Answer the following:
12. What do we mean by the term Midnight Sun?
13. Why are the temperate grasslands also known as the treeless plains?
14. What is the meaning of Satyagraha? Who achieved great success through this?
15. List the natural vegetation of Greenland.
16. Name two rivers that flow through the Prairies in the United State of America.
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Answer:
ans 12-The midnight sun is a natural phenomenon that occurs in the summer months in places north of the Arctic Circle or south of the Antarctic Circle, when the sun remains visible at the local midnight.
ans 13-The temperate grasslands are known as the treeless plains because they do not receive enough rainfall and snow for the growth of trees.
ans 14- (a)Satyagraha, (Sanskrit and Hindi: “holding onto truth”) concept introduced in the early 20th century by Mahatma Gandhi to designate a determined but nonviolent resistance to evil.(b)Among the followers of Gandhi in the 20th century who successfully launched their own Satyagraha against racial, religious and economic injustice and struggled for human rights, one could mention names like Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan, Martin Luther King, Jr., Nelson Mandela, Lech Walesa, Vaclav Havel, Benigno Aquino, Jr.
ans 15-Plants such as broccoli, radishes, spinach, leeks, lettuce, turnips, chervil, potatoes and parsley are grown up to considerable latitudes, while the very south of the country also rears asters, Nemophila, mignonette, rhubarb, sorrel and carrots.
ans 16-Mississippi AND Missouri.