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How does the conical shape of deodar trees help in snowy mountains?Read the answer and worked solution →Why do hot-desert camels have long legs with wide hooves?Read the answer and worked solution →How many humps do camels of the cold desert of Ladakh have?Read the answer and worked solution →What is stored in a camel's hump to help it survive food scarcity?Read the answer and worked solution →Rhododendrons in the windy Shola forests of Nilgiris are how, compared with those in Sikkim?Read the answer and worked solution →A variety of plants and animals around us is a part of what?Read the answer and worked solution →Biodiversity varies from region to region mainly because of what?Read the answer and worked solution →When was Project Tiger started in India to protect the Bengal Tiger?Read the answer and worked solution →Sacred groves are best described as what?Read the answer and worked solution →The Great Indian Bustard has declined mainly due to what?Read the answer and worked solution →The Save Silent Valley movement opposed a dam on which river?Read the answer and worked solution →Silent Valley, saved by a people's movement, lies in which district of Kerala?Read the answer and worked solution →Janaki Ammal (1897-1984) is remembered as an Indian what?Read the answer and worked solution →Salim Ali is known for documenting the diversity of which group in India?Read the answer and worked solution →In ecology, what does a species' habitat provide?Read the answer and worked solution →From which language does the word habitat derive?Read the answer and worked solution →Which of these is a physical factor of a habitat?Read the answer and worked solution →The presence or absence of predators is which kind of habitat factor?Read the answer and worked solution →A habitat generalist species is one that can do what?Read the answer and worked solution →Arid habitats are those with very little of what?Read the answer and worked solution →Which of these is a freshwater habitat type?Read the answer and worked solution →Which is a marine habitat type?Read the answer and worked solution →Which animals have followed humans around the globe into urban habitats?Read the answer and worked solution →What is the basis of life around deep-sea hydrothermal vents?Read the answer and worked solution →In which year were hydrothermal vents first discovered in the ocean depths?Read the answer and worked solution →Structural adaptations are best described as which of these?Read the answer and worked solution →Searching for food and mating calls are examples of which adaptation type?Read the answer and worked solution →Mimicry by a harmless species of a noxious one is called what?Read the answer and worked solution →Mimicry is an adaptation that mainly helps against which threat?Read the answer and worked solution →

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How does the conical shape of deodar trees help in snowy mountains?

  1. It stores water
  2. Snow slides off easily
  3. It attracts animals
  4. It gives more fruits
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Correct answer: B. Snow slides off easily

1. Cold mountains get frequent snowfall. 2. A conical shape with sloping branches lets snow slide off. 3. This protects the branches from breaking under snow load. _Source: NCERT Curiosity Grade 6 Science, Ch 2, 2.3 Plants and Animals in Different Surroundings_

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Why do hot-desert camels have long legs with wide hooves?

  1. To swim in water
  2. To climb tall trees
  3. To avoid sinking
  4. To dig for roots
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Correct answer: C. To avoid sinking

1. Desert sand is loose. 2. Long legs with wide hooves spread weight on the sand. 3. This lets camels walk without sinking. _Source: NCERT Curiosity Grade 6 Science, Ch 2, 2.3 Plants and Animals in Different Surroundings_

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How many humps do camels of the cold desert of Ladakh have?

  1. One
  2. Three
  3. None
  4. Two
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Correct answer: D. Two

1. Hot desert camels of Rajasthan have one hump. 2. Cold desert camels have two humps each. 3. The humps store food and shrink in late winters. _Source: NCERT Curiosity Grade 6 Science, Ch 2, 2.3 Plants and Animals in Different Surroundings_

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