Q.Answer the following questions briefly.
(i) What factors are responsible for the distribution of plants and animals in
India?
(ii) What is a bio-reserve? Give two examples.
(iii) Name two animals having habitat in tropical and montane type of vegetation.
3. Distinguish between
(i) Flora and Fauna
(ii) Tropical Evergreen and Deciduous forests
4. Name different types of Vegetation found in India and describe the vegetation of
high altitudes.
5. Quite a few species of plants and animals are endangered in India. Why?
6. Why has India a rich heritage of flora and fauna?
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Answer:
i) Relief (Land and soil) and Climate (Temperature, humidity, photoperiod and precipitation) are the factors which are responsible for the distribution of plants and animals in India.
ii) A protected area reserved for the conservation of endangered species of flora (plants) and fauna (animals) in their natural habitat. The Sunderbans in the West Bengal and Nanda Devi in Uttaranchal are the two examples.
iii) The common animals found in the tropical forests are elephants and monkeys and the common animals found in the montane forests are Kashmir stag and spotted dear.
3) i) Flora is defined as all the naturally occurring native plants of a particular region. Fauna is all the animal life present in a particular place or at a particular time period.
ii) Tropical Evergreen Forests are found in the regions receiving more than 200 cm of rainfall. Tropical Deciduous Forests are found in the region having rainfall in the range of 70 cm – 200 cm. The trees of the deciduous forests shed their leaves for about six to eight months during the dry season.
4) At higher elevations, temperate grasslands are common. At high altitudes, generally more than 3,600 metres above sea level, temperate forests and grasslands give way to the Alpine vegetation. Silver fir, junipers, pines and birches are the common trees of these forests.
5) Many plants and animals in India are endangered because of the greediness of human beings for their commercial value. ... (b) Deforestation on a wide scale destroys the habitat of animals and also leads to decline of the different species of trees and plants.
6) India has rich heritage of flora and fauna because of the following factors (a) It has a very large geographical area which includes the mountains, the Northern plains, plateaus and also islands. ... It has about 47,000 plant species. ... India is a larger country.
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Explanation:
(I) Relief (land and soil ) and climate (temperature, humidity, photoperiod and precipitation) are the factors which are responsible for the distribution of plants and animals in India.
(ii) A biosphere reserve is an ecosystem with plants and animals unusual scientific and natural interest.
the Sundarban in the West Bengal and Nanda Devi in Uttaranchal are two example.
(iii) TROPICAL :-Monkey and elephants
MONTANE :- Kashmir stag and spotted dear
3. (I) Flora is defined as a naturally occurring native plants of a particular region.
Fauna is animal life present in a particular place or at a particular time period.
(ii) Tropical Evergreen Forest all friend in the regions receiving more than 200 CM of rainfall.tropical deciduous forest are found in the region having rainfall in the range of 70 cm to 200 CM.the price of the deciduous forest in their leaves for ago 6 to 8 month during the dry season
4. At higher altitude generally more than 3600 metre above the sea level temperature for a stent graft in give way to the alpine vegetation. attitudes mosses and form part okendra vegetation of tundra vegetation.
5. (a)Many plants and animals in India in danger and because of green dinosaur of human beings from the commercial value.
(b) deforestation of Whitefield square the habitat of animal and also lead to decline of the different species of trees and plants .
6. India has a heritage of flora and fauna because of the following factors:-
- it has a very large geographical area which includes the mountains , the northern plains, plateau and also iceland's.
- It has about 47000 plant species .
- India is a large country.