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    ICSE Class 9 Environmental Science Syllabus

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    The document outlines the syllabus for a Class 9 Environmental Science exam. The exam will consist of a 2 hour paper worth 80 marks and an internal assessment worth 20 marks. The paper will have two sections - Section A will contain short answer questions covering the entire syllabus, and Section B will contain six questions where students must answer four. The syllabus covers topics such as ecosystems, water and air pollution, climate change, soil, people and poverty, urbanization, and agriculture. The internal assessment requires students to complete one project from the prescribed syllabus, such as surveying a local environmental threat and solutions or designing a model apparatus to alleviate a pollutant's impact.

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    The document outlines the syllabus for a Class 9 Environmental Science exam. The exam will consist of a 2 hour paper worth 80 marks and an internal assessment worth 20 marks. The paper will have two sections - Section A will contain short answer questions covering the entire syllabus, and Section B will contain six questions where students must answer four. The syllabus covers topics such as ecosystems, water and air pollution, climate change, soil, people and poverty, urbanization, and agriculture. The internal assessment requires students to complete one project from the prescribed syllabus, such as surveying a local environmental threat and solutions or designing a model apparatus to alleviate a pollutant's impact.

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    The document outlines the syllabus for a Class 9 Environmental Science exam. The exam will consist of a 2 hour paper worth 80 marks and an internal assessment worth 20 marks. The paper will have two sections - Section A will contain short answer questions covering the entire syllabus, and Section B will contain six questions where students must answer four. The syllabus covers topics such as ecosystems, water and air pollution, climate change, soil, people and poverty, urbanization, and agriculture. The internal assessment requires students to complete one project from the prescribed syllabus, such as surveying a local environmental threat and solutions or designing a model apparatus to alleviate a pollutant's impact.

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    ICSE Class 9 Environmental Science Syllabus

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    The document outlines the syllabus for a Class 9 Environmental Science exam. The exam will consist of a 2 hour paper worth 80 marks and an internal assessment worth 20 marks. The paper will have two sections - Section A will contain short answer questions covering the entire syllabus, and Section B will contain six questions where students must answer four. The syllabus covers topics such as ecosystems, water and air pollution, climate change, soil, people and poverty, urbanization, and agriculture. The internal assessment requires students to complete one project from the prescribed syllabus, such as surveying a local environmental threat and solutions or designing a model apparatus to alleviate a pollutant's impact.

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    Class-9 Environmental Science

    There will be one paper of two hours duration carrying


    80 marks and Internal Assessment of 20 marks.
    The paper will have two Sections:
    Section A (Compulsory) will contain short answer
    questions covering the entire syllabus.
    Section B will contain six questions. Candidates will
    be required to answer any four questions from this
    section
    Chapter-1 Understanding our Environment:
    • What is Environmental Science? • What are our main
    environmental problems? • A global perspective of environmental
    problems. • The root of environmental problems. • A sustainable
    world
    Chapter-2 Living things in Ecosystems:
    • What is an ecosystem? • Habitat and ecological niche • How
    species interact with each other. • Adapting to the environment.
    Chapter-3 How Ecosystems work:
    • Energy flow in ecosystems • The cycling of materials • How
    ecosystems change
    Chapter-4 Kinds of Ecosystems:
    • Forests • Grasslands, Deserts and Tundra. • Freshwater
    ecosystems • Marine ecosystems. • Biogeographic zones of India
    Chapter-5 Water:
    • Our water resources. • Freshwater pollution. • Ocean pollution
    Chapter-6 Air:
    • What causes air pollution? • Thermal inversions, photochemical
    smog and acid precipitation • Impact of air pollution.
    Chapter-7 Atmosphere and Climate:
    • The atmosphere. • Climate. • Greenhouse earth • The Ozone layer
    Chapter-8 Soil and Land:
    • Deforestation • Soil erosion and desertification • Land pollution.
    Chapter-9 People:
    • World poverty and gap between developed and developing
    countries. • Poverty in developed countries, poverty in developing
    countries. • The implications of poverty trap for the environment in
    developing countries.
    Chapter-10 Urbanisation:
    • Causes of urbanisation • Manifestations of urbanisation. • Social,
    economic and environmental problems.
    Chapter-11 Agriculture:
    • Unsustainable patterns of modern industrialised agriculture.
    • Environmental damage due to large farm units • Food mountains
    in developed countries • The Green Revolution
    INTERNAL ASSESSMENT
    Any one project/assignment from the prescribed
    syllabus.
    Suggested Assignments
    1. Make a survey of any one threat to the local environment with
    suggestions as to how the impact of the threat could be gradually
    reduced.
    2. Make a functional model of an apparatus/equipment that could
    be used to alleviate the impact of any pollutant and, make a survey
    to study the effectiveness of this apparatus/equipment. (The report
    of the study is to form a part of the Project Work.)

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