Chapter-6 [ Natural Vegetation and Wild Life]
1. Mosses and Lichens are found in:
a) Desertic Vegetation
b) Tropical evergreen forest
c) Tundra vegetation
d) Tropical grassland
Answer. c. Tundra vegetation.
Small shrubs, Mosses, and Lichens are found in the Tundra region. These types of vegetation are grown only for a short duration in the summer season.
In India, Mosses and Lichens are found in the higher elevations of the Himalayas region.
2. Thorny bushes are found in:
a) Hot and humid tropical climate
b) Hot and dry desertic climate
c) Cold polar climate
d) Tropical grassland
Answer. b. Hot and dry desertic climate
Thorny bushes are found in desert climates.
In India, Thorney bushes are found in The desert and rainshadow zone of the Western Ghats.
3. In the tropical evergreen forest, one of the common animals is:
a) Monkey
b) Giraffe
c) Camel
d) Kangaroo
Answer. a. Monkey.
In the tropical evergreen forest, one of the common animals is Monkey.
The giraffe is a tropical grassland animal.
Camel is a common animal of arid and semi-arid forests.
Hardwood trees such as rosewood, ebony, and mahogany are some trees in tropical evergreen forests.
4. One important variety of coniferous forests is:
a) Rosewood
b) Pine
c) Teak
d) Sandalwood
Answer. b, Pine
Coniferous forest: Pine, Chir, Cedar
Tropical Evergreen Forest: Rosewood, Mahogany, Ebony.
Tropical deciduous forest: Teak, Sal, Neem. Shisham. These are all hardwood trees.
Coniferous forest is also called taiga forest. It is home to many softwood trees( Pine, Chir, Cedar).
5. Steppe grassland is found in
a) S. Africa
b) Australia
c) Russia
d) North America
Answer. c. Russia
Steppe grassland is found in Russia and Central Asia.
Veld grassland is found in South Africa.
Downs grassland is found in Australia.
Prairies: North America.
Pampas: Argentina
6. Match the following.
i) Walrus (a) Softwood tree
ii) Cedar (b) An animal of tropical deciduous forest
iii) Olives (c) A polar animal
iv) Elephants (d) Temperate grassland in Antarctica
v) Campos (e) A citrus fruit
vi) Downs (f) Tropical grassland of Brazil
Answer.
Walrus, Seal, Musk-oxen, Arctic owl, Polar bear, Snow foxes: A polar animal
Cedar, Chir, Pine: Softwood tree
Olives, oranges, grapes: A citrus fruit
Elephants: An animal of tropical deciduous forest
Campos: Tropical grassland of Brazil
Downs: Temperate grassland in Antarctica and Australia.
7. Which of the following is a controlling factor in the growth of vegetation?
a) Temperature
b) Moisture
c) Slope and thickness of soils
d) All of the above
Answer. d) All of the above
8. Natural vegetation can be classified into three major broad categories, which of the following is not a major category of natural vegetation?
a) Forest
b) Grassland
c) Shrubs
d) Crops
Answer. d) Crops
9. Which of the following natural vegetation are found where temperature and rainfall
are plentiful?
a) Forest
b) Grassland
c) Shrubs
d) Crops
Answer. a) Forest
10. Which of the following natural vegetation is found in dry regions?
a) Forest
b) Grassland
c) Shrubs
d) Crops
Answer. c) Shrubs
11. Which of the following natural vegetation is found in the regions with moderate rainfall?
a) Forest
b) Grassland
c) Shrubs
d) Crops
Answer. b) Grassland
12. Which of the following forests are found in the sub-polar region?
a) Tropical evergreen forest
b) Tropical deciduous forest
c) Alpine shrub vegetation
d) Coniferous forests
Answer. d) Coniferous forests
13. Which of the following region in India, almost all varieties of natural vegetation moving from the equator to the polar region are found?
a) Himalayan region
b) Great Indian Plains
c) Great Indian Desert
d) the Western Ghats
Answer. a) Himalayan region
14. Which of the following forest is known as the lungs of the earth?
a) Tropical evergreen Forest of Brazil
b) Tropical evergreen Forest of Central Africa
c) the Western Ghats
d) Himalayan mountain
Answer. a) Tropical evergreen Forest of Brazil
15. What is the other name for a tropical rainforest?
a) Tropical Evergreen Forests
b) Tropical deciduous forests
c) Temperate evergreen forest
d) None
Answer. a) Tropical Evergreen Forests
16. Which of the following trees are examples of a tropical rainforest?
a) Ebony
b) Mahogany
c) Rosewood
d) All
Answer. d) All
17. What is the other name of the Monsoon forest?
a) Tropical Evergreen Forests
b) Tropical deciduous forests
c) Temperate evergreen forest
d) None
Answer. b) Tropical deciduous forests
18. Which type of forest dominates most parts of India?
a) Tropical Evergreen Forests
b) Tropical deciduous forests
c) Temperate evergreen forest
d) None
Answer. b) Tropical deciduous forests
19. Where in India do tropical evergreen forests occur?
a) Himalaya
b) Deccan Trap
c) the Western Ghats
d) Coromandel coast
Answer. c) the Western Ghats
20. Where in world do monsoon forests occur?
a) Large part of India.
b) Northern Australia
c) Central America
d) All of the above
Answer. d) All of the above
21. Sal, teak, neem, and shisham are examples of?
a) Tropical Evergreen Forests
b) Tropical deciduous forests
c) Temperate evergreen forest
d) Semi-Arid vegetation
Answer. b) Tropical deciduous forests
22. Temperate Evergreen Forests are commonly found in?
a) Close to the equator and tropics
b) the mid-latitudinal coastal region.
c) the mid-latitudinal interior to continents
d) Close to the Polar region
Answer. b) the mid-latitudinal coastal region.
23. Temperate Evergreen Forests are commonly found in?
a) Eastern Margin of continents
b) Western Margin of the continent
c) the mid-latitudinal interior of continents
d) Close to the Polar region
Answer. a) Eastern Margin of continents
24. Which of the following forests are found in southeast USA, South China, and southeast Brazil?
a) Tropical Evergreen Forests
b) Tropical deciduous forests
c) Temperate evergreen forest
d) Semi-Arid vegetation
Answer. c) Temperate evergreen forest
25. Both hard and softwood trees like oak, pine, eucalyptus, etc. are examples of which of the following type of forest?
a) Mediterranean Forest
b) Tropical deciduous forests
c) Temperate evergreen forest
d) Temperate deciduous forest
Answer. c) Temperate evergreen forest
26. Which of the following forest are commonly found in the northeastern part of the USA, China, New Zealand, Chile, and also found in the coastal regions of Western Europe?
a) Mediterranean Forest
b) Tropical deciduous forests
c) Temperate evergreen forest
d) Temperate deciduous forest
Answer. d) Temperate deciduous forest
27. The common trees are oak, ash, beech, etc are examples of which type of forest?
a) Mediterranean Forest
b) Tropical deciduous forests
c) Temperate evergreen forest
d) Temperate deciduous forest
Answer. d) Temperate deciduous forest
28. Which of the following trees adapt themselves to dry summers with the help of their thick barks and wax-coated leaves which help them reduce transpiration?
a) Mediterranean Forest
b) Tropical deciduous forests
c) Temperate evergreen forest
d) Temperate deciduous forest
Answer. a) Mediterranean Forest
29. Which of the following regions are known as the ‘Orchards of the world’ for their fruit cultivation?
a) Sahara desert
b) Amazon Forest
c) Temperate grasssland
d) Mediterranean regions
Answer. d) Mediterranean regions
30. Which of the following vegetation is commonly found in the west and southwest margins of the continents?
a) Mediterranean Forest
b) Tropical deciduous forests
c) Temperate evergreen forest
d) Temperate deciduous forest
Answer. a) Mediterranean Forest
31. Which of the following vegetation is commonly found in California in the USA, southwest Africa, southwestern South America, and Southwest Australia.
a) Mediterranean Forest
b) Tropical deciduous forests
c) Temperate evergreen forest
d) Coniferous forest
Answer. a) Mediterranean Forest
32. What is the meaning of Taiga in the Russian language?
a) Cold
b) Evergreen
c) Pure or untouched
d) Coniferous forests
Answer. c) Pure or untouched
33. Which of the following forest is also known as Taiga Forest?
a) Mediterranean Forest
b) Tropical deciduous forests
c) Temperate evergreen forest
d) Coniferous forest
Answer. d) Coniferous forest
35. Which of the following forest are abundant in the Himalayas?
a) Mediterranean Forest
b) Tropical deciduous forests
c) Temperate evergreen forest
d) Coniferous forest
Answer. d) Coniferous forest
36. Chir, pine, and cedar are the important variety of trees in which of the following forest?
a) Mediterranean Forest
b) Tropical deciduous forests
c) Temperate evergreen forest
d) Coniferous forest
Answer. d) Coniferous forest
37. Which of the following is not true?
a) Tropical grasses are usually short whereas temperate grasses are usually tall.
b) Tropical grasses are usually not nutritious as compared to temperate grasses.
c) Savannah grasslands of Africa are an example of Tropical grassland.
d) Llanos in Venezuela are an example of tropical grassland.
Answer. a) Tropical grasses are usually short whereas temperate grasses are usually tall.
38. Which of the following is temperate grassland?
a) Steppe
b) Savanna
c) Campos
d) Llanos
Answer. a) Steppe in Central Asia is an example of temperate grasslands.
39. Which of the following is not correctly matched regarding grassland?
a) Savanna: West Africa
b) Campos: Brazil
c) Llanos: Venezuela
d) Prairies: North America
Answer. a) Savanna: West Africa( East Africa)
40. Which of the following is tropical grassland?
a) Pampas
b) Veld
c) Down
d) Llanos
Answer. d) Llanos
41. Which of the following is not correctly matched regarding grassland?
a) Down: Pakistan
b) Veld: South Africa
c) Prairies: North America
d) Pampas: Argentina
Answer. a) Down: Pakistan ( Australia)
42. Which of the following grassland is in Australia?
a) Down
b) Veld
c) Prairies
d) Pampas
Answer. a) Down
43. Which of the following grassland is in Argentina?
a) Down
b) Veld
c) Prairies
d) Pampas
Answer. d) Pampas
44. Which of the following grassland is in South Africa?
a) Down
b) Veld
c) Prairies
d) Pampas
Answer. b) Veld
45. Which of the following grasslands is in North America?
a) Down
b) Campos
c) Prairies
d) Llanos
Answer. c) Prairies
46. Which of the following grasslands is in Venezuela?
a) Down
b) Campos
c) Prairies
d) Llanos
Answer. d) Llanos
47. Seal, walruses, musk-oxen, Arctic owls, Polar bears, and snow foxes are some of the animals are found in which of the following region?
a) Polar region
b) Taiga region
c) Temperate region
d) Mediterranean region
Answer. a) Polar region
48. Which of the following is Tundra-type vegetation?
a) Pine
b) Cedar
c) Mosses and Lichens
d) Teak
Answer. c) Mosses and Lichens
49. Polar bears are the common animals in which of the following forest?
a) Coniferous forest
b) Tundra Forest
c) Temperate rainforest
d) Mediterranean forest
Answer. a) Coniferous forest
50. What are the latitudinal values of Coniferous Forests?
a ) 30 to 40
b) 40 to 50
c) 50 to 70
d) 70 to 90
Answer. c) 50 to 70
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