(i) Toucans are a type of
(a) birds (b) animals (c) crops

(ii) Manioc is the staple food of
(a) Ganga Basin (b) Africa (c) Amazon

(iii) Kolkata is located on the river
(a) Orange (b) Hooghly (c) Bhagirathi

(iv) Deodars and firs are a type of
(a) Coniferous trees (b) Deciduous trees (c) shrubs

(v) Bengal tiger is found in
(a) mountains (b) delta area (c) Amazon

Imagine an ideal environment where you would love to live. Draw the picture of your ideal environment.

(i) There is scanty vegetation in the deserts.
(ii) People of the Sahara desert wear heavy robes.

Observe the photographs given below. These are various features made by a river. Identify them and also tell whether they are erosional or depositional or landforms formed by both.

(i) Wet clothes take longer time to dry on a humid day?
(ii) Amount of insolation decreases from equator towards poles?

(i) Today’s world is shrinking.

(i) Which is not a natural ecosystem?
(a) Desert (b) Aquarium (c) Forest

(ii) Which is not a component of human environment?
(a) Land (b) Religion (c) Community

(iii) Which is a human made environment?
(a) Mountain (b) Sea (c) Road

(iv) Which is a threat to environment?
(a) Growing plant(b) Growing population (c) Growing crops

(i) Why do the plates move?
(ii) What are exogenic and endogenic forces?
(iii) What is erosion?
(iv) How are flood plains formed?
(v) What are sand dunes?
(vi) How are beaches formed?
(vii) What are ox bow lakes?

(i) Which of the following gases protects us from harmful sun vays?
(a) Carbon dioxide (b) Nitrogen (c) Ozone

(ii) The most important layer of the atmosphere is
(a) Troposphere (b) Thermosphere (c) Mesosphere

(iii) Which of the following layers of the atmosphere is free from clouds?
(a) Troposphere (b) Stratosphere (c) Mesosphere

(iv) As we go up the layers of the atmosphere, the pressure
(a) Increases (b) Decreases (c) Remains the same

(v) When precipitation comes down to the earth in the liquid form, it is called
(a) Cloud (b) Rain (c) Snow

(i) Ocean water is salty.
(ii) The quality of water is deterioting.

(i) Name the continent in which the Amazon Basin is located.
(ii) What are the crops grown by the people of the Amazon Basin.
(iii) Name the birds that you are likely to find in the rainforests of the Amazon.
(iv) What are the major cities located on the River Ganga.
(v) Where is the one-horned rhinoceros found?

Imagine an ideal environment where you would love to live. Draw the picture of your ideal environment.

(i) Internet                      (a) areas where people are engaged in manufacturing, trade and services
(ii) Canal route               (b) closely built area of houses
(iii) Urban areas             (c) houses on stilts
(iv) Compact settlemen (d) inland waterway

                                      (e) a means of communication

(i) Glacier                                      (a) Sea shore
(ii) Meanders                                (b) Mushroom rock
(iii) Beach                                     (c) River of ice
(iv) Sand dunes                           (d) Rivers
(v) Waterfall                                 (e) Vibrations of earth
(vi) Earthquake                            (f) Sea cliff
                                                    (g) Hard bed rock
                                                    (h) Deserts

(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

(i) There is scanty vegetation in the deserts.
(ii) People of the Sahara desert wear heavy robes.

(i) Solve this Crossword puzzle with the help of given clues:

(i) Name the continent in which the Amazon Basin is located.
(ii) What are the crops grown by the people of the Amazon Basin.
(iii) Name the birds that you are likely to find in the rainforests of the Amazon.
(iv) What are the major cities located on the River Ganga.
(v) Where is the one-horned rhinoceros found?

(i) Ocean water is salty.
(ii) The quality of water is deterioting.

(i) What is atmosphere?
(ii) Which two gases make the bulk of the atmosphere?
(iii) Which gas creates green house effect in the atmosphere?
(iv) What is weather?
(v) Name three types of rainfall?
(vi) What is air pressure?

(i) Which of the following gases protects us from harmful sun vays?
(a) Carbon dioxide (b) Nitrogen (c) Ozone

(ii) The most important layer of the atmosphere is
(a) Troposphere (b) Thermosphere (c) Mesosphere

(iii) Which of the following layers of the atmosphere is free from clouds?
(a) Troposphere (b) Stratosphere (c) Mesosphere

(iv) As we go up the layers of the atmosphere, the pressure
(a) Increases (b) Decreases (c) Remains the same

(v) When precipitation comes down to the earth in the liquid form, it is called
(a) Cloud (b) Rain (c) Snow