Question Paper
Class / Subject: Class 5 (CBSE) · Environmental Studies
Chapter: Chapter 10 — Chapter 10: Earth — Our Shared Home
Time Allowed: 32 minutes
Max Marks: 16
1. Which of these is a renewable resource? [1]
(A) Forests (if managed well)
(B) Minerals
(C) Fossil fuels
(D) Metals
2. Which of these is a non-renewable resource? [1]
(A) Minerals
(B) Water
(C) Air
(D) Forests
3. Why is soil health important? [1]
(A) It's crucial for growing food
(B) It has no importance
(C) Only for building
(D) Only for decoration
4. What do forests provide? [1]
(A) Timber, oxygen and wildlife habitats
(B) Nothing useful
(C) Only shade
(D) Only fruit
5. What do forests help regulate? [1]
(A) Climate
(B) Nothing
(C) Only rainfall amount
(D) Only temperature of oceans
6. What do forests help prevent? [1]
(A) Soil erosion
(B) More soil
(C) Nothing
(D) Faster farming
7. Why should we use Earth's resources responsibly? [1]
(A) To ensure availability for future generations
(B) No reason
(C) Resources are unlimited
(D) It's not important
8. What is conservation considered? [1]
(A) An important global responsibility
(B) Unimportant
(C) Only for scientists
(D) Only for one country
9. What does pollution harm? [1]
(A) Air, water and soil quality
(B) Nothing
(C) Only air
(D) Only water
10. What causes pollution? [1]
(A) Vehicles, factories and waste
(B) Nothing causes it
(C) Only nature
(D) Only animals
11. What is a simple action to protect the environment? [1]
(A) Recycling
(B) Wasting more resources
(C) Polluting more
(D) Ignoring the environment
12. What else helps protect the environment? [1]
(A) Planting trees
(B) Cutting down all trees
(C) Wasting water
(D) Wasting energy
13. Why is global cooperation important for the environment? [1]
(A) Environmental problems cross national borders
(B) Problems stay within one country
(C) No cooperation is needed
(D) Countries don't need to work together
14. What is an example of a global environmental problem? [1]
(A) Climate change
(B) A local puddle
(C) A single tree
(D) One person's trash
15. Who contributes to protecting the planet? [1]
(A) Individuals, communities and governments
(B) Only governments
(C) Only individuals
(D) No one
16. Why protect our shared planet? [1]
(A) For the benefit of current and future generations
(B) No reason
(C) Only for today
(D) It's not important