1. Answer the following questions. (i) What are the Temperate Grasslands of North America called? Ans. Prairies. (ii) What are the cattle farms in the North American Grasslands known as? Ans. Ranches. (iii) Name the rivers that drain the Velds. Ans. (a) River Orange and (b) River Limpopo. (iv) When is the rainyRead More →
1. Answer the following questions. (i) Name the continent in which the Amazon Basin is located? Ans. The continent in which the Amazon Basin is located is South America. (ii) What are the crops grown by the people of the Amazon Basin. Ans. Crops grown by the people of the Amazon BasinRead More →
1. Answer the following questions. (i) What are the four means of transport? Ans. Roadways, Railways, Waterways & Airways. (ii) What do you understand by the term ‘settlement’? Ans. Settlements are places where people built their homes. (iii) Which are the activities practiced by the rural people? Ans. Activities practiced by the ruralRead More →
1. Answer the following questions. (i) Which are the two factors on which the growth of vegetation mostly depends? Ans. Two factors on which the growth of vegetation depend are : (i) temperature and (ii) moisture. (ii) Which are the three broad categories of natural vegetation? Ans. They are :- Forest GrasslandRead More →
1. Answer the following questions (i) What is precipitation? Ans. Precipitation is the deposition of moisture from the atmosphere onto the earth’s surface. This may be in form of rain, hail, frost, fog, sleet or snow. (ii) What is water cycle? Ans. The process by which water continually changes its form andRead More →
Answer the following questions. 1. What is the meaning of atmosphere? Ans. Atmosphere is the huge blanket of air that is surrounding the planet earth. All living beings on earth depends on the atmosphere for their survival. 2. Which are the two gases that makes the bulk of theRead More →
Answer the following questions. 1. Why do plates move? Ans. The lithosphere is broken into a number of plates known as the Lithospheric plates. Lithosphere is comprised of the crust and upper mantle. Now the mantle is filled with molten rocks which is also known as magma. Because of theRead More →
1. Answer the following questions. (i) What are the three layers of the earth? Ans. Crust, mantle, core (ii) What is a rock? Ans. Any natural mass of mineral matter that makes up the earth’s crust is called rock. (iii) Name three types of rocks. Ans. There are three typesRead More →
1. Answer the following questions. (i) What is an ecosystem? Ans. It is the relation between the living organisms, as well as the relation between the organisms and their surroundings form an ecosystem. All plants, animals and human beings depend on their immediate surroundings for survival. It is this relationship thatRead More →
1. Answer the following questions briefly. A. Which winds bring rainfall in India? Why is it so important? Ans. The monsoon winds bring rainfall in India. It is important because agriculture in India is dependent on rains. B. Name the different seasons in India. Ans. The different seasons in IndiaRead More →