Natural Resources – Land and Soil (Worksheet)
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1. ____________________ are huge land masses which rise to marvellous heights.
2. ___________________ are broad, low lying stretches of land which have gentle slopes.
3. _________________ is a source of perennial rivers of India.
4. __________________ soils are formed by leaching.
5. Regur is the local name of ________________soil.
6. The resources whose quantities are known and are in use at present are _______ resources.
7. Land for rearing livestock is called ______________________
8. _____________________ is the Area under cultivation in the particular year.
9. ______________________ soils are formed by the weathering of old igneous rocks in areas of low rainfall.
10. ____________________ is the protection of soil cover from the soil erosion.
11. _______________________ known as the „Wheat granaries‟ of the world.
12. _________________________ is composed of decayed organic matter.
13. ______________________is the most fertile important and widespread soil of India.
14. ______________________ are broad elevated table lands.
15. __________________ contains most of the nutrients for plant growth.
Answers:
1. mountains
2. plains
3. Himalaya
4. Laterite soils
5. Black
6. actual
7. Pasture land
8. Arable land area
9. Black soil
10. Soil conservation
11. Prairies
12. Humus
13. Alluvial soil
14. Plateau
15. Top soil
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