1. Answer the following questions.
(a) What are the two types of deserts found in the world?
Answer:
The following are two types of deserts in the world:
- Hot deserts
- Cold Deserts
(b) In which continent is the Sahara desert located?
Answer:
- Africa continent
(c) What are the climatic conditions of the Ladakh desert?
Answer:
- Ladakh desert is the type of cold desert characterized by very low temperature and rainfall.
- The day temperature in the summer month is just above zero degrees centigrade. and night temperature is approx -30 degrees.
- In the winter season, the temperature goes below -40 degrees.
- Annual rainfall is about 10 cm per year.
(d) What mainly attracts tourists to Ladakh?
Answer:
The following attracts tourism to Ladakh;
- Buddhist monasteries also called Gompas. Some famous monasteries are Hemis, Thiksey, Shey, and Lamayuru.
- Trek to sea meadow and glacier
- Witnessing the ceremonies and festivals
(e) What type of clothes the people of the Sahara desert wear?
Answer:
- People wear heavy robes in Sahar to protect against dust storms and hot winds.
(f) Name the trees that grow in Ladakh.
Answer:
The following trees are grown in Ladakh:
- Walnut
- apple,
- apricot
2. Tick the correct answer.
(i) Sahara is located in which part of Africa
(a) eastern
(b) northern
(c) western
Answer:
b) northern
(ii) Sahara is what type of desert
(a) cold
(b) hot
(c) mild
Answer:
b) hot
(iii) The Ladakh desert is mainly inhabited by
(a) Christians and Muslims
(b) Buddhists and Muslims
(c) Christians and Buddhists
Answer:
b) Buddhists and Muslims
(iv) Deserts are characterized by
(a) scanty vegetation
(b) heavy precipitation
(c) low evaporation
Answer:
a) Scanty vegetation
(v) Hemis in the Ladakh is a famous
(a) temple
(b) church
(c) monastery
Answer:
c) Monastery
(vi) Egypt is famous for growing
(a) wheat
(b) maize
(c) cotton
Answer:
c) Cotton
3. Match the following.
(i) Oasis (a) Libya
(ii) Bedouins (b) monastery
(iii) Oil (c) glacier
(iv) Gangotri (d) depressions with water
(v) Lamayuru (e) cold desert
(f) Sahara
Answer:
(i) Oasis (d) depressions with water
(ii) Bedouins (f) Sahara
(iii) Oil (a) Libya
(iv) Gangotri (c) glacier
(v) Lamayuru (b) monastery
4. Give reasons.
(i) There is scanty vegetation in the deserts.
Answer:
Because in the desert, there is very low rainfall and either very high temperature or very low temperature which do not support much vegetation.
(ii) People of the Sahara desert wear heavy robes.
Answer:
- Because the Sahara desert is a very hot desert characterized by dust storms. People of the Sahara desert wear heavy robes to protect the body against dust storms and heat.
5. Map skills.
(i) On the outline map of Africa, marks the Sahara desert and any four countries around it.
Answer:
(ii) On the outline map of India, mark the Karakoram Range, Zanskar Range, Ladakh, and Zoji La pass.
Answer:
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