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MOUNT EVEREST HR. SEC. SCHOOL
PROMOTION EXAMINATION, 2020
SUBJECT: ENGLISHI
Class: IX (Nine)
F.M.: 25
1. Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow: 8m
The Amazon is the world's largest tropical rainforest. It covers an area of nearly
2.8 million square miles, which is about the size of the continent of Austrata. The
Amazon rainforest gets its ilfe from the majestic Amazon River, the world's
second largest river, which runs directly through the heart of the region. The
rainforest itself is simply the drainage basin for the river and its many tributaries,
The vast forest itself consists of four layers, each featuring its own ecosystem
and specially adapted plants and animals.
The forest floor is the lowest region. Since only two per cent of the sunlight filters
through the top layers to the under storey, very few plants grow here. The forest
floor, however, is rich with rotting vegetation and the bodies of dead organisms,
which are quickly broken down into nutrients and Integrated into the soul
. Tree
roots stay close to these available nutrients and decomposers such as
millipedes and earthworms use nutrients for food.
The under storey is the layer above the forest floor, Much like the forest floor,
only about 2-5 per cent/of the sunlight reaches this shadowy realm. Many of the
plants in the under storey have large, broad leaves to collect as much sunlight as
possible. The under storey is so thick that there is very little air movement As a
result, plants rely on insects and animals to pollinate their towers.
The layer above the under storey is the canopy. This is where much of the action
in the rainforest occurs. Many canopy leaves have specially adapted leaves
which form "drip tips". Drip tips allow water to flow off the leaves which prevents
mosses, fungi, and lichens from occupying the leaves. Leaves in the canopy are
very dense and filter about 80 per cent of the sunlight. The canopy is where the
wealth of the rainforest's fruits and flowers grow. Bromeliads-cup-like plants
provide drinking pools for animals and breeding locations for tree frogs.
a) Why is the Amazon rainforest called the world's largest rainforest?
b) Which is the world's second largest river?​

Answer 1

a) because it coversan area on nearly 2.8 million square miles it about the size of contitent of australia

b)majestic amazon river

u write spelling of australia wrong retify it.thanks