NCERT Solutions for Chapter 8 Human Environment Interactions - The Tropical and the Subtropical Region Class 7 Geography
Book Solutions
1(i)
Answer the following questions.
Name the continent in which the Amazon Basin is located.
Answer
Amazon Basin is located in South America.
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1(ii)
Answer the following questions.
What are the crops grown by the people of the Amazon Basin.Answer
The people of the Amazon Basin mainly grow crops like tapioca, pineapple and sweet potato. They also grow manioc also known as cassava, cocoa and coffee.
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1(iii)
Answer the following questions.
Name the birds that you are likely to find in the rainforests of the Amazon. Answer
Toucans, humming birds and bird of paradise are the birds that likely to find in the rainforests of the Amazon.
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1(iv)
Answer the following questions.
What are the major cities located on the River Ganga.Answer
Allahabad, Kanpur, Lucknow, Varanasi, Patna and Kolkata are the major cities located on the River Ganga.
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1(v)
Answer the following questions.
Where is the one-horned rhinoceros found?Answer
The one-horned rhinoceros is found in the Brahmaputra plain.
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2(i)
Tick the correct answer.
(i) Toucans are a type of
(a) birds
(b) animals
(c) crops
(a) birds
(b) animals
(c) crops
Answer
✓ (a) birds
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2(ii)
Tick the correct answer.
Manioc is the staple food of
(a) Ganga Basin
(b) Africa
(c) Amazon
(a) Ganga Basin
(b) Africa
(c) Amazon
Answer
✓ (c) Amazon
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2(iii)
Tick the correct answer.
Kolkata is located on the river
(a) Orange
(b) Hooghly
(c) Bhagirathi
(a) Orange
(b) Hooghly
(c) Bhagirathi
Answer
✓ (b) Hooghly
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2(iv)
Tick the correct answer.
Deodars and firs are a type of
(a) Coniferous trees
(b) Deciduous trees
(c) shrubs
(a) Coniferous trees
(b) Deciduous trees
(c) shrubs
Answer
✓ (a) Coniferous trees
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2(v)
Tick the correct answer.
Bengal tiger is found in
(a) mountains
(b) delta area
(c) Amazon
(a) mountains
(b) delta area
(c) Amazon
Answer
✓ (b) delta area
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3
Match the following.
(i) Cotton textile | (a) Assam |
(ii) Maloca | (b) Terrace farming |
(iii) Piranha | (c) Sericulture |
(iv) Silk worm | (d) Slanting roof |
(v) Kaziranga | (e) Ganga plain |
- | (f) Varanasi |
- | (g) Fish |
Answer
(i) Cotton textile | (f) Varanasi |
(ii) Maloca | (d) Slanting roof |
(iii) Piranha | (g) Fish |
(iv) Silk worm | (c) Sericulture |
(v) Kaziranga | (a) Assam |
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4(i)
Give reasons.
The rainforests are depleting.
Answer
The rainforests are depleting due to following reasons:
→ The indigenous population was pushed out for the developmental activities which is leading to the the destruction of the rainforests.
→ The indigenous population was pushed out for the developmental activities which is leading to the the destruction of the rainforests.
→ Large scale deforestation for construction of roads, industries and houses.
→ For getting wood from forests in order to increase economical profit.
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4(ii)
Give reasons.
Paddy is grown in the Ganga-Brahmaputra plains.
Answer
Paddy is grown in the Ganga-Brahmaputra plains the availability of sufficient amount of water in this area.
Paddy requires fertile alluvial soil and much water to grow which is easily available in this plain. The rainfall and temperature also support the growth of paddy.
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5
Map skills.
(i) On an outline map of the Indian Sub-continent, draw the rivers Ganga and Brahmaputra from the source to the mouth. Also show the important tributaries of both the rivers.
(ii) On the political map of South America, draw the equator. Mark the countries through which the equator passes.
Answer
(i)
(ii)
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