BABU BANARASI DAS UNIVERSITY, LUCKNOW
Department of Chemistry
Assignment-I: Environment & Ecological Sustainability
1. Discuss the importance and scope of environmental studies.
2. Explain the multidisciplinary nature of environmental studies.
3. “Unawareness or ignorance with protection of environment will lead to detrimental
concern” comment with illustration.
4. Define term environment. Discuss different segments of environment in brief.
5. Write different zones of atmosphere. Discuss how temperature changes on increasing the
altitude in atmosphere?
6. Define ecosystem. Discuss different type ecosystem on the basis of physically and
metabolically active group of similar organism.
7. Explain role of producer, consumer and decomposer in an ecosystem.
8. What is meant by structure and function of an ecosystem? Explain various components of
ecosystem structure and function of ecosystem.
9. “The flow of energy is unidirectional” comments on the statement.
10. What is degraded ecosystem? How we can sustain a degraded ecosystem?
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BABU BANARASI DAS UNIVERSITY, LUCKNOW
Department of Chemistry
Assignment-II: Environment & Ecological Sustainability
1. Differentiate between food chain and food web with suitable example.
2. What is food chain? Discuss different types of food chain with suitable example.
3. What is ecological pyramid? Discuss different types of ecological pyramid with suitable
example.
4. What is environment impact assessment? Discuss the role of consultation and public/stake
holder participation in an EIA process. At what stages of an EIA is the public involved
/consulted?
5. What is biogeochemical cycle? Explain the nitrogen cycle with suitable diagram.
6. What is a material cycle? Explain the carbon cycle with suitable diagram.
7. Define sustainable development. What are measures of sustainable development? How we
can achieve the sustainability of degraded ecosystem?
8. What is EIA? Explain its various stages of EIA by flow chart. Write benefit of EIA.
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BABU BANARASI DAS UNIVERSITY, LUCKNOW
Department of Chemistry
Assignment III: Environment & Ecological Sustainability
1. What are natural resources? Differentiate between renewable and non-renewable natural
resources with suitable example.
2. Differentiate between water born and water induced disease with example.
3. Write names of any two water borne/induced disease with the name of bacteria/viruses
responsible for it.
4. What is defluoridation? Discuss the removal techniques of fluoride from drinking water.
5. What is biomagnifications?
6. What is eutrophication? How DO and BOD affected by eutrophication?
7. What is deforestation? Discuss about the consequences of deforestation.
8. Differentiate between deforestation and forest degradation. Discuss causes, ill-effect of
deforestation and control measures of deforestation.
9. What is mining? Discuss the impact of over-exploitation of mining on environment?
10. What is solar cell? Discuss the applications, merits and demerits of solar energy.
11. Define non-conventional source of energy. Write about nuclear energy.
12. What do you mean by “biomass energy”? How we can use it in our daily life?
13. “Hydrogen is a future source of energy” comments on the statement.
14. What is Eutrophication? Discuss the impact of Eutrophication on aquatic life.
15. What is food related problem? Discuss different food related problem in India.
16. What is food security? Discuss National Policy of Food Security (NPFS) of India?
17. What is Environment management system? Discuss different steps of EMS.
18. Define term biodiversity? Discuss methods of biodiversity conservation.
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BABU BANARASI DAS UNIVERSITY, LUCKNOW
Department of Chemistry
Assignment IV: Environment & Ecological Sustainability
1. What is air pollution? Discuss the cause, source, effect and control measures of air
pollution.
2. Differentiate between primary and secondary air pollutants. Write the removal techniques
of particulate matter with special reference to Electrostatic precipitator.
3. What is photochemical smog? Discuss different type of smog.
4. What is soil pollution? Discuss causes, source and effect of soil pollution.
5. Define noise pollution. Discuss physical, physiological and psychological effect of noise
pollution. How it can be control.
6. What is water pollution? Differentiate between point source and non-point source of
water pollution. Discuss waste water treatment especially with reference to sewage
treatment plant.
7. What is solid waste? Characterized the solid waste. Discuss the integrated solid waste
management.
8. What is population growth? Discuss sigmoid curve of population growth.
9. What is ozone hole? Illustrate the photochemical reactions involved in the formation and
depletion of ozone layer.
10. What is global warming? Write the name of green house gases (GHG,s) that cause global
warming? Discuss the effect and control measures of global warming.
11. What is acid rain? Discuss cause, effect and control measure of acid rain.
12. What is population growth? Discuss the logistic curve of population growth.
13. What is environmental legislation for environment protection? Discuss the role of Central
Pollution Control Board (CPCB) and State Pollution Control Board (SPCB) in
environment protection.
14. Discuss the role of Government in environment protection.
15. What is role of NGO’s? Discuss role of NGO in environment protection.
16. What is environmental education? Discuss the role of women education in environment
protection.
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