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    This document discusses natural calamities such as cyclones, droughts, floods, and earthquakes. It defines a natural calamity as a physical event that can cause injury, loss of life, property damage, or environmental degradation. The intensity of earthquakes is measured with a seismograph on the Richter scale. During natural disasters, people should help with rescue operations, care for the injured and homeless, and assist relief workers. To prevent floods and droughts requires measures like planting trees, maintaining dams, and harvesting water. Cyclones are caused by air pressure variations, earthquakes by movement of tectonic plates, and droughts by lack of rainfall due to cutting down trees.

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    This document discusses natural calamities such as cyclones, droughts, floods, and earthquakes. It defines a natural calamity as a physical event that can cause injury, loss of life, property damage, or environmental degradation. The intensity of earthquakes is measured with a seismograph on the Richter scale. During natural disasters, people should help with rescue operations, care for the injured and homeless, and assist relief workers. To prevent floods and droughts requires measures like planting trees, maintaining dams, and harvesting water. Cyclones are caused by air pressure variations, earthquakes by movement of tectonic plates, and droughts by lack of rainfall due to cutting down trees.

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    This document discusses natural calamities such as cyclones, droughts, floods, and earthquakes. It defines a natural calamity as a physical event that can cause injury, loss of life, property damage, or environmental degradation. The intensity of earthquakes is measured with a seismograph on the Richter scale. During natural disasters, people should help with rescue operations, care for the injured and homeless, and assist relief workers. To prevent floods and droughts requires measures like planting trees, maintaining dams, and harvesting water. Cyclones are caused by air pressure variations, earthquakes by movement of tectonic plates, and droughts by lack of rainfall due to cutting down trees.

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    Ch-26 Natural Calamities

    Hard words
    1. Excessive
    2. Cyclone
    3. Drought
    4. Geographic
    5. Trembling
    6. Seismograph
    7. Epicentre
    8. Inundate
    4.Answer the following:
    a. What is a natural calamity?
    Ans: Natural calamity is a physical event or phenomenon which may cause injury
    or loss of life, damage to property or environmental degradation.
    b. How can melting of ice cause a disaster?
    Ans: Melting of ice will result in excess water in the rivers. This in turn may lead to
    overflowing and flooding of the rivers which may inundate the surrounding areas.
    c. How do we measure the intensity of an earthquake?
    Ans:The intensity of an earthquake is measured by an instrument called
    Seismograph. It is measured on a Richter scale which runs from 0 to 9.
    d. What should be the role of people during a natural calamity?
    Ans: The role of the people during a natural calamity is:
     Organise help and rescue operations.
     Look after the injured and homeless by giving them food and shelter.
     Follow the advice and assist the doctors, police and army personnel who
    are engaged in rescue operations.
    e. Write some measures to prevent flood and drought.
    Ans: To prevent flood and drought we should follow:
     Plant more trees.
     To maintained all dams regularly to prevent any breakage.
     Water harvesting should be encouraged everywhere.
    f. What causes the following:
    i) Cyclone
    Ans: A sudden Storm along the coastal plains because of a variation in air pressure
    causes a cyclone.
    ii) earthquake
    Ans: An earthquake caused when the huge, vast plates of solid rocks in the Earth
    crust begin to move, pressure builds up and leads to the land shaking violently.
    iii) drought
    Ans: If a place is located far away from natural water source, excessive cutting of
    trees leads to less amount of rainfall that causes a drought.
    5.HOTS
    a. What are typhoons and Hurricanes?
    Ans: A sudden Storm along the coastal plains because of variation in air pressure
    is called typhoons. A storm with a violent wind is called hurricane.
    b. What is a landslide?
    Ans: A landslide is defined as the movement of mass of rock, debris or Earth
    down a slope.
    Workbook answers
    a.What do you understand by natural calamity?
    Ans: Natural calamity is a physical event or phenomenon which may cause injury
    or loss of life, damage to property or environmental degradation.
    b. What is the main cause of floods?
    Ans:Floods occur most commonly due to heavy rainfall.
    c. How does the army help in relief operations?
    Ans: The army help the relief operations like rescuing the injured people and
    homeless by giving medicines, food and shelter.
    d. Mention the effects that drought can have on people's lives.
    Ans: The farmers are the most affected by drought. Crops cannot be grown in this
    area which is also a problem for everyone.
    e. What is a Seismograph?
    Ans: The intensity of an earthquake is measured by an instrument called
    seismograph.
    f. Mention at least three precautions that you need to take during an earthquake.
    Ans:
     Move out into an open space.
     Stay away from the windows, sit under strong object like a table or a bed.
     Stand in a corner of a room.
    g. What should people do immediately after any natural calamity? List any two
    things.
    Ans: we all should help those affected by natural calamities in any way we can.We
    can donate money, clothes and household things.
    6.HOTS
    a. Why don't the skyscrapers collapse easily during an earthquake?
    Ans: Skyscrapers are generally designed to withstand short tremors.
    b. How do NGOs help during natural calamities?
    Ans: NGOs help during natural calamities by giving the medical help and guidance.
    c. Afforestation and deforestation both affect the natural calamities. How?
    Ans: Afforestation can restore forests, and also helps protect against soil erosion
    and flooding. 80% of Earth's land animals and plants live in forests, and many
    cannot survive the deforestation that destroys their homes. Deforestation also
    drives climate change.

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