Ecosystem - definition, types - aquatic and terrestrial ecosystem
Structure of a basic ecosystem
Food chain and food web
Cycles in ecosystem - water, carbon, nitrogen, sulphur and phosphorus
Biodiversity - definition, types - genetic, species and ecosystem biodiversity
Threats - Habitat loss, poaching of wild life, man-wild life conflicts - endangered
and endemic species of India
Conservation of biodiversity
Unit 2.0: Sustainable Energy Sources
Sustainable/ Renewable energy sources - solar energy, wind energy, small hydro
energy, bio energy, geothermal, and new energy sources - hydrogen energy, ocean
energy and tidal energy
Definition of energy audit, energy conservation, energy efficiency and energy
management (definition only with one/two examples)
Solar Energy - (i) Solar thermal energy conversion principle and applications -
solar water heater, solar dryers, solar stills distillation, solar cooker, solar
ponds
(ii) PV system energy conversion principle, solar cell technologies, thin film
generations, solar cell, module, array, series parallel combinations and operations,
applications - standalone, SPV water pump
Wind Energy, wind plant and its parts, types - horizontal and vertical axis,
principle of harnessing wind energy, advantages and challenges of harnessing wind
energy
Small hydro energy - Principle, types - Mini, Micro and Pico, advantages and
disadvantages
Biomass - biomass energy sources and their energy content, biological conversion
technologies - thermo-chemical conversion, bio-chemical conversion and oil
extraction, biogas production, types of biogas plant - floating (gobar gas) and
fixed type
New Energy Sources: hydrogen energy, geothermal, ocean - tidal and wave energy
Unit 3.0: Environmental Pollution
Environmental pollution - air, water, noise and soil
Air pollution - sources of air pollution - chemical, photochemical, green house
effect, ozone layer depletion and acid rain
Air pollutants classification - primary and secondary pollutants
Adverse effects of air pollution on human, plant and animal
Air monitoring system and air pollution control
Water pollution - sources of water pollution
Adverse effects of water pollution
Control of water pollution
Physical and chemical standard of domestic water as per Indian standard
Sound Pollution - causes, controlling measures, measurement of sound pollution
(deciblage), industrial and non - industrial
Soil Pollution - soil profile, pollutants in soil, their adverse effects,
controlling measures
Unit 4.0: Climate Change and Sustainable Development