Africa: Climate, Natural Vegetation, Wildlife; Minerals — Geography STD 7 — Question

Write about hydroelectric projects in India.

In the outline map of Africa, mark the features, and answer the questions.

1. Colour dark green the area where equatorial forests are found. What difficulties were faced by the explorers because of rivers and natural vegetation of the region?
2. Mark the area that is called an ‘open-air zoo’. Name the vegetation of this region.
3. Mark the Sahara Desert. Name a plant that best survives in the climate of this region. What are the characteristic features of this plant that help it survive?
4. Mark the area north of the Atlas Mountains where the Mediterranean climate is found. Which crops does this climate support?

Industries cause pollution when the factories that manufacture goods dump their wastes into the water, air, and soil.
Imagine that you are a factory owner. Write down a few ways in which you can reduce the pollution caused by your factory.

List the factors that affect the climate of Europe

What is the difference between the troposphere and the tropopause?

For a week, gather information on the weather conditions of your city using simple instruments or from weather reports published in newspapers. Present this information in a table. One has been done for you here. My observation of the weather for a week.

Weather Conditions
Day	Date	Morning	Evening
Tuesday	1.5.2017	Sunny, clear sky, warm, no rainfall	Cloudy, cold, slight drizzle

Write a short note on the capital city of Russia.

Why do we need industries?

In your notebook, draw neat, labelled, coloured sketches of the three different types of rainfall. Alongside each diagram, briefly describe in your own words, how each type of rainfall occurs.

Imagine that you are an active member of Greenpeace. Write a two-page appeal addressed to the Prime Minister of India stating why you think that increasing the number of vehicles on roads will be disastrous to the nation in the long run.