VOLCANOES — Geography STD 9 — Question

What type of rainfall occurs in Equatorial Regions and why?

Critical thinking question:
Pygmies are nomadic, lead to migratory life. Bush-man are nomads, they change their shelter in search of new pasture, food and water. Kirghiz are also nomads, they move from one place to another in search of water.
They live in different natural region but their lifestyle is similar. As a student of Geography what according to you can be the reason for their similar livelihood?

Give the other names by which equatorial regions are also popular.

Critical thinking question:
In Prairies farmers are rich and self sufficient. 75% of farmer's income is derived from the sale of animals.
Why animal rearing is very much developed in prairies?

What is air pollution ? Give a source of air pollution.

Name the different climatic regions of the world.

Mechanical Weathering’ and ‘Chemical Weathering’.

Distinguish between the following pair of terms associated with vulcanicity:
Laccolith and Lapolith