Natural Vegetation — Geography STD 10 — Question

Explain the term Retreating Monsoon.

Write one advantages and disadvantage of bamboo irrigation.

What are the geographical requirement of tropical evergreen forests?

(i) Name the major plants found in Tropical evergreen forests?
(ii) In which part of India, these forests are found?

(i) What is bagasse? State its use.
(ii) What are molasses? State their use.

What impact does the waste accumulation have on the following:
(i) Quality of air around us.
(ii) Quality of water around us.

Why the cultivation of millets gaining importance in recent days?

Give two important characteristics of the summer monsoon rainfall in India.

Given below is the climatic data of a station. Study the table and answer the questions that follow:

Month	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	June	July	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.
Temperature °C	24.5	25.7	27.7	20-4	30.0	32.5	31.0	30.2	29.8	28.0	25.9	24.7
Rainfall cm	4.6	1.3	1.3	1.8	3.8	4.5	8.7	11.3	11.9	30.6	35.0	13.9

(i) Calculate the annual rainfall experienced by the station.
(ii) What is the annual range of temperature?
(iii) Name the wettest month.

(i) Which is the most widely used scale?
(ii) State its one advantage.