Q 2 Answer the following questions
[a] Why was Salima excited? Where had she gone during her summer vacation?
[b] What surprised her during her journey?
(C) Name the brightest flower on tall trees.
[a] Why do type and thickness of natural vegetation vary from place to place?
[e] Write down the features of Tropical Evergreen Forests
[f] Write the features of Tropical Deciduous Forests
[s] Which region is called the orchards of the world and why?
lil Give an account of the main features of Coniferous Forests
G] Explain major features of Tundra Type of Vegetation
Answers
Answer 1
Salima was excited about the summer camp.
She had gone to Manali in Himachal Pradesh alongwith her class friends.
Answer 2
She was surprised to see the changes in landforms and vegetation. As their bus climbed higher the dense jungles of teak and sal slowly disappeared. Gradually they could see more of coniferous trees with pointed leaves on the hill slopes
Answer 3
Rhododendron is the brightest flower on tall trees at high altitudes.
Answer 4
From Salima’s observations, we surmise that there is a close relationship between height of land and the types of vegetations.
With the increase in height climate changes.
Climate changes natural vegetation.
The growth of vegetation depends on temperature and moisture.
It also depends on factors like slope and thickness of soil.
Answer 5
The type and thickness of natural vegetation vary from place to place because of the variation in the factors like, height, climate (temperature and moisture), slope and thickness of the soils.
Answer 6
Tropical Evergreen Forests:
Tropical evergreen forests are also called tropical rain forests.
They occur in the region near the equator and close to the tropics.
These regions are hot.
They receive heavy rainfall during the year.
With no dry season, the trees do not shed their leaves altogether.
They are called evergreen.
The thick canopies of the closely spaced trees do not allow the sunlight to penetrate the forest even in day time.
Hardwood trees like Rosewood, Ebony, Mahagany are common trees.
Answer 7
Mediterranean region is known as the orchards of the world because of their fruit cultivation.
Answer 8
Major Features of Coniferous Forests
In the higher latitudes (50°-70°) of Northern Hemisphere coniferous forests are found.
They are also called as Taiga.
They are also found in the higher latitudes.
They are also found in Himalayas in abundance.
They are tall, softwood, evergreen trees.
These woods are used in making paper and newsprint.
Match boxes and packing boxes are also made from softwood.
Chir, Pine, Cedar are the important variety of trees in these forests.
Silver fox, Mink, Polar bear are the common animals found in these forests.
Answer 9
Major features of Tundra Type of Vegetation:
Polar regions qre extremely cold.
Growth of natural vegetation is very limited here.
Only mosses, lichens and very small shrubs grow here during short summer.
This vegetation grows in Polar areas of Europe, Asia and North America.
The animals of this region have thick fur and thick skin to protect themselves from cold climate conditions.
Seal, walruses, reindeer, mink (musk oxen), Arctic owl, polar bear, snow foxes are some of the common animals found in this region.
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