CBSE Class 9 Social Science, Chapter 2: Life on Earth
NCERT Understanding Society: India and Beyond Part 2, pages 21–44. 24 topics, about 8 days of study at 20 to 30 minutes a day.
Topics in this chapter, with textbook pages
- Introductionpages 21–22
- Types of Biomespage 22
- Terrestrial Biomespage 23
- Forest Biomepages 23–24
- Grassland Biomepages 24–25
- Desert Biomepages 25–26
- Tundra Biomepages 26–27
- Aquatic Biomespages 27–28
- Biome Pyramidpages 28–29
- Interconnectedness between Biomes and Living Beingspage 29
- Maintaining Ecological Balance and Biodiversitypage 29
- Biodiversitypages 29–31
- Forest Ecotourismpages 32–33
- Forests and Livelihoodspages 33–34
- Forest Dwellerspages 35–36
- Geographical Indication (GI)page 36
- GI-tagged Forest Products in Indiapages 36–38
- Challenges Faced by People Living in Forestspages 38–39
- Government Efforts to Support Forest Dwellerspages 39–40
- Mendha Lekha: A Case Study in Community Forest Managementpage 40
- Ecological Commons—Shared Resourcespage 41
- A Case Study of Commons-based Fisheries Management in Biharpages 41–42
- Case Study of Water Tanks Built by the Gond Kingspages 42–43
- Notespage 44
Teach this chapter at home
- A day-by-day plan with the exact textbook pages for each day.
- A step-by-step script for each day, so you know what to say and ask, written from the NCERT chapter.
- A quiz at the end and a written task you can check with a photo of the notebook.
Textbook pages follow the 2026-27 NCERT print and can differ by a page or two in older prints. Adhian Gurus is not affiliated with NCERT or CBSE.