A carnivore with stripes on its body moves very fast while catching its prey. It is likely to be found in

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(a)

polar regions

(b)

deserts

(c)

oceans

(d)

tropical rainforests

Humidity in climate is due to

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(a)

rainfall

(b)

amount of water vapour in the air

(c)

snowfall

(d)

wind

Red-eyed frog have

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(a)

small eyes

(b)

green eyes

(c)

bulging eyes

(d)

no-eyes

Elephant has

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(a)

long beak

(b)

large ears

(c)

striped skin

(d)

fat layer under skin

When the water droplets come in the form of crystals of ice, it is called

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(a)

fog

(b)

snowfall

(c)

rainfall

(d)

smog

A place receives very little rainfall and the temperature is high throughout the year, the climate of that place will be ___________ and ____________

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(a)

hot, dry

Polar bears _________ during extreme ___________ seasons.

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(a)

hibernates, winter

____________ shows camouflage.

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(a)

Chameleon

Elephant uses its ____________ as a nose.

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(a)

trunk

_____________ are good swimmers.

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(a)

Penguins

Sun rays fall direct on equator line.

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(a) False

(b) True

Penguins huddles together to keep themselves warm.

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(a) False

(b) True

Toucan can change the colour of its feather.

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(a) False

(b) True

It is easy to predict weather rather than climate.

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(a) True

(b) False

Tropical rainforests are cool and humid throughout the year because of heavy rains all the time.

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(a) True

(b) False

A fish dies when taken out of water, whereas a wall lizard will die if kept under water. Mention the  term used to describe such abilities that allow fish and lizard to survive in their respective habitats.

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(a)

When sun rays fall on the earth, what does it provide?

2

(a)

How is fog formed?

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(a)

Mention two adaptive features of penguin that help it in swimming.

2

(a)

Maximum and minimum temperature is recorded at which time of the day?

2

(a)

Which of the two changes frequently, weather or climate?

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(a)

Explain with examples, why we find animals of certain kind living in particular climatic conditions.

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(a)

Name two animals each that live in polar regions and tropical rainforests.

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(a)

Write two common adaptive features of a polar bear which help in keeping it warm.

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(a)

The animals living in rainforest adapt themselves to the climate present there. How are they adapted to there climatic conditions?

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(a)

In a class, the teacher was explaining a concept from weather and climate chapter. Anand got confused and slowly asked his teacher to repeat again. She smiled and started again. In equatorial belt the climate is hot and wet. It has evergreen rainforest and variety of plants. Similarly the vegetation of tropical region also has variations. The forest located between two tropics is called tropical forest. Desert shows arid region and only xerophytes are observed. These plants show specific modification for their survival in this arid region.
(a) Which type of forest is formed in equatorial region?
(b) What are the variation in vegetation seen in tropical forest?
(c) Give some adaptations of plants that are formed in desert.
(d) Some places conifers are seen. What are these places?
(e) What values do we observe in the teacher and Anand?

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(a)

The following graph shows the change in temperature. Answer according to the reading of graph.
(a) Draw a table and fill the temperature change of each day.
(b) Which day show the highest temperature?
(c) Which day shows the minimum temperature?

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(a)