Y6 Environmental Autumn

What is your class?

• Cedar

• Elder

Which of these words, often used when discussing our environment, means ‘the ability for something to maintain itself over time’?

• Reliability

• Culpability

• Flexibility

• Sustainability

A thermometer is an instrument used to measure...

• ...air pressure.

• ...earthquakes.

• ...distance.

• ...rainfall.

Which of these is not a continent?

• Antarctica

• Arctic

• Asia

• Africa

Permafrost is a layer of soil that is…

• ...frozen only in the winter.

• ...more colourful than other soil.

• ...found in rainforests.

• ...frozen all year round.

Antarctica is a continent found in which part of the world?

• The north

• The south

• The east

• The west

Climate change is causing the amount of sea ice in the Arctic to increase.

• True

• False

Identify the countries which have land inside the Arctic Circle.

• USA (Alaska)

• B

• Canada

• C

• Greenland

• A

• Russia

• D

How is the Arctic Fox adapted for its environment? (tick all that apply)

• Its fur changes colour depending on the season

• It can eat snow as a source of food

• Short legs and small nose so less exposed to the environment

• Webbed feet to swim between ice floes