Short Answer Questions:
(a) Why are temperate grassland of North America called Prairies?
(b) Why Prairies of Winnipeg is called the Gateway to Canadian Prairies?
(c) What is mesosphere?
(d) What is precipitation?
(e) What are the four types of transport?
(1) Mention any two merits of railways.
(g) Who was the first European to discover the Amazon River?
(h) Which is the largest River Basin in the world?
Answers
Answer:
A) Prairies
B) Winnipeg known as the "Gateway of Canadian west"because the government of Canada"erected two immigration sheds at the Fork which is located at the confluence of the Red river and Assiniboine river. Winnipeg is a big town in Canada which is also a grain collecting centre.
C) The mesosphere is a layer of Earth's atmosphere. The mesosphere is directly above the stratosphere and below the thermosphere. It extends from about 50 to 85 km
D) Precipitation is water released from clouds in the form of rain, freezing rain, sleet, snow, or hail. It is the primary connection in the water cycle that provides for the delivery of atmospheric water to the Earth. Most precipitation falls as rain.
E) The different modes of transport are air, water, and land transport, which includes Rails or railways, road and off-road transport. Other modes also exist, including pipelines, cable transport, and space transport.
F) Merits of railways are: (i) They make it possible to conduct multifarious activities like business, sightseeing, pilgrimage along with transportation of goods over longer distances. (ii) They bind the economic life of the country as well as accelerate the development of industry and agriculture.
G) Francisco de Orellana
H) Amazon River