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Life in the Amazon Basin

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  • Identify this image (Hint : Large apartment-like houses with a steeply slanting roof)
    Maloca
  • Slash and burn agriculture is also known as _________
    Shifting cultivation
  • The Amazon basin lies in the sub tropical region between between 10°N and 10°S. True/False
    False
  • Which is the largest snake found in the Amazon rainforest?
    Anaconda
  • _______ is the staple food of the people of Ganga-Brahmaputra basin.
    Fish and Rice
  • Kolkata is located on River _________
    Hooghly
  • Identify this flesh eating fish found in the river.
    Piranha
  • What does population density mean?
    The number of persons living in one sq km.
  • How is the weather in the Amazon rainforest?
    Hot and wet climate
  • Name the river on which Taj Mahal is loacted.
    Yamuna
  • The staple food of the people living the Amazon rainforest is paddy. True/False
    False
  • Where does the Ganga Brahmaputra basin lie?
    In the tropical region, between 10 degree N and 10 degree south
  • Which continent is this?
    South America
  • The place where the river enters into another body of water is called ________
    mouth
  • Where are Kaziranga and Manas wildlife sanctuaries situated?
    Assam
  • Pick the odd one out- Coffee, sugarcane, maize, cocoa
    Sugarcane
  • Identify this bird
    Toucans
  • _________ is a way of cultivating land where farmers clear a piece of land by cutting down trees and bushes.
    Slash and Burn
  • Which is the slowest animal in the forest?
    Sloth
  • Name this special plant that can store water in their leaves.
    Bromeliads
  • These small rivers which join the main river are called ________
    tributaries