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Match the animals mentioned in Column I with their characteristic features given in Column II.


(a) Red Eyed Frog has developed sticky pads on its feet to help it climb trees on which it lives.


(b) Penguin bodies are streamlined and their feet have webs, making them a good swimmer.


(c) Tiger has thick skins and sensitive hearing.


(d) Lion-Tailed Macaque is the silver-white mane, which surrounds the head from the cheeks down to its chin.


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12

State whether the following statements are True or False. Correct the false statements.

(a) It is easy to predict weather rather than climate.


(b) Since very few preys are available, the polar bear does not need to have a strong sense of smell.


(c) Penguins stick together to fight the cold polar climate.


(d) Tropical rain forests are cool and humid throughout the year because of heavy rains all the time.

 13

Unscramble the following words using the hints given against them.

(i) MATLICE (Hint: weather pattern in a region over a period of time)


(ii) AROPL (Hint: coolest region on earth)


(iii) TREHMEOMRET (Hint: used to measure temperature)


(iv) UHIDYTMI (Hint: a feature of weather)

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Why is it difficult to predict the weather of a place while it is easy to predict its climate?

 16

Name two animals each that live in the Polar region and Tropical rain forests.