Balbharati solutions for Geography (Social Science) [English] 11 Standard chapter 8 - Biomes [Latest edition]

Look at the figure Answer the following questions:

1. What does the figure show?
2. What do the numbers on the figure represent?
3. How does latitude influence the vegetation?
4. How does latitude influence the fauna of a place?
5. Which latitude will have more biodiversity?

Make a list of products found in your home which have come from the Tropical Decidouos Biome.

Besides latitudes, what other conditions influence the biome?

In which region in India, is desertification occurring?

Why is the Taiga biome not found in Southern Hemisphere?

Which activities of human life are affected most by the cold climate?

Find out more differences between an ecosystem and a biome. You can use the following points: the scale of the area occupied, types, the flow of nutrients and energy, examples, etc.

1) Various biome regions have been shown on the map. Considering the latitudinal location, select tropical rainforest biome and write the name in its respective place in the index.

2) Write the names of major countries that lie in the tropical rainforest biome.

1) Various biome regions have been shown on the map. Considering the latitudinal location, select Tropical decidouos biome and write the name in its respective place in the index.

2) Write the names of major countries that lie in the Tropical decidouos biome.

1) Various biome regions have been shown on the map. Considering the latitudinal location, select Savannah grassland biome and write the name in its respective place in the index.

2) Write the names of the major countries that lie in the Savannah grassland biome.

1) Various biome regions have been shown on the map. Considering the latitudinal location, select the Tropical desert biome and write the name in its respective place in the index.

2) Write the names of the major countries that lie in the Tropical desert biome.

1) Various biome regions have been shown on the map. Considering the latitudinal location, select the Mediterranean biome and write the name in its respective place in the index.

2) Write the names of the major countries that lie in the Mediterranean biome.

1) Various biome regions have been shown on the map. Considering the latitudinal location, select Temperate deciduous biome and write the name in its respective place in the index.

2) Write the names of the major countries that lie in the Temperate deciduous biome.

Read the following news item.

A grizzly bear that killed a mother and her baby in Yukon last fall was emaciated and desperately pursuing unusual food sources at the time of the attack, according to an investigation by the territory’s government. Valérie Théorêt, 37, and her 10-month-old daughter, Adèle Roesholt, died on Nov. 26, 2018, when a grizzly bear attacked them near their trapping cabin in the remote Einarson Lake area northeast of the village of Mayo. Gordon Hitchcock, chief conservation officer for the Government of Yukon, said the 18-year-old male grizzly bear was emaciated to the point that it was incapable of hibernation. Additionally, it was insignificant and chronic pain from having eaten a porcupine – which bears do not typically eat – and had quills penetrating its digestive system from the mouth to stomach. “This bear had started turning to uncommon food sources,” said Mr. Hitchcock, who presented findings of a necropsy in Whitehorse on Wednesday. - CNN News

1. Why do such things occur?
2. Give examples of such similar incidents in Maharashtra wherein some animal has attacked people in a particular region.

1) Various biome regions have been shown on the map. Considering the latitudinal location, select the Temperate Grasslands biome and write the name in its respective place in the index.

2) Write the names of the major countries that lie in the Temperate Grasslands biome.

1) Various biome regions have been shown on the map. Considering the latitudinal location, select the Taiga biome and write the name in its respective place in the index.

2) Write the names of the major countries that lie in the Taiga biome.

1) Various biome regions have been shown on the map. Considering the latitudinal location, select the Tundra biome and write the name in its respective place in the index.

2) Write the names of the major countries that lie in the Tundra biome.

1) Various biome regions have been shown on the map. Considering the latitudinal location, select Mountain or highland biome and write the name in its respective place in the index.

2) Write the names of the major regions that lie in the Mountain or highland biome.

A person staying in the Sahara Desert and a person staying in the Arabian Desert belong to the same biome or ecosystem?

1. The tropical deserts are mainly found in which direction of the continents? What could be the reason behind their formation there?
2. In which continent is desert not found?

In India, where do you find such fruits? What are the reasons for them being found here?

Find out the regions in the tropical rainforest biome where plantation agriculture has developed.

Look for the names of the tribes dependent on the Tropical decidouos biome in India including Maharashtra along with their habitats and show them on a map of India.

Obtain information regarding the tribes inhabiting the Savannah Grassland biome. Find out about their habitat, lifestyle, conventional ways of living with nature, cultural heritage, etc.

Find out the names of countries that produce and export wheat and maize.

Complete the chain:

Fill in the blank with appropriate alternatives given below and rewrite the sentence.

Ecosystem consists of interaction between ____________ and abiotic factors.

Fill in the blank with appropriate alternatives given below and rewrite the sentence.

The original meaning of savanna is____________

Fill in the blank with appropriate alternatives given below and rewrite the sentence.

In Africa tropical evergreen forest is predominantly found in ____________.

Fill in the blank with appropriate alternatives given below and rewrite the sentence.

Mediterranean forest is also known as____________ forests.

Arrange the given statements as per given instructions.

Arrange the following biomes in proper order from the Equator to Pole.

1. Tundra
2. Tropical rain forest
3. Boreal forest
4. Sahara desert

Select the inappropriate factor or statement

Trees in the tropical rain forest-

Select the inappropriate factor or statement

Temperate grasslands in the world.

Select the inappropriate factor or statement.

Major hot deserts in the world are -

Give a geographical reason:

The trees in the tropical rainforests are broad-leaved while those in the Taiga are coniferous.

Give a geographical reason:

Desert biomes have thorny vegetation.

Give geographical reasons:

The lumbering activity has developed in Taiga forests.

Give geographical reasons:

Mediterranean biome has proved to be a catalyst for the development of the cinema industry.

Write a short note on:

Agriculture in the temperate grassland biome.

Write a short note on:

Human life in the Tundra biome

Write a short note on:

Animal adaptation in grasslands

Write a short note on:

Marine biomes

Distinguish between the biome and ecosystem.

Distinguish between:

Tropical and temperate grassland biomes.

Distinguish between:

Human activities in tropical evergreen and Monsoon regions.

Give an account of the desert biome with the help of the following points:

1.  location
2. plant life
3. animal life
4. human life

Explain the reasons behind deforestation in your area. What measures will you suggest to minimize deforestation?