Geography: Greade 07

Geography – I - Grade 07

1. The o^olatitude drawn from west to east circling round the globe is named as,

i) Arctic circle ii) Tropic of Capricorn

iii) Equator iv) Tropic of Cancer

The above diagram shows,

i) The revolution of the Earth ii) Rotation of the Earth

iii) Elliptical path of the moon iv) Path of the planets.

1. Agriculture can be identified under 3 major sectors. They are,

i) Crop cultivation, Animal Husbandy, Fisheries Industries.

ii) Crop cultivation, sugar cane cultivation, fisheries industry,

iii) Fisheries, fresh water fishing, salt water fishers

iv) Animal Husbandry, fresh water fishing, salt water fishing

2. The Northeast monsoon rain is received in Sri Lanka in the months of,

i) May – September ii) May January

iii) January – March iv) December – February.

3. The absolute location of Sri Lanka is situated in between,

i) 5^o 55’ to 9^o 51’ North latitude and between 70^o – 90^o eastern longitude.

ii) 5^o 55’ to 9^o 51’ North latitude and between 79^o – 42^o to 81^o 52 eastern longitude.

ii) 15^o 55’ to 99^o 51’ North latitude and between 79^o – 42^o to 81^o 52 eastern longitude.

iv) 15^o 55’ to 9^o 51’ North latitude and between 79^o – 42^o to 65^o 30 eastern longitude.

Read the statements given below and state “√” or “X” in the brackets given.

4. Equatorial regions gets low heat due to the perpendicular rays falling on these areas. (……..)

5. The depth of “Mariana Trench” is 118880m. (……..)

6. Sri Lanka mentioned as “Taprobane” in the world map drawn for the first time by Ptolemy. (……..)

7. Floods, Drought, Landslides and cyclone are not natural occurances. (……..)

8. Hills in the hill country are situated in the shape of an anchor. (……..)

Fill in the blanks with the suitable words given in the brackets.

(Kurunegala, James Taylor, Hambantota, Kegalle, UNESCO, Soya, Latitude, James Jean, Longtitudes)

11. ………………………………………….is a cereal food among the national food in Sri Lanka.

12. The first tea plantation was started by ……………………………at Lool kadura.

13. ………………………………………….belong to the semi Arid Zone of Sri Lanka.

14. Sinharaja forest was declared as the world heritage by the ……………………… organization.

15. The imaginary lines drawn from west to east across the globe is known as ……………………………………….

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