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Q1 (i) Which are the two factors on which the growth of vegetation mostly depends?
(ii) Which are the three broad categories of natural vegetation?
(iii) Name the two hardwood trees commonly found in tropical evergreen forest.
(iv) In which part of the world are tropical deciduous forest found?
(v) In which climatic conditions are citrus fruits cultivated?
(vi) Mention the uses of coniferous forest.
(vii) In which part of the world is seasonal grassland found?Ans: (i) Temperature and moisture are the two basic factors on which the growth of vegetation mostly depends.
(ii) Three bond categories of natural vegetation are as follows:
- Forests
- Grasslands
- Shrubs(iii) Two hardwood tress commodity found in tropical evergreen forests are:
- Rosewood
- Ebony(iv) Tropical deciduous forests are present in the large part of India, northern Australia and in central America.
(v) Citrus fruits cultivated in the regions where the climatic condition is hot dry summers and mild rainy winters.
(vi) Uses of coniferous forest are:
- Marketing pulp for manufacturing of paper and newsprint.
- Match boxes and packing boxes are also made from softwood tress.
- Chir, pine, cedar are economically important variety of tress.(vi) Seasonal grassland found is found in the middle latitudinal zones and in the interior part of the continents.
Q2 (i) Mosses and Lichens are found in:
(a) Desertic Vegetation
(b) Tropical evergreen forest
(c) Tundra vegetation
(ii) Thorny bushes are found in:
(a) Hot and humid tropical climate
(b) Hot and dry desertic climate
(c) Cold polar climate
(iii) In tropical evergreen forest, one of the common animals is:
(a) Monkey (b) Girraffe (c) Camel
(iv) One important variety of coniferous forest is:
(a) Rosewood (b) Pine (c) Teak
(v) Steppe grassland is found in
(a) S. Africa (b) Australia (c) Central AsiaAns: (i) (c) tundra vegetation
(ii) (b) hot and dry desertic climate
(iii) (a) money
(vi) (b) pine
(v) (c) central asiaQ3 (i) Walrus (a) Soft wood tree
(ii) Cedar (b) An animal of tropical deciduous forest
(iii) Olives (c) A polar animal
(iv) Elephants (d) Temperate grassland in Australia
(v) Campos (e) Thorny shrubs
(vi) Downs (f) A citrus fruit(g) Tropical grassland of Brazil
Ans: (i) Walrus (c) a polar animal
(ii) Cedar (a) Soft wood tree(iii) Olives (f) a citrus fruit
(iv) Elephant (b) An animal of tropical deciduous forest(v) Campos (g) tropical grassland of brazil
(vi) Downs (d)temperate grassland in Australia
Q4 (i) The animals in polar region have thick fur and thick skin.
(ii) Tropical deciduous trees shed their leaves in the dry season.
(iii) The type and thickness of vegetation changes from place to place.Ans: (i) the animals that lives in polar region have thick fur and thick skin to protect themselves from the extreme cold climate conditions.
(ii) tropical deciduous trees shed their leaves in the dry season to survive in the harsh weather conditions.
(iii) the type and thickness of vegetation changes from place to place due to variation in various factors like temperature, altitude, thickness of soil and rainfall at different places.Q5 (i) Collect pictures and photographs of forests and grasslands of different parts of world. Write one sentence below each picture.
(ii) Make a collage of rainforest, grassland and coniferous forests.Ans: (i) tropical evergreen forest: these are found in the regions which is present near the equator and close to the tropics. These regions are hot and receive heavy rainfall throughout the year. These tress do not shed their leaves together.
Temperature evergreen forest: these forest are commonly found along the eastern edges of the continents and comprise both hard and soft wood tress like pine, saal etc.
Tropical grassland: the grass can grow very tall about three to four meters in height. Savannah grasslands of Africa are the example of these grassland.