Science assignment 2

1.Fill in the blanks

(a) I am a bird and the only inhabitant of Antarctica/ polar region. ______________ ___________
(b) I am only responsible for all changes that occur in weather. ______________________
(c) I am very cold region with six months day and six months night. ________________________
(d) I am the inhabitant of rainforest having silver-white mane. ____________________________
(e) I am unpredictable as I change myself in a short time span. _________

2.Name any two countries of each that belong to or have
(a) Polar region:
(b) Tropical rainforest

3.Define
(a) Adaptation
(b) Humidity

4.Explain the climate of
(a) Polar region
(b) Tropical region

5.Differentiate between weather & climate.

6.Describe the adaptive features of- (Any three of each)
(a) Polar bear
(b) beard ape

7.what do you mean by the term ?Migration?? Give an example of a living organism which shows this phenomenon.

8.Unscramble the following words using the hints given against them.
a. MATLICE (Hint: weather pattern in a region over a period)
b. AROPL (Hint: coolest region on earth)
c. TREHMEOMRET (Hint: used to measure temperature)
d. UHIDYTMI (Hint: feature of weather)

9.How migratory birds and their way from one location to other? (any 2-3 points)

10.Why weather forecasting is important?