RBSE Solutions for Class 7 Social Science Geography Chapter 8 Human Environment Interactions: The Tropical and the Subtropical Regions

Rajasthan Board RBSE Solutions for Class 7 Social Science Geography Chapter 8 Human Environment Interactions: The Tropical and the Subtropical Regions Textbook Exercise Questions and Answers.

RBSE Class 7 Social Science Solutions Geography Chapter 8 Human Environment Interactions: The Tropical and the Subtropical Regions

RBSE Class 7 Social Science Human Environment Interactions: The Tropical and the Subtropical Regions InText Questions and Answers

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Question 1.
Name the countries of the hasin through which the equator passes?
Answer:
Ecuador Colombia and Brazil.

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Question 2.
Some TV channels broadcast documentaries on wild life of the world. Try to watch some of the films and share your exprience with the class ?
Answer:
To be done by the students. [Hint: National geography, Discovery, Animal Planet History TV, etc.

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Question 3.
Look at the atlas and find names of some tributaries of the river Brahmaputra.
Answer:
Some tributaries of the river Brahmaputra are Dihang, Lohit and Dhansiri.

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Question 1. 
River Brahmaputra is known by different names in different places. Find the other names of the river.
Answer:
(a) Tsang Po in Tibet
(b) Siang in Arunachal Pradesh
(c) Dihang in plains, 
(d) Brahmaputra in Assam
(e) Padma in Bangladesh.

Question 2. 
Find out the states in which the Ganga-Brahmaputra basin lies.
Answer:
Ganga-Brahmaputra basin lies in following states.
Ganga:

• Uttarakhand
• Uttar Pradesh
• North Madhya Pradesh
• North Chhattisgarh Bihar Jharkhand West Bengal

Brahmaputra:

• Arunachal Pradesh
• Assam
• Meghalaya

Question 3.
Collect some handicrafts made from jute, bamboo and silk. Display them in the class. Find out in which areas they were made in.
Answer:
To be done by the students themselves.
Hint: 
Saree, bags, baskets, etc. Mainly come from Assam, West Bengal, Bihar and other North Eastern state. Few also from Gujarat and Rajasthan.

RBSE Class 7 Social ScienceHuman Environment Interactions: The Tropical and the Subtropical Regions Textbook Questions and Answers

Question 1. 
Answer the following questions:
(i) Name the continent in which the Amazon Basin is located.
Answer:
South America.

(ii) What are the crops grown by the
people of the Amazon Basin? 
Answer:
Tapioca, pineapple, sweet potatoes, coffee, maize, cocoa and cassava are grown by the people of Amazon basin.

(iii) Name the birds that you are likely to find in the rainforests of the Amazon.
Answer:
Birds such as Toucans, Humming birds, and Birds of Paradise with their brightly coloured plumage are found in rainforests of the Amazon.

(iv) What are the major cities located on the river Ganga.
Answer:
Major cities located on the river Ganga are as following:
(a) Dev Prayag 
(b) Rishikesh
(c) Haridwar
(d) Kanpur
(e) Prayagraj
(f) Varanasi
(g) Patna.

(v) Where is the one-horned rhinoceros found?
Answer:
One-home4 rhinoceros are found in Assam which lies in Brahmaputra basin. 

Question 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:
(b) delta area

Question 3. 
Match the following

Answer:

Question 4. 
Give Reasons:
(i) The rainforests are depleting.
Answer:
The rainforests are depleting due to following reasons: 
(a) The development activities are leading to the gradual destruction of the biologically diverse rainforests.
(b) The top soil is washed away as the rain falls and the lush forest turns into a barren landscape.
(c) The indigenous population was pushed out from the area and forced to settle in new areas.
(d) Industrialisation also leads to the depletion.

(ii) Paddy is grown in the Ganga- Brahmaputra plains.
Answer:
The cultivation of paddy requires sufficient water and Ganga-Brahmaputra plains receive high amount of rainfall and fulfill the water requirements.