Std: 7

SCIENCE SEM 2
SSSV

CHAPTER 10 to 13
GEOGRAPHY
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Q 1 Blanks:
1). In the Prairies, the summer temperature is as high
as ....................................................
2). Grains used for feeding cattle .....................................................
3). Most of the South Africa is a ......................................................................
4). Temperate grasslands in South America are known
as ..............................................................
5). Temperate grasslands in Australia is known
as ....................................................................
6). Temperate grasslands in South Africa is known
as .......................................................
7). Temperate grasslands in Central Asia and Europe is known
as .......................................................
8). Temperate grasslands in North America is known
as ...........................................................................
9). The Prairies experience the ...........................................................................
type of climate.
10). The Veldt grasslands finally merge with
the ............................................................................................
11). The main crops of Veldt
are ................................................................................................... but
agriculture is discouraged due to occasional droughts.
12). The .................................................... part of South African plateau is called
High Veldt.
13). The Prairies in North America extend
between .............................................................. and ....................
14). ........................................................................ is known as Gateway to the
Canadian Prairies.
15). Chernozems is a Russian word
means ..................................................................................
16). Piranha is the name of a type
of ....................................................................................
17). Belem is a famous .................................................................................
18). Amazon river basin lies close to
the ..............................................................................................................

19). Lumbering
means .....................................................................................................................
.......
20). The Ganga Brahmaputra basin is located in
the .......................................................................................
21). The vegetation in rainforest of Amazon basin is known
as ................................................................
22). Ganga river rises or begins
from ..................................................................................................
23). Places which receive less than 25 cms of rainfall
are ......................................................................
24). It is an example of cold
desert ........................................................................................................
25). The latitude passes through the middle of Sahara
desert .....................................................................
26). The natives of the Sahara Desert trade locally
in .....................................................................................
27). The months from May to September are utilized by the people of Ladakh
to ........................... ................................................................................................
.....
28). The only freshwater lake in Sahara
is ...................................................................................................
29). The highest peak in
Ladakh. ..................................................................................
30). A very useful animal in Ladakh. ..........................................................
31). A Buddhist monastery in
Ladakh. ....................................................................................
32). People who move from place to place in search of food and
water. ................................................
33). Metalled roads are also
called .....................................................................................
34). These days electric engines are gradually
replacing .................................................................................
35). The city which has an underground rail system
is ......................................................................................
36). The longest railway system in the world is
the ..................................................................................
37). The Suez Canal
joins ........................................................................................................................
......................

38). The full form of e-mail

is .............................................................................................................................
...........
39). A ............................................................................................ railway line
joins two ends of a continent.
40). The highest road in the world is
the ........................................................................... road.
41). ...................................................................... provides the international air
service to Indians for going to foreign countries.
42). Man made satellites have facilitated the use of worldwide network of
computers called ...........................................................................................
43). Newspapers, magazines, periodicals and pamphlets are
all ..................................................... media.
44). Freeways are called ..................................................................................... in
Germany.
45). ................................................................ are known as the bread basket of
the world because these grasslands yield large quantities
of ..................................................................
46). A ranch is large cattle ............................................. where cattle
are .................................................... for products such as milk, meat and wool.
47). Prairies stretch between the ................................................. Mountain and
the Great ............................
48). Veldts lie between
the ........................................................................................ Mountain and
the ................................................................ Desert.
49). Rivers
like ................................................, .......................................................
and ................................................... drain the region of Veldt.
50). The ........................................................................................ (ridge) is
located in Veldt is rich in gold, coal and deposits of other minerals.
51). Industries like ...................................................... industry
and .......................................................... industry are well developed in Veldt
region.
52). River ......................................................................... is the worlds second
longest river.
53). The Brahmaputra originates near
Lake ................................................................... in ..................................
54). Ladakh was bifurcated into ......................................
districts[ ............................. and .................................] in 1979 for
better .....................................................................................

55). Two main tribal group in Sahara are ..................................................

and ................................................
56). River Amazon originate in the .........................................................
of ................................................... and flows
through ................................................. and meets
the .................................................................... Ocean.
57). Freeways are called .......................................................................................
in Germany.
Q 2 Name the following:
1). People who move from place to place in search of food and
water. ................................................
2). The only freshwater lake in Sahara
is ...................................................................................................
3). The highest peak in
Ladakh. ..................................................................................
4). A very useful animal in Ladakh. ...............................................................
5). A Buddhist monastery in
Ladakh. ....................................................................................
6). The vegetation in rainforests of Amazon
basin. ...................................................................
7). People in the Amazon basin practice this type of
agriculture. ...........................................................
8). Ganga river rises or begins from this
place. ..................................................................................................
9). The two countries over which the Ganga Brahmaputra delta
extends. ............................................... ..................................................................
..................................
10). Occupation commonly practiced in Ganga Brahmaputra
region. ......................................................
11). The soil found in
Prairies. .........................................................................................................
12). Commonly occurring storms in Temperate
grasslands. ...................................................................
13). It means, field in Dutch language
grasslands. ..........................................................................................
14). Temperate grasslands in
Australia. ........................................................................................
15). Railways in prairies that stretch across the
continent. ............................................................................

16). Storage bins for

grains. ................................................................................................
Q 3 True Or False:
1). Lack of water results in scarcity of
vegetation. ...........................................................................
2). Libiya has the worlds lowest summer
temperature. ........................................................................
3). People lead a settled life near the oases. .........................................................
4). Kargil is the capital of Ladakh. ..............................................................
5). Egypt has shown development due to exploitation of natural
gas. ......................................................