CBSE Class 7 - Geography - CH8 - HUMAN ENVIRONMENT INTERACTIONS: THE TROPICAL AND THE SUBTROPICAL REGION (NCERT Solution)

HUMAN ENVIRONMENT INTERACTIONS:

THE TROPICAL AND
THE SUBTROPICAL REGION

One Horn Rhinoceros - Found at Assam
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NCERT Chapter Solutions

Q1: Name the continent in which the Amazon Basin located.

Answer: Amazon Basin is located in South  America.

Q2: What are the crops grown by the people of Amazon Basin?

Answer: The crops grown by the people of Amazon basin are:
(i) Coffee 
   (ii) Maize 
  (iii) Cocoa.

Q3: Name the birds that you are likely to find in the rain-forests of the Amazon.

Answer: Birds likely find in rain forests of Amazon basin are:
   (i) Toucans, 
  (ii) Humming birds,
  (iii) birds of paradise with their brilliantly coloured plumage.


Q4: What are the major cities located on the River Ganga?

Answer: (i) Allahabad (ii) Kanpur (iii) Varanasi
(iv) Haridwar (v) Patna (vi) Kolkatta.




Q5: Where in the one-horned rhinoceros found?

Answer:  Brahmaputra Basin.


Q6(MCQ): Toucans are type of:
(a) Birds.
(b) Animals.
(c) crops.

Answer: (a) Birds.


Q7(MCQ): Maniocis the staple food of:
(a) Ganga Basin.
(b) Africa.
(c) Amazon.

Answer: (c) Amazon.


Q8(MCQ): Kolkata is located on the river:
(a) Orange.
(b) Hooghly.
(c) Bhagirathi.

Answer: (b) Hooghly


Q9(MCQ): Deodars and firs are a type of:
(a) Coniferous trees.
(b) Deciduous trees.
(c) Shrubs.

Answer: (a) Coniferous trees.


Q10(MCQ): Bengal tiger is found in:
(a) Mountains.
(b) Delta area.
(c) Amazon.

Answer: (b) Delta area (Ganga- Brahmaputra Basin has a variety of wildlife in its basin).


Q11: Match the following:

1	Cotton textile	(a)	Assam
2	Maloca	(b)	Sericulture
3	Piranha	(c)	Slanting roof
4	Silkworm	(d)	Ganga plain
5	Kaziranga	(e)	Fish

Answer:
(i) cotton textile (a) Ganga plain
(ii) Maloca (b) Slanting roof
(iii) Piranha (c) Fish
   (iv) Silk- worm (d) Sericulture
   (v) Kaziranga (e) Assam.


Q12: Give Reasons:
(i) The rain forests are depleting.
(ii). Paddy is grown in the Ganga-Brahmputra plains.

Answer:
 (i) The rain forests are depleting: The development activities like urbanization, industrialization etc. are leading to the gradual destruction of the biological diverse rain forests. It is estimated that a large area of the rain forest has been disappearing annually in Amazon Basin.

(ii) Paddy is grown in Ganga- Bramaputra plains: This plain is very fertile. The monsoon brings rain from mid-June to mid-September. The summer is hot and winter is cool. The flat land and alluvial soil provide excellent condition for growing crops especially paddy. Paddy requires sufficient water, and in this region amount of rainfalls is high.