(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 Asia

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) 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) 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) 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?

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

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

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

(i) On the outline map of Africa, mark the Sahara desert and any four countries around it.
(ii) On the outline map of India, mark the Karakoram Range, Zanskar Range, Ladakh and Zoji La pass.

(i) On an outline map of the Indian Sub-continent, draw the rivers Ganga and Brahmaputra from the source to the mouth. Also show the important tributaries of both the rivers.
(ii) On the political map of South America, draw the equator. Mark the countries through which the equator passes.

(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) 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) Man modifies his environment

(ii) Plants and animals depend on each other

(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?