Class 7 Geography Chapter 10 Life in the Deserts
1. Answer the following questions.
(a) What are the two types of deserts found in the world?
Answer - Two types of deserts found in the world are:
2. Tick the correct answer.
(i) Sahara is located in which part of Africa
(a) eastern
(ii) Sahara is what type of desert
(a) cold
(v) Hemis in the Ladakh is a famous
(a) temple
(vi) Egypt is famous for growing
(a) wheat
4. Give reasons.
(i) There is scanty vegetation in the deserts.
(ii) People of the Sahara desert wear heavy robes.
Answer - There is scanty vegetation in the deserts due to unfavourable climatic conditions for the flora world to grow. The desert either have extreme heat or extreme cold climate and receives low rainfall which is not suitable for vegetation to grow.
People of the Sahara desert wear heavy robes as protection against dust storms and hot winds. Sahara is a hot desert therefore dust storms and hot winds of containing sands is common there. It also help them in protection from Sun.
5. Map Work
(i) On the outline map of Africa, mark the Sahara desert and any four countries around it.
(a) What are the two types of deserts found in the world?
Answer - Two types of deserts found in the world are:
(i) Cold Desert
(ii) Hot Desert
(b) In which continent is the Sahara desert located?
Answer - Sahara desert is located in Africa.
(c) What are the climatic conditions of the Ladakh desert?
Answer - The climate of Ladakh is extremely cold and dry due to high altitude.
(ii) Hot Desert
(b) In which continent is the Sahara desert located?
Answer - Sahara desert is located in Africa.
(c) What are the climatic conditions of the Ladakh desert?
Answer - The climate of Ladakh is extremely cold and dry due to high altitude.
The air at this altitude is so thin that the heat of the sun can be felt intensely.
(d) What mainly attracts tourists to Ladakh?
Answer - Natural beauty, the gompas, treks to see the meadows and glaciers, witnessing ceremonies and festivities mainly attracts tourists to Ladakh.
(e) What type of clothes the people of the Sahara desert wear?
Answer - The people of the Sahara desert wear heavy robes as protection against dust storms and hot winds.
(f) Name the trees that grow in Ladakh.
Answer - Trees that grow in Ladakh are Groves of willows and poplars, fruit trees such as apples, apricots and walnuts bloom.
3. Match the following.
(i) Oasis (a) Libya
(ii) Bedouins (b) monastery
(iii) Oil (c) glacier
(iv) Gangri (d) depressions with water
(d) What mainly attracts tourists to Ladakh?
Answer - Natural beauty, the gompas, treks to see the meadows and glaciers, witnessing ceremonies and festivities mainly attracts tourists to Ladakh.
(e) What type of clothes the people of the Sahara desert wear?
Answer - The people of the Sahara desert wear heavy robes as protection against dust storms and hot winds.
(f) Name the trees that grow in Ladakh.
Answer - Trees that grow in Ladakh are Groves of willows and poplars, fruit trees such as apples, apricots and walnuts bloom.
3. 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 -
(i) Oasis --------------- (d) depressions with water
(f) Sahara
Answer -
(i) Oasis --------------- (d) depressions with water
(ii) Bedouins ---------- (f) Sahara
(iii) Oil ----------------- (a) Libya
(iv) Gangri ------------- (c) glacier
(v) Lamayuru ---------- (b) monastery
2. Tick the correct answer.
(i) Sahara is located in which part of Africa
(a) eastern
(b) northern
(c) western
Answer - (b) northern
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 parveenmaliklive
Answer - (b) hot
(iii) The Ladakh desert is mainly inhabited by parveenmaliklive
(a) Christians and Muslims
(b) Buddhists and Muslims
(c) Christians and Buddhists
Answer - (b) Buddhists and Muslims
(iv) Deserts are characterised by
(b) Buddhists and Muslims
(c) Christians and Buddhists
Answer - (b) Buddhists and Muslims
(iv) Deserts are characterised by
(a) scanty vegetation
(b) heavy precipitation
(c) low evaporation
Answer - (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
(c) monastery
Answer - (c) monastery
(vi) Egypt is famous for growing
(a) wheat
(b) maize
(c) cotton
Answer - (c) cotton
(c) cotton
Answer - (c) cotton
4. Give reasons.
(i) There is scanty vegetation in the deserts.
Answer - There is scanty vegetation in the deserts due to unfavourable climatic conditions for the flora world to grow. The desert either have extreme heat or extreme cold climate and receives low rainfall which is not suitable for vegetation to grow.
(ii) People of the Sahara desert wear heavy robes.
Answer - There is scanty vegetation in the deserts due to unfavourable climatic conditions for the flora world to grow. The desert either have extreme heat or extreme cold climate and receives low rainfall which is not suitable for vegetation to grow.
People of the Sahara desert wear heavy robes as protection against dust storms and hot winds. Sahara is a hot desert therefore dust storms and hot winds of containing sands is common there. It also help them in protection from Sun.
5. Map Work
(i) On the outline map of Africa, mark 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.
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| The Sahara desert & four countries around it on the outline map of Africa |
(ii) On the outline map of India, mark the Karakoram Range, Zanskar Range, Ladakh and Zoji La pass.
Answer -
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| Karakoram Range, Zanskar Range, Ladakh and Zoji La pass. |
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