KSEEB Solution Class 7 English Second Language Prose Unit 2 Avoid Plastics Question Answers

KSEEB Solution Class 7 English Second Language – Avoid Plastics

Board KSEEB
Class Seven (7)
Subject English
Language 2nd Language
Chapter 2
Chapter Name Avoid Plastics

 

Avoid Plastics Class 7 English Karnataka Board Kannada

 

UNIT 2

AOVID PLASTICS

 

II.) Clay pots have been in use for centuries. Discuss how they are made. Write what else can be made with clay.

Vase

Flower pot

Suraai

 

III.) Jute bags (¸Ét©£À aî) are more in demand now in comparison with cloth bags. Discuss the reasons.

Answer: Jute bags are long lasting and its washable. Jute bags are good for ruff use.

 

C1.) Check your understanding:

Answer the following questions:

 

1.) Who invented plastic?

Answer: Alexander Parkes invented plastic.

 

2.) What did he name it ?

Answer: He named it Parkesine.

 

Check your understanding

1.) Why do people dispose plastic everywhere?

Answer: Plastic is cheap and easily available hence people dispose plastic everywhere.

 

2.) Give reason for plastic pollution.

Answer:

i) Plastic is inexpensive and long-lasting and it is easy to make.

ii) Plastic is easily available and people dispose plastic everywhere.

iii.) Plastic stays on the earth’s surface for many centuries as it is long-lasting.

iv) It is impossible to decompose.

 

3.) Where is plastic pollution seen more?

Answer: Plastic pollution seen more in big cities.

 

4.) Where does the plastic so disposed remain?

Answer: The plastic so disposed remain in the soil in the same form as they are non-biodegradable.

 

Check your understanding

1.) How does plastic cause pollution at every stage of its production?

Answer: The chemical that is used in the production of plastics is toxic and it can cause serious damage to all living beings and it is non-biodegradable hence it is impossible to decompose it and thus it cause soil pollution. And even if we try to recycle the plastic then the quality of plastic degrades and demands more plastic to make an original product.

 

2.) How long can plastic take to decompose?

Answer: A single plastic sheet can take about thousand years to decompose.

 

3.) How does it have a bad impact on the earth?

Answer: It is one of the causes of Global warming.

 

Vocabulary: V1.

Read the following passage:

The addition of a syllable at the end of a word is called a suffix. Here suffixes are used to change words into adjectives or nouns. Suffixes like -able, -less, -some, -ous, -ful etc., are used to make the words adjectives. Use the words in the cloud to make your own words with suffixes.

Answer: Aware – Awareness

Care – Careful

Regard – Regardless

Comfort – Comfortable

Trouble – Troublesome

Glory – Glorious

Sport – Sportive

 

C2.) Answer each of the following questions in two or three sentences:

 

1.) Why is plastic widely used today?

Answer: Plastic is cheap, light and can be moulded in many forms. It is widely used in the form of carry bag and it is unbreakable. Hence, plastic widely used today.

 

2.) How does plastic cause environmental hazards?

Answer: Plastic is non-biodegradable hence it keep polluting natural resources like rivers become dumping place for the plastic and mainly carry bags which also cause serious damage to water lives. Apart from it in cities it clog the drainage and canals. It damage food chain. It remains in the soil. It also causes global warming.

 

3.) What are the problems caused by recycling plastic?

Answer: The Problems in recycling plastic is it needs more plastics to make original product.

 

G1.) Fill in the blanks with suitable question words:

1.) When did the train leave?

2.) What do you want from me?

3.) Which of the roads is shorter?

4.) How will you reach there?

5.) How did you come? (by bus or by train?)

6.) Why is your sister crying so loudly?

 

A.) Find out the noun forms of the words given below. Use a dictionary if necessary:

1.) born – birth

2.) marry – marriage

3.) graduate – graduation

4.) high – height

5.) impress – impression

6.) inspire – inspiration

7.) perform – performance

 

B.) Now fill in the blanks with the suitable noun forms mentioned above:

The birth of a girl child made everybody happy in the family. After she grew up, her marriage was arranged with a boy, who had a graduation in computer science. He had reached a very great performance in his career. His friends had a good impression about him. His inspiration was his grandfather whose performance as a scientist was recognized by the Government.

 

W2.) Write a few slogans to save Mother Earth. [English/ Kannada]

1.) Reduce – reuse – recycle

2.) Don’t use plastic, save the earth

 

Dictionary work:

D1.) Rearrange the words in alphabetical order as you find them in the dictionary:

1.) plastic, cheap, mould, dispose, hazard.

Answer: Cheap, dispose, hazard, mould, plastic.

 

2.) decompose, enormous, reduce, damage, marine.

Answer: Damage, decompose, enormous, marine, reduce.

 

3.) create, degrade, compel, abolish, cause.

Answer: Abolish, cause, compel, create, degrade.

 

4.) retain, reduce, remain, recycle, river.

Answer: Recycle, reduce, remain, retain, river.

 

5.) product, present, pollute, problem, profit.

Answer: Pollute, present, problem, product, profit.

Updated: February 7, 2022 — 12:12 pm

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