Chapter 8
Antarctica
Comprehension
1) Answer the following questions in complete sentences.
a) How many continents are there on the earth? Write the names?
Answer:- There are seven continents on the earth the name are—-
(i) Asia
(ii)Africa
(iii) North America
(iv) South America
(v)Antarctica
b) Where is Antarctica?
Answer:- Antarctica is on the South pole.
c) What is a desert?
Answer:- A desert is a large are of land that has very little water and very few plants growing on it.
d) What are the most famous inhabitants of Antarctica?
Answer :- The most famous inhabitants of Antarctica are penguins.
e) What is a precipitation?
Answer:- Precipitation is the amount of the rain snow etc.
f) What is the largest hot desert of the desert of the world?
Answer:- Sahara is the largest hot desert of the desert of the world.
2) Write about the Antarctic Treaty?
Answer:-
3) Arrange the order of the following words as you find them in a dictionary.
Continent, huddle, compost, evidence, inhospitable, circle, impact, escape, inhabitants, invertebrates
4) Look at the word:
Southernmost: furthest south
Now, write, words, which end in ’most” for the following.
a) _ nn __most: nearest to the centre or inside of something
b) __ termost : situated at the farthest possible point from the centre
c) ba _ _ most : furthest back
d) _ opmost:highest in rank
e) _ lmost: nearly
g) _ e__ tmost: farthest to the left
h) f _ __ emost : the most important or famous / in a position at the front