Antarctica: Location, Physical Features, Climate, Natural Vegetation — Geography STD 7 — Question

The Caspian Sea is a lake.

This could be a classroom activity. If your school laboratory has an anemometer, use it to record your city’s wind speed for a week. Use the Beaufort Scale to find out the character of wind during these days. Record your observations carefully in your notebook. You could even draw small neat sketches to show the effect of the wind.

Antarctica is called the Polar Desert.

The rivers of Africa are not very suitable for navigation in their lower course.

____________ has many industries.

• China
• Nepal

What is meant by ‘inland drainage’? Give an example.

I was discovered in 1820

Which type of industry produces cement and petrochemicals?

Refer to the physical map of Europe in your atlas. Moving in an anti-clockwise direction starting from the Arctic Ocean and the White Sea, observe and note down the names of all the surrounding water bodies such as seas, bays, gulfs, straits, etc. Then mark each of them on an outline map of Europe.

With the help of your atlas, encyclopedias, and the Internet, find out about the climate of these places.

1. Mumbai
2. Delhi
3. Kolkata
4. London
5. New York
6. Sydney