99 essential questions in Environmental Science and Disaster Management

Module 1- Resources

Chapter 1-Introduction

1. Different types of resources➡➡➡ 

2. Difference between renewable
    and non-renewable resources 
3. Role of individuals in conservation
    of natural resources

Chapter 2-Forest resource

4. Importance of forests➡➡➡

    functions of the forests-Productive 
    function and Protective function
5. Cause and effect of deforestation
6. Global warming

 

Chapter 3-Water resource

 

7.   Importance of water as a resource➡➡➡

8.   Hydrological cycle
9.   Fresh water sources
10. Problems due to over exploitation
      of water
11. Flood, draught and desertification
12. Rain water harvesting
13. Water conservation in agricultural practices
14. Advantages and disadvantages of dams

Chapter 4-Mineral resources

15. Different types of minerals➡➡➡

16. Impacts of mining

Chapter 5-Food resources

17. Importance of food resources➡➡➡

18. Reasons for global food crisis
19. Merits and demerits of modern agricultural practices
20. Salinity, waterlogging, eutrophication

Chapter 6-Land resources

21. Importance of land resources➡➡➡

22. Causes/effects of land degradation
23. Soil erosion-Causes, effects and control measures

Chapter 7- Energy Resources

Explain about the various alternate energy resources➡➡➡

24.  Solar Energy
25. Biomass Energy
26. Nuclear Energy
27. Alternate Energy
 

Module 2-ECOSYSTEM 

28. Ecosystem➡➡➡

29. Types of ecosystem
30. Difference- Natural and artificial ecosystem 
Explain the characteristics of an ecosystem
31.  Structure of ecosystem
32.  Function of ecosystem
33. Components of ecosystem
34. Food chain➡➡➡

35. Food web
36. Ecological Succession
37. Bio magnification
38. Bio diversity
39. Estuary
40. Biome
41. Ecological pyramid and types
42. Structure of forest ecosystem➡➡➡

43. Structure of grass land ecosystem
44. Structure of aquatic ecosystem
45. Structure of desert ecosystem

Module 3 - POLLUTION

46. Define pollution➡➡➡

47.Over exploitation of natural resource
48. Air pollution   
49. Causes of air pollution
50. Sources of air pollution
51. Effects of air pollution
52. Control measures of air pollution
53. Control devices for air pollution
54. Acid rain
55. Smog
56. Ozone layer depletion
57. Water Pollution➡➡➡

58. Causes of water pollution          
59. Sources of water pollution
60. Effects of water pollution
61. Control measures of water pollution
62. Water treatment methods
63. Causes/sources of noise pollution➡➡➡   

64. Effects of noise pollution
65. Control devices for noise pollution
66. Causes of marine oil pollution➡➡➡

67. Control measures of oil pollution

68. What is thermal pollution? 

69. Causes/sources of thermal pollution
70. Radio active/nuclear pollution➡➡➡

71. Causes of radio active pollution
72. Effects of radio active pollution
73. Control measures- nuclear pollution
74. Solid waste- Cause and effects➡➡➡

75. Solid waste management
76. Solid waste treatment methods
77. EIA

Module-4-Disaster Management

78. Disaster➡➡➡

79. Hazard
80. Difference between hazard and Disaster
81. Vulnerability, risk and capacity
82. Disaster and development
83. Sources of chemical disaster➡➡➡

84. Environmental Stress
85. Disaster Management
86. Stages of disaster management
87. Mitigation
88. Hazard zone mapping
89. Land use zone mapping
90. Heat Island
91. Land slide
92. T- Sunami➡➡➡

93. Bhopal tragedy
94. Chernobyl disaster
95. Earth quake
96. Nuclear explosion
97. GIS, GPS & RS
98. Energy Resources 

99. Explain the Importance of renewable energy