buildings, roads, cars, and computers.
Q: What is the difference between the natural environment and the human-made environment?
A: The natural environment includes all things made by nature, such as soil, water, air, plants, and animals, while the human-made environment includes all things made by humans, such as buildings, roads, and cars.
Q: What are our basic needs to stay alive?
A: Our basic needs to stay alive are air, water, food, and shelter.
Q: Are computers, televisions, mobiles, and cars our needs?
A: No, computers, televisions, mobiles, and cars are not our needs. They are our wants.
Q: How do we satisfy our wants?
A: We satisfy our wants by using our natural resources.
Q: Why is our natural environment getting used up very fast?
A: Our natural environment is getting used up very fast due to the increasing population and the increasing wants of people. Forests are being cut down to create more farmlands, housing colonies, and factories. Trees are cut down to make furniture and paper, and animals are killed for their fur, which is used to make clothes. More cars mean more petrol.
Q: What is pollution?
A: Pollution happens when something harmful enters the environment and spoils it.
Q: What are some things that pollute the environment?
A: Things that do not decay like plastics, smoke from cars, waste from factories, and chemical fertilizers used by farmers are some things that pollute the environment.
Q: Why do we need to control our wants and our greedy demands for more?
A: We need to control our wants and our greedy demands for more because if we don’t, we will keep polluting the environment and depleting our natural resources. As Gandhiji said, “This world contains enough for everyone’s needs, but not for everyone’s greed.”
Q: What are some ways we can save the environment?
A: We can save the environment by stopping wastage of paper, planting more trees, avoiding buying things made by killing animals illegally, cycling or walking to nearby places, switching off lights and fans when not needed, shutting taps when not in use, and refusing to use polythene bags.
Q: How can we save on fuel and control air pollution?
A: We can save on fuel and control air pollution by cycling or walking to nearby places instead of taking a car or a bus.
Q: What can we do to save water?
A: We can save water by shutting taps when not in use.
Q: How can we avoid wastage of paper?
A: We can avoid wastage of paper by using both sides of the paper and not printing unnecessary documents.
Q: How can we reduce the use of plastic bags?
A: We can reduce the use of plastic bags by refusing to use polythene bags and carrying a cloth bag every time we go shopping.
Q: When is World Environment Day celebrated?
A: World Environment Day is celebrated every year on 5th June.
Q: What can we pledge to do on World Environment Day?
A: On World Environment Day, we can pledge to save the environment from pollution and destruction.
