Human Environment Interactions: The Tropical and The Subtropical Regions

 Human Environment Interactions 

The Tropical and The Subtropical Regions

1. Answer the following questions.
(i) Name the continent in which the Amazon Basin is located.
Answer: The Amazon Basin is located in South America.
(ii) What are the crops grown by the people of the Amazon Basin.
Answer: The crops grown by the people of the Amazon Basin are staple food monioc or cassava, tapioca, pineapple and sweet potato.
(iii) Name the birds that you are likely to find in the rainforests of the Amazon.
Answer: The birds that are likely to be found in the rainforests of Amazon are toucans, humming birds and the birds of paradise, with their brilliantly colored plumage.
(iv) What are the major cities located on the River Ganga?
Answer: The major cities located on the River Ganga are:

• Allahabad
• Kanpur
• Varanasi
• Lucknow
• Patna 
• Kolkata.

(v) Where is the one-horned rhinoceros found?
Answer: The one-horned rhinoceros is found in the Brahmaputra Plain.
2. Tick the correct answer.
(i) Toucans are a type of
(a) birds
(b) animals
(c) crops
Answer: (a) birds
(ii) Manioc is the staple food of
(a) Ganga Basin
(b) Africa
(c) Amazon
Answer: (c) Amazon
(iii) Kolkata is located on the river
(a) Orange
(b) Hooghly
(c) Bhagirathi
Answer: (b) Hooghly
(iv) Deodars and firs are a type of
(a) Coniferous trees
(b) Deciduous trees
(c) shrubs
Answer: (a) Coniferous trees
(v) Bengal tiger is found in
(a) mountains
(b) delta area
(c) Amazon
Answer: (a) mountains
3. Match the following.

Column A	Column B
(i) Cotton textile	(a) Assam
(ii) Maloca	(b) Terrace farming
(iii) Piranha	(c) Sericulture
(iv) Silk worm	(d) Slanting roof
(v) Kaziranga	(e) Ganga plain
	(f) Varanasi
	(g) Fish

Answers:

Column A	Column B
(i) Cotton textile	(f) Varanasi
(ii) Maloca	(d) Slanting roof
(iii) Piranha	(g) Fish
(iv) Silk worm	(c) Sericulture
(v) Kaziranga	(a) Assam

4. Give reasons.
(i) The rainforests are depleting.
Answer: The rainforests are depleting because of the large scale development and industrial activities. By Deforestation the topsoil of land is getting washed away, decreasing the soil fertility. As a result, trees are unable to grow.
(ii) Paddy is grown in the Ganga-Brahmaputra plains.
Answer: Paddy is grown in the Ganga Brahmaputra plains, because the cultivation of paddy requires sufficient water for growth. So, it can  grows in areas of Ganga-Brahmaputra as there is usually high rainfall.