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A kite An eagle An owl
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Write True or False :
1. The temperate deciduous forests are found in
hot areas. __________
A tropical grassland
2. Temperate grasslands are known by local name
Info Bits ‘veld’ in Russia. __________
Info Bits
3. The coniferous forests are found in higher
Tropical grasslands are called Lianas in Venezuela latitudes and higher altitudes. __________
and Campos in Brazil.
4. In Africa, tropical grasslands are called savanna.
The tropical grasslands have rich wildlife. A __________
number of herbivores live here because of plenty
of food, such as giraffes, zebras, deer, wild DESERT VEGETATION
buffaloes, antelopes, elephants etc., and these
A desert is a vast area covered with sand having
animals are chased by a number of carnivores,
hot and dry climate. We can find deserts along the
such as leopards, hyenas, lions, jackals, panthers
etc. western margins of the continents due to high
temperature and scanty rainfall, such as the Sahara
Desert in northern Africa, the Kalahari Desert in
southern Africa, the Atacama desert in Chile, Thar
desert in Asia, Australian Desert, Arabian Desert
in Asia etc. We do not find any forests here, only
patches of shrubs can be found
A zebra A hyena A leopard here and there. The trees are
short having thorns, thick
Temperate Grasslands
stems, long roots and wax-
The temperate grasslands are found in the interior coated leaves. The chief
of the continents in the middle latitudes. The grass species of trees in the desert
is short in these regions because of scarcity of include date palm, cacti,
rain. Some trees are also found here. These thorny bushes and grasses. Desert vegetation
regions are suitable for grazing and farming, so the Wildlife is scarce in deserts because of unsuitable
chief occupations of the people are rearing cattle
conditions of life. Camel is the chief animal which
and growing of wheat and corn.
is used for transport. Other animals found here
These grasslands are known by local names— include foxes, jackals, wild asses, hyenas etc. A
prairies in North America, pampas in South number of lizards, scorpions and snakes can also
America, veld in southern Africa, downs in be found here.
Australia and steppes in Russia.
The temperate grasslands have a wide variety of
wildlife, such as antelopes, horses, wolves,
rabbits, wild dogs and rodents. A number of birds
are also found, such as kites, eagles, owls etc.
A wild ass A camel A jackal
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