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Worksheets🗻ANTARCTICA🗻
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 3mins
Antarctica is the ___________ largest continent
6th
2nd
5th
4th
What is Antarctica also known as?
Yellow continent
White desert
Cold continent
White continent
Antarctica is covered by an ice sheet which is __________ km thick.
4.9
4
5.2
10.5
Antarctica is also known as?
Continent of science
Country of science
Land of science
Nothing
While Antarctica is covered in ice, it actually holds one of the world's biggest mountain range that is _______________
Himalayas
Tibet
Gamburtsev
Andes
The eighteenth expedition in 1988-1989 established another station named ___________________
Abutara Halt
Acharya Narendra dev
Maitri
Adesar
Antarctica is surrounded by ______________
Atlantic ocean
Atlantis ocean
Black sea
White ocean
How many days of day and night does antarctica have?
134 days
189 days
169 days
176 days
The Indian people touched the white continent in_____________________.
1978
1988
1982
1899
The continent provides _________________ for the scientific study of weather.
technology
great scope
Weather
Financial support
Why are other countries interested in Antarctica?
New land to build on
Natural resources like coal, copper, and petroleum
Ample amounts of water
Research
What was Antarctica real name?
Anarctic
Arctic
Acrtic
Antartic
What are the native people of antarctica called?
Antarticians
South polians
There are no native people of antarctica
Eskimos
In which year was Antarctica considered as a continent?
2007
1920
1911
1820
Antarctica is the world's coldest continent, it is also called ____________
Furtherest continent
Windiest continent
Foggiest continent
Sunnyest continent
Who is the first person born in Antarctica?
David johnson
Chris compernicus
Amilo palmo
Emilo palma
Has Antarctica always been cold?
Yes, it always has been covered in thick ice
Yes, but sometimes the ice gets a lot thinner
No, it used to be tropical
No, it used to be a desert
When was the Antarctic treaty signed?
1959
1967
1981
1989
What do many Antarctic fish have that other fish don't have?
The ability to generate their own heat
Echo location to detect ice
Anti-freeze in their blood
Nothing
What happend to the members of the second team on their return from the pole?
Though disappointed, return was uneventful
They all died
They were welcomed as heroes
People threw tomatoes on them when they returned
