II] Answer the following questions:
1. What factors determine the land use pattern?
2. Give the characteristics of red soil.
3. Give the methods adopted to conserve land resources.
4. Explain the different layers of the soil.
5. What is habitat?
6. Name the programmes undertaken by the government to conserve flora and fauna.
7. How do desert plants adopt to the extreme drought and extreme temperature?
8. What is drip irrigation?
9. What is water scarcity?
10.What do you mean by eutrophication?
11.What do you mean by contour ploughing?
12. What is sustainable development?
13. Why does the distribution of biomes depend on moisture?
14. What is the aim of Indian wildlife protection act?
15. Differentiate between evergreen and deciduous forests.
16. What are multipurpose river valley projects?
17. Explain any three types of soil in India with their distribution, characteristics and
crops grown.
18. What is desertification?
19. What do you mean by stock resources?
20. Where is tundra vegetation found?
Answers
Explanation:
6. Name the programmes undertaken by the government to conserve flora and fauna.
7. How do desert plants adopt to the extreme drought and extreme temperature?
8. What is drip irrigation?
9. What is water scarcity?
10.What do you mean by eutrophication?
11.What do you mean by contour ploughing?
12. What is sustainable development?
13. Why does the distribution of biomes depend on moisture?
14. What is the aim of Indian wildlife protection act?
15. Differentiate between evergreen and deciduous forests.
16. What are multipurpose river valley projects?
17. Explain any three types of soil in India with their distribution, characteristics and
crops grown.
18. What is desertification?
19. What do you mean by stock resources?
20. Where is tundra vegetation found?