Forests bingo

Exercise and reference answers

Clues and terms

1. Clue

   Over 200 cm rain, trees 60 m tall.

   Item

   Evergreen

2. Clue

   Deciduous, 70 to 200 cm rain.

   Item

   Monsoon forest

3. Clue

   Under 50 cm rain; babool and khejri.

   Item

   Thorn

4. Clue

   Temperate forest of the Nilgiris.

   Item

   Shola

5. Clue

   Endemic timber of the west Himalaya.

   Item

   Deodar

6. Clue

   Convention protecting wetlands.

   Item

   Ramsar

7. Clue

   Mangrove forest of West Bengal.

   Item

   Sunderbans

8. Clue

   Launched in 1973 with nine reserves.

   Item

   Project Tiger

9. Clue

   First biosphere reserve, 1986.

   Item

   Nilgiri BR

Instructions

Read each clue and tap the term it describes.

Explanation