(i) The rainforests are depleting.
(ii) Paddy is grown in the Ganga-Brahmaputra plains.
(i) The rainforests are depleting due to following reasons:
- The indigenous population was pushed out for the arising activities which leads to the destruction of the rainforests.
- Large scale deforestation for construction of roads, industries and houses.
- For getting wood from forests in order to increase economical profit.
(ii) This is happening because paddy field needs sufficient water. The region receives amount of rainfall and there is dense network of rivers that helps in fulfilling the requirement of water for paddy crop.
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Imagine an ideal environment where you would love to live. Draw the picture of your ideal environment.
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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.
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(i) Wet clothes take longer time to dry on a humid day?
(ii) Amount of insolation decreases from equator towards poles? - Q:-
(i) Today’s world is shrinking.
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(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 - Q:-
(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?
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(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
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(i) Ocean water is salty.
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(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?
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(i) Ocean water is salty.
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(i) What is atmosphere?
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(iii) Which gas creates green house effect in the atmosphere?
(iv) What is weather?
(v) Name three types of rainfall?
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(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
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(a) Troposphere (b) Stratosphere (c) Mesosphere(iv) As we go up the layers of the atmosphere, the pressure
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(i) The rock which is made up of molten magma is
(a) Igneous (b) Sedimentary (c) Metamorphic
(ii) The innermost layer of the earth is
(a) Crust (b) Core (c) Mantle
(iii) Gold, petroleum and coal are examples of
(a) Rocks (b) Minerals (c) Fossils
(iv) Rocks which contain fossils are
(a) Sedimentary rocks
(b) Metamorphic rocks
(c) Igneous rocks
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(i) Biosphere (a) blanket of air which surrounds the earth
(ii) Atmosphere (b) domain of water
(iii) Hydrosphere (c) gravitational force of the earth
(iv) Environment (d) our surroundings(e) narrow zone where land water and air interact
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(i) The process by which water continually changes its form and circulates between oceans, atmosphere and land
(a) Water cycle (b) Tides (c) Ocean currents
(ii) Generally the warm ocean currents originate near
(a) Poles (b) Equator (c) None of these
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(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.
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(i) There is scanty vegetation in the deserts.
(ii) People of the Sahara desert wear heavy robes.
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