Solutions Chapter 8. Human Environment Interactions The Tropical and the Subtropical Region - NCERT Exercise | Class 7 Geography - Toppers Study

Solutions Chapter 8. Human Environment Interactions The Tropical and the Subtropical Region - NCERT Exercise | Class 7 Geography - Toppers Study

Q1. Answer the following questions.
(i) Name the continent in which the Amazon Basin is located.
(ii) What are the crops grown by the people of the Amazon Basin.
(iii) Name the birds that you are likely to find in the rainforests of the Amazon.
(iv) What are the major cities located on the River Ganga.
(v) Where is the one-horned rhinoceros found?

Answer:

(i) South america.                                                                (ii) Food crops - Tapioca, pineapple, sweet potato, manioc.                            cash crops - coffe, maize, coca.                                              (iii) (a) Toucans, (b) Humming birds, (c) Bird of paradise.                        (iv) (a) Allahbad, (b) Kanpur, (c) Varanasi, (d) Lucknow, (e) patna and ,(f) Kolkata.  (v) One-horned rhinoceros is found in the Brahmaputra plain (Assam).                     
Q2. Tick the correct answer.
(i) Toucans are a type of
(a) birds (b) animals (c) crops
(ii) Manioc is the staple food of
(a) Ganga Basin (b) Africa (c) Amazon
(iii) Kolkata is located on the river
(a) Orange (b) Hooghly (c) Bhagirathi
(iv) Deodars and firs are a type of
(a) Coniferous trees (b) Deciduous trees (c) shrubs
(v) Bengal tiger is found in
(a) mountains (b) delta area (c) Amazon

Answer: 

(i)-(a) (ii)-(c) (iii)-(b) (iv)-(a) (v)-(b)
Q3. 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:

Q4. Give reasons.
(i) The rainforests are depleting.
(ii) Paddy is grown in the Ganga-Brahmaputra plains.

Answer:

(i) Because of indiscriminate cutting of trees for the sake of development.          (ii) Because paddy requires sufficient water. This region recevies good amount of rainfall and there is dences network of rivers too which helps to fulfill the requirment of water for paddy crop.   
Q5. 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.
Q6. For fun.
Make a collage to show places of attractions in India. You can divide the class
in different groups to show attractions based on mountain landscapes, coastal
beaches, wildlife sanctuaries and places of historical importance.