Solutions Chapter 10. Life in the deserts - NCERT Exercise | Class 7 Geography - Toppers Study

Solutions Chapter 10. Life in the deserts - NCERT Exercise | Class 7 Geography - Toppers Study

Q1. Answer the following questions.
(a) What are the two types of deserts found in the world?
(b) In which continent is the Sahara desert located?
(c) What are the climatic conditions of the Ladakh desert?
(d) What mainly attracts tourists to Ladakh?
(e) What type of clothes the people of the Sahara desert wear?
(f) Name the trees that grow in Ladakh.

Answer:

(a) (i) Hot desert and (b) cold desert.                                              (b) Africa.                                                                        (c) The climate conditions of the ladakh desert are cold and dry.                  (d) (i) Gampas, (ii) meadow and glaciers and (iii) ceremonies and festivities of local people.                                                                          (e) People of the sahara desert wear heavy robes as protection against dust storms and hot winds.                                                                  (f) Willows, poplars, apples, apricots and walnuts.            

Q2. Tick the correct answer.
(i) Sahara is located in which part of Africa
(a) eastern (b) northern (c) western
(ii) Sahara is what type of desert
(a) cold (b) hot (c) mild
(iii) The Ladakh desert is mainly inhabited by
(a) Christians and Muslims
(b) Buddhists and Muslims
(c) Christians and Buddhists
(iv) Deserts are characterised by
(a) scanty vegetation
(b) heavy precipitation
(c) low evaporation

(v) Hemis in the Ladakh is a famous
(a) temple (b) church (c) monastery
(vi) Egypt is famous for growing
(a) wheat (b) maize (c) cotton

Answer:

(i)-(b) (ii)-(b) (iii)-(b) (iv)-(a) (v)-(c) (vi)-(c).
Q3. Match the following.
(i) Oasis (a) Libya
(ii) Bedouins (b) monastery
(iii) Oil (c) glacier
(iv) Gangri (d) depressions with water
(v) Lamayuru (e) cold desert
(f) Sahara

Answer:

Q4. Give reasons.
(i) There is scanty vegetation in the deserts.
(ii) People of the Sahara desert wear heavy robes.

Answer:

(i) Because of extreme harsh tempreature and little rainfall.

(ii) To protect themselves from the dust storms and hot winds.
Q5. Map skills.
(i) On the outline map of Africa, mark the Sahara desert and any four countries
around it.
(ii) On the outline map of India, mark the Karakoram Range, Zanskar Range,
Ladakh and Zoji La pass.