BIOLOGY CLASS VII (CHAPTER-7)

Maximum and minimum temperatures are measured by special thermometers known as

• maximum and minimum thermometers

• hygrometer

• rain gauge

• satellite

_____________________ is the level or amount of water vapour that exists in air.

• Humidity

• Temperature

• Rainfall

• Wind-speed

The minimum temperature occurs early in the __________________________.

• evening

• morning

• afternoon

• night

The day-to-day condition of the atmosphere at a place with respect to the temperature, humidity, rainfall, wind-speed, etc., is called the ________________________ at that place.

• climate

• adaptation

• camouflage

• weather

Name the instrument by which rainfall can be measured.

• thermometer

• rain gauge

• satellite

• hygrometer

The climate of Chennai is

• warm and humid

• hot and wet

• hot and dry

• cold

__________________ in animals mean the way an animal’s body modifies or adapts to a particular climate or region for its survival.

• Characteristics

• Features

• Survival

• Adaptation

Which of the following is not an adaptive feature of an elephant?

• uses its trunk for picking up food

• skin colour helps them to camouflage

• uses its long ears to hear even soft sounds, and also to cool itself

• uses its tusk to tear the bark of trees, which it eats

This animal's most outstanding feature is the silver-white mane, which surrounds the head from the cheeks down to its chin. It is also a good climbers and live most of its life on the tree.

• Red-eyed frog

• Elephant

• Lion

• Lion-tailed macaque

Identify this bird.

• Parrot

• Toucan

• Sparrow

• Crow