Life in the Temperate Grasslands Class 7 MCQs Questions with Answers
Question 1.
Approximately how much area of earth is covered with grasslands?
(a) 40%
(b) 25%
(c) 10%
(d) 33%
Answer
Answer: (b) 25%
Question 2.
What are the Temperate Grasslands of North America called?
(a) Prairies
(b) Sahara
(c) Nile
(d) Tropical region
Answer
Answer: (a) Prairies
Question 3.
Which is the Latin word that means meadow?
(a) Priata
(b) Susu
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) None of these
Answer
Answer: (a) Priata
Question 4.
Which country does the river Mississippi drain?
(a) Africa
(b) USA
(c) Amazon
(d) Canada
Answer
Answer: (b) USA
Question 5.
Rocky mountains are bounded by which of the grasslands on their east?
(a) Pampos
(b) Prairies
(c) Velds
(d) Sheep
Answer
Answer: (b) Prairies
Question 6.
Due to the absence of the north-south barriers a local wind blows in USA which is called
(a) loo
(b) cool breeze
(c) chinook
(d) none of these
Answer
Answer: (c) chinook
Question 7.
How much lowest temperature has been recorded during winter in North America?
(a) 20°C
(b) -20°C
(c) 10°C
(d) -10°C
Answer
Answer: (b) -20°C
Question 8.
What are the cattle farms in North America called?
(a) Velds
(b) Arches
(c) Sheds
(d) Ranches
Answer
Answer: (d) Ranches
Question 9.
What is the second major industry of Canada?
(a) Dairy farming
(b) Coal mining
(c) Gold mining
(d) None of these
Answer
Answer: (a) Dairy farming
Question 10.
The important cities in American Prairies are
(a) Chicago
(b) Minneapolis
(c) Kansas
(d) All of these
Answer
Answer: (d) All of these
Question 11.
What lies to the west of veld grasslands?
(a) Drakensburg
(b) River Orange
(c) Kalahari desert
(d) Nothing
Answer
Answer: (c) Kalahari desert
Question 12.
Which is the coldest month in the Veld grasslands?
(a) January
(b) July
(c) June
(d) October
Answer
Answer: (b) July
Question 13.
Which of these animal is not found in the Velds?
(a) Leopard
(b) Cheetah
(c) Kudu
(d) Dodo
Answer
Answer: (d) Dodo
Question 14.
What is Kimberley famous for?
(a) Gold
(b) Diamonds
(c) Silver
(d) Platinum
Answer
Answer: (b) Diamonds
Match the contents of Column A with that of Column B
| Column A | Column B |
| 1. Veld | (a) Tribes |
| 2. Apache, cree | (b) Local wind in prairies |
| 3. Coyotes, gophers | (c) Ranches |
| 4. Chinook | (d) Dutch people |
| 5. Bison | (e) Animals |
Answer
Answer:
| Column A | Column B |
| 1. Veld | (d) Dutch people |
| 2. Apache, cree | (a) Tribes |
| 3. Coyotes, gophers | (e) Animals |
| 4. Chinook | (b) Local wind in prairies |
| 5. Bison | (c) Ranches |
Fill in the blanks with appropriate words:
1. Areas with little rainfall have short ……………
Answer
Answer: grasses
2. Velds are drained by the rivers …………. and ……………
Answer
Answer: orange, Limpopo
3. A machine called …………… can do the tasks of threshing, sowing and ploughing.
Answer
Answer: combine
4. Prairies have large mineral deposits of coal and ……………..
Answer
Answer: iron
5. Temperate grasslands of South Africa are called ……………….
Answer
Answer: Velds.
State whether the given statements are true or false.
1. Prairies have a variety of trees.
Answer
Answer: False
2. Prairies are known as “granaries of the world” due to huge surplus of milk products.
Answer
Answer: False
3. Velds are bound by Drakensburg on the east.
Answer
Answer: True
4. Acacia is a species of sheep known for its wool.
Answer
Answer: False
5. Prairies in Canada are drained by the River Saskatchewan.
Answer
Answer: True
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