D. Answer the following questions in brief.
1. Name the major types of vegetation of the world.
2. Name some common plants found in cold and hot desert regions of the world.
3. What are the major components of Ecosystem?
4.Give some examples of trees having needle-shaped leaves.
5. Why do animals in the polar region have thick fur on their bodies?
Answers
Answer:
1) forests, grasslands, tundra , dessert and ice sheets
2) cold -lichens, mosses
hot _cactus , babul
3) minerals, climate, soil, water, sunlight,
4) pine, spruce
5) to protect themselves from the cold climatic conditions
Explanation:
1. it is Forest vegetation because the world is mostly covered in this type of vegetation . the second is desert vegetation .
2.hot desert cactus
cold desert rubber
3. mineral, climate,soil, water
4.pines,spures,firs and cedars are some of the example of needle shaped leaves
they are abundant in high altitude area where the rainfall is less and temperature is low .
due to dryness of air they have needle shaped leaves
to prevent the water loss during transpiration
5.to protect themselves from cold climate condition
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