Life in the deserts (CLASS VII)

 1)What is a desert?

Ans: Desert is a place that receives less than 25 cm of annual rainfall.

2) Which is the largest hot desert in the world?

Ans: Africa's Sahara desert.

3) Give an example of cold desert.

Ans:The Gobi desert in Asia.

4) Name some mammal species found within the Sahara.

Ans: The camel, cape hare, the desert hedgehog,gazelle, baboon, spotted hyena, common jackal, sand fox, and the slender mongoose.

5. Choose the correct option.

1. Sahara Desert is located in the 

i) northern Africa  ii) southern Africa    iii) eastern Africa      iv) west Africa

Ans: northern Africa.

2) The highest volcanic peak found in the Sahara Desert is

i) Kilimanjaro      ii) Vesuvius     iii) Emi Koussi     iv) Etna

Ans:Emi Koussi.

3) Which is the largest city in the Sahara?

i) Timbaktu   ii) Ghat     iii) Cairo      iv) Douz

Ans: Cairo.

4) Which tribe is known as ' blue men of the desert'?

i) Bedouin   ii) Tuareg      iii) Gonds      iv) None of these

Ans: Tuareg.

5) Which river flows through Ladakh?

i) Ganga    ii) Yamuna     iii) Son    iv) Indus

Ans: Indus.

6) Which monastery used to be the summer palace of the Ladakhi rulers?

i) Hemis     ii) Lamayurn    iii) Shey     iv) Thiksey

Ans: Shey.

6) Fill in the blanks.

1. Sahara is the world's second largest desert after Antarctica.

2) 58 degree C temperature was recorded in Aziziyah in Libya.

3) Egypt is famous for cotton cultivaton.

4) Large oil resources have recently been found in Algeria and Chad.

5) The original inhabitants of Leh and Ladakh were of Indo- Aryan and Tibetan origins.

6) The Hemis Gompa is famous for its annual Tse Chu festival.

7) Match the columns .

Column A                             Column B

Tuareg                                    Wool

Chiru                                       Monastery

Hemis Gompa                        Blue men of the desert

Egypt                                      Ladakh

Yak                                          Pyramids

Ans: 

Column A                              Column B

Tuareg                                     Blue men of the desert

Chiru                                        Wool

Hemis Gompa                           Monastery

Egypt                                         Pyramids

Yak                                            Ladakh