A life in the desert
Question 1.
Answer the following questions:
Q(i). What are the two types of deserts found in the world?
Answer. (i) Hot desert and (ii) Cold desert.
Q(ii). In which continent is theSahara desert located?
Answer.Africa .
Q(iii). What are the climatic conditions of the Ladakh desert?
Answer. The climatic conditions of the Ladakh desert are cold and dry.
Q(iv). What mainly attracts tourists to Ladakh?
Answer. (i) Gompas, (ii) meadows and glaciers and (iii) ceremonies and festivities to local people.
Q(v). What type of clothes the people of theSahara desert wear?
Answer. People of theSahara
desert wear heavy robes as protection against dust storms and hot winds.
Q(v). Name the three that grow in Ladakh?
Answer. Willows, poplars, apples, apricots and walnuts.
Question 2. Tick the correct answer:
Q(i) Sahara is located in which part ofAfrica :
(a Eastern. (b) Northern. (c) Western.
Answer: (b) Northern.
Q(ii)Sahara
is what type of desert:
(a) Cold. (b) Hot. (c) Mild.
Answer: (b) Hot.
Q(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.
Q(iv ) Desert are characterized by:
(a) Scanty vegetation. (b) Heavy precipitation. (c) Low evaporation.
Answer: (a) Scanty vegetation.
Q(v ) Hemis in the Ladakh is a famous:
(a)Temple
Answer: (c) Monastery.
Q(v )Egypt
(a) Wheat. (b) Maize. (c) Cotton.
Answer: (c) Cotton.
Question 3. Match the following:
Q(i). What are the two types of deserts found in the world?
Answer. (i) Hot desert and (ii) Cold desert.
Q(ii). In which continent is the
Answer.
Q(iii). What are the climatic conditions of the Ladakh desert?
Answer. The climatic conditions of the Ladakh desert are cold and dry.
Q(iv). What mainly attracts tourists to Ladakh?
Answer. (i) Gompas, (ii) meadows and glaciers and (iii) ceremonies and festivities to local people.
Q(v). What type of clothes the people of the
Answer. People of the
Q(v). Name the three that grow in Ladakh?
Answer. Willows, poplars, apples, apricots and walnuts.
Question 2. Tick the correct answer:
Q(i) Sahara is located in which part of
(a Eastern. (b) Northern. (c) Western.
Answer: (b) Northern.
Q(ii)
(a) Cold. (b) Hot. (c) Mild.
Answer: (b) Hot.
Q(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.
Q(iv ) Desert are characterized by:
(a) Scanty vegetation. (b) Heavy precipitation. (c) Low evaporation.
Answer: (a) Scanty vegetation.
Q(v ) Hemis in the Ladakh is a famous:
(a)
Answer: (c) Monastery.
Q(v )
(a) Wheat. (b) Maize. (c) Cotton.
Answer: (c) Cotton.
Question 3. Match the following:
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Oasis
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Bedouins
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(b)
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Monastery
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Oil
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Glacier
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Gangri
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Depressions with water
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Lamayuru
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Answer:
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Oasis
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Depressions with water
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Bedouins
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Oil
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Gangri
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Glacier
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Lamayuru
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Monastery
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Question 4. Give reasons:
Q(i). There is Scanty vegetation in the deserts?
Answer. Because of extreme harsh temperatures and little rain fall.
Q(ii). People of the
Answer. To protect themselves from the dust storms and hot winds.
Additional
Question.
Q(i). Write
the features of the desert areas of the world?
Answer. (i) Low rainfall, (ii) Scanty vegetation and (iii) Extreme temperatures.
Q(ii). Hoe deserts can be classified on the basis of temperature?
Answer: (i) Hot desert and (ii) Cold desert.
Q(iii). Name the largest desert of the world. Also mention its area?
Answer:Sahara the largest desert of the world. It has and area of
around 8.54 million square kilometers.
Q(iv). Which type of vegetation is found in theSahara desert?
Answer: Vegetation in theSahara
desert includes cactus, date palms and acacia.
Q(v). Give an example of a cold desert.
Answer: Ladakh
Answer. (i) Low rainfall, (ii) Scanty vegetation and (iii) Extreme temperatures.
Q(ii). Hoe deserts can be classified on the basis of temperature?
Answer: (i) Hot desert and (ii) Cold desert.
Q(iii). Name the largest desert of the world. Also mention its area?
Answer:
Q(iv). Which type of vegetation is found in the
Answer: Vegetation in the
Q(v). Give an example of a cold desert.
Answer: Ladakh
Q(vi). Define
desert.
Answer: Desert:
It is an arid region characterizes by extremely high or low temperatures and
has scarce vegetation.
Additional
information
Some famous monasteries are Hemis, Thiksey, Shey and
Lamayuru.
The Chiru or the Tibetan antelope is an endangered species.
It is hunted for its wool known as shahtoosh, which is light in weight and
extremely warm.
Ladakh is made up of two words – La meaning mountain pass
and Dak meaning country.
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