SEBA Class 6 English (Sunbeam Reader I) Lesson 6 – Pollution Solutions & Summary
Find SEBA Class 6 English (Sunbeam Reader I) Lesson 6 – “Pollution” solutions, designed for Assamese medium students. This chapter discusses different types of pollution (air, water, land, and noise pollution) and their harmful effects on the environment and human health.
Students will learn about the causes of pollution, its impact on nature, and ways to reduce pollution through sustainable practices. The chapter also emphasizes the importance of environmental conservation and individual responsibility.
Our solutions include NCERT-based textbook answers, multiple-choice questions (MCQs), and a detailed chapter summary to help students understand the significance of protecting the environment.
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ACTIVITIES:-
1. Do you realize the importance of protecting the environment from pollution? Check how much you remember by answering the following questions:
(a) The air mixed with dust and smoke is polluted air. How does the air get polluted in an industrial area?
Answer:- In an industrial area smoke coming out of chimneys. The air becomes thick with clouds of smoke. The fumes of cars, buses and trucks also fill the air and then air gets polluted.
(b) Why do we need clean and fresh air?
Answer:- We need clean and fresh air to breathe.
(c) What happens when the air becomes polluted?
Answer:- When the air becomes polluted and it goes into our lungs, we can fall ill.
(d) Why is our environment getting spoiled?
Answer:- Air is polluted all time by smoke and foul smells. Due to which our environment is getting spoiled.
(e) How can we protect our environment?
Answer:- One of protecting the environment is to make people aware of the dangers of destroying the world around us.
(f) How do green plants and trees help us and our environment?
Answer:- Green plants and trees enrich the air with oxygen. They use up the carbon dioxide and other harmful gasses. In this way they help us and our environment.
(g) What steps should we take to keep our environment clean ?
Answer:- To keep our environment clean we should take following steps –
i) We should plant more trees.
ii) Cars and buses should be cleaned regularly to reduce the release of harmful gasses.
iii) Factories must adopt measures.
iv) we should not use too many pesticides, dumping of non-degradable household and industrial waste.
(h) How does water become polluted?
Answer:- Water becomes polluted by garbage that we dumb into rivers and also Industrial releases waste material into the rivers and makes them toxic.
(i) How does soil become polluted?
Answer:- Use of too many pesticides, dumping of non degradable household and industrial waste makes the soil polluted.
2. In the lesson you read about some ways in which our environment gets polluted. In your notebook make three columns like this:
Now write the causes of these different types of pollution in the proper columns, taking the help of information provided in the lesson. One has been done for you.
Answer:-
3. Here’s a game for you :
Say the word ‘pollution’ to your friend. Ask him or her to say a sentence with it. Then your friend will say another word related to pollution and you will have to make a sentence with it. Continue the game using as many words related to pollution as you can think of.
Answer:- Air- we can’t live without air.
Polluted – not only air water and soil also polluted.
Water – dumping of garbage makes water polluted.
Rivers – Industries and factories make water polluted by releasing waste material to the rivers.
4. Read the next again and find out the words that you do not understand. Look up their meanings in the dictionary. Write down the ones that are suitable for the sentences in the text. One is done for you.
Waste – rubbish, especially domestic refuse
Answer:- Fumes – strong smelling smokes, gas of vapor.
Environment – surrounding, circumstances , influences.
Harmful – causing damaged, injury
5. Find out the hidden words in the grid. They are all related to the environment. Hint: There are six words across, and four down.
Answer:- Hidden words in the grid are
Words across – noise, cloud, water, smoke, oxygen, waste.
Down words – pollution, air, river, dust
8. Read this story called ‘ Night River’ and complete the task that follows:
Long, long ago a night river flowed in the heart of the blue planet where we live. The river cloud danced and flowed as it wished and was a friend of the people. The night river was home to different kinds of aquatic animals and plants. It provided pure water to the animals and the plant kingdom. The river cooled the surroundings and made the soil fertile. It was used for water transport and gave us water for drinking, washing, cooking, bathing, cleaning, etc. The people on the blue planet were happy with the gifts given by the mighty night river. But one day, the night river turned yellow. It was no longer a beautiful blue.
Why do you think this has happened?
In small groups, discuss and note three reasons.
Answer:- I think people were not aware about pollution and so it happened.
After discussing, three reasons are:-
i) people didn’t know about pollution and cleanliness of rivers.
ii) factories release waste materials to the water of rivers.
iii) people dump garbage in the water of the rivers.
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