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प्रश्न
What are Geoff Green's reasons for including high school students in the Students on Ice expedition?
उत्तर
Geoff Green took the high school students to one end of the world, to provide them the opportunity to develop the respect and understanding for the earth. He wanted to make the future policy-makers to experience how difficult it would have been for the earth to sustain life by rising its temperature. He wanted them to understand that any interference in nature can caause drastic mishappenings in the future when the students see the ice shelves melting and collapsing, they can estimate the kind of environmental troubles ahead in their future.
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How to geological phenomena help us to know about the history of humankind?
What are the indications for the future of humankind?
'The World's geological history is trapped in Antarctica.' How is the study of this region useful to us?
'Take care of the small things and the big things will take care of themselves.' What is the relevance of this statement in the context of the Antarctic environmeent?
Why is Antarctica the place to go to, to understand the earth’s present, past and future?
Read the given extract to attempt the questions with reference to context.
| Students on Ice, the programme I was working with on the Shokalskiy, aims to do exactly this by taking high school students to the ends of the world and providing them with inspiring educational opportunities which will help them foster a new understanding and respect for our planet. It’s been in operation for six years now, headed by Canadian Geoff Green, who got tired of carting celebrities and retired, rich, curiosity-seekers who could only ‘give’ back in a limited way. With Students on Ice, he offers the future generation of policy-makers a life-changing experience at an age when they’re ready to absorb, learn, and most importantly, act. |
(i) Complete the sentence appropriately, with reference to the extract. (1)
The writer refers to the educational opportunities as ‘inspiring’ because ______.
(ii) Which of the following would NOT be ‘a life changing experience’? (1)
- Being given the lead role in a play.
- Going on an adventure trip.
- Playing a video game.
- Meeting a great leader, you admire.
(iii) Select the most suitable title for the given extract. (1)
- Adventure with a Mission
- Adventure – The Spice of Life
- The Wanderlust
- Students of the Future
(iv) Why does the writer refer to ‘act’ as more important than ‘absorb’ or ‘learn’? (1)
Read the given extract and answer the questions.
| Climate change is one of the most hotly contested environmental debates of our time. Will the West Antarctic ice sheet melt entirely? Will the Gulf Stream ocean current be disrupted? Will it be the end of the world as we know it? Maybe. Maybe not. Either way, Antarctica is a crucial element in this debate — not just because it’s the only place in the world, which has never sustained a human population and therefore remains relatively ‘pristine’ in this respect; but more importantly, because it holds in its ice-cores half-million-year-old carbon records trapped in its layers of ice. |
- How does the absence of a human population in Antarctica make it significant in the climate change debate? 1
- Why is "climate change" described as a "hotly contested" issue in the extract provided? This is so, because there ______. 1
- is universal agreement on the causes and implications of climate change.
- is a planned path ahead about how to address climate change.
- are differing views on the causes and implications of climate change.
- are minimal reports of fresh threats to climate change.
- The analogy of a time machine is an appropriate analogy for the role of carbon records in the study of climate change because ______. 1
- Give one reason why the writing style of the extract can be called factual and informative. 1
Answer the following question in about 40-50 words.
Describe Gondwana.
Answer the following question in about 40-50 words.
What prevented the Shokalskiy from going further? What did the captain instruct the passenger to do?
Answer the following question in about 40-50 words.
What did Geoff Green switch over to? Why?
Answer the following in about 120-150 words.
How has human civilization impacted our environment? Comment with reference to the lesson "Journey to the End of the Earth".
