NCERT Solutions for Class 7 Social Science (Geography) Chapter 7 Life in the Deserts

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Class : 7th
Subject : Geography
Chapter : 9
Chapter Name : Life in the Deserts

Q1 Answer the following questions.
(a) What are the two types of deserts found in the world?
(b) In which continent is the Sahara desert located?
(c) What are the climatic conditions of the Ladakh desert?
(d) What mainly attracts tourists to Ladakh?
(e) What type of clothes the people of the Sahara desert wear?
(f) Name the trees that grow in Ladakh.

Answer. (a) The two types of deserts found in the world are hot deserts and cold deserts
(b) The Sahara desert is located in Africa.
(c) The climate of the Ladakh desert is extremely cold and dry due to ts high attitude
which varies from about 3,000 m in Kargil to more than 8,000 m in the Karakoram The
air at this attitude is so then that the heat of the sun can be felt intensely. The day
temperatures in summer are just above zero degree and the night temperatures are
below -30'C. Winters are extremely cold with temperatures below -400C for most of the
time. There is very little rainfall in this region. It is as low as 10 cm every year The area
experiences freezing winds and burning hot sunlight. There is always a chance of
sunstroke and frost bite at the same time
(d) Ladakh is a famous tourist place The tourists from within the country and abroad
enjoy visiting Buddhist monasteries that dot the Ladakhi landscape with their traditional
gompas_ The meadows and glaciers in Ladakh also attract these tourists. The ceremonies
and festivities in which the local people keep themselves engaged during winter months
are great attractions to the tourists.
(e) The people of the Sahara desert wear heavy clothes.
(f) Scanty patches of grasses and shrubs, groves of willows and poplars, fruit trees such
as apples, apricots and walnuts.

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Q2 Tick the correct answer.
(i) Sahara is located in which part of Africa
(a) eastern (b) northern (c) western

(ii) Sahara is what type of desert

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(a) cold (b) hot (c) mild

(iii) The Ladakh desert is mainly inhabited by
(a) Christians and Muslims (b) Buddhists and Muslims (c) Christians and Buddhists

(iv) Deserts are characterised by
(a) scanty vegetation (b) heavy precipitation (c) low evaporation

(v) Hemis in the Ladakh is a famous
(a) temple (b) church (c) monastery

(vi) Egypt is famous for growing
(a) wheat (b) maize (c) cotton

Answer. (i) - (b), (ii) - (b), (iii) - (b). (vi) - (c) , (v) - (c) , (vi) - (c).

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Q3 Match the following.
(i) Oasis (a) Libya
(ii) Bedouins (b) monastery
(iii) Oil (c) glacier
(iv) Gangri (d) depressions with water
(v) Lamayuru (e) cold desert
(f) Sahara

Answer.
(i) - (d)
(ii) - (f)
(iii) - (a)
(iv) - (c)
(v) - (b)

Q4 Give reasons.
(i) There is scanty vegetation in the deserts.
(ii) People of the Sahara desert wear heavy robes.

Answer. (i) The eliminate of the deserts is either very hot and dry or very cold and dry.
Both the conditions are not favourable for the growth of vegetation. Besides this. there is

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poor rainfall in the deserts Due to lack of suf�cient water. deserts usually have scanty
vegetation.
(ii) People of the Sahara deserts wear heavy robes in order to protect themselves from
the dust storms and hot winds.

Q5 Map skills.
(i) On the outline map of Africa, mark the Sahara desert and any four countries around it.
(ii) On the outline map of India, mark the Karakoram Range, Zanskar Range, Ladakh and
Zoji La pass.

Answer.

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