ICSE ICSE Class 7 - CISCE Question Bank Solutions

Briefly describe the climate and vegetation of the south-eastern and south-western coasts of Australia.

What are marsupials? Describe any one marsupial.

What are monotremes? Give examples.

Study the map given here and answer the questions (lines indicate the different climatic regions)

1. Describe the vegetation of region C.
2. What are the most outstanding characteristics of the climate of region B?
3. On the map, draw the South-East Trade Winds with red
4. By what name are the temperate grasslands known in the Murray-Darling Basin? Write the name in the appropriate place on the map.

This is a photograph of a eucalyptus tree, a common tree found in Australia. There are over 900 species of this tree in Australia.

1. What is the local name of this tree?
2. Which animal survives by eating the leaves of this tree?

Contour lines on a map join points of equal ______ on the surface or the earth above or below a reference point.

What is a contour line?

How does relief of an area affect land use?

Why do you think that the knowledge of scale is important for reading a map?

Choose the correct answer:

This scale is stated in words

State whether the following is true or false.

The verbal scale is stated in words.

State whether the following is true or false.

A statement scale consists of a straight line which is divided into lengths.

What is meant by the scale of a map?

Which three ways are used to represent the scale of a map?

Convert the statement scale 1 cm = 100 km into R.F. scale.

What method would you use to measure the length of a river?

Describe any two ways of representing a map scale.

Look at the picture and answer the question

What type of scale is shown alongside?

Look at the picture and answer the question

State a feature of this scale.

Look at the plan of a school given here and note the scale given at the top of the plan : 1 cm to 8 m. This verbal scale means that 1 cm on the paper represents 8 m on the ground. Use this scale to find out the length and breadth of the different places shown in the plan.