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Torrid Zone

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 18mins

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Class
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1.

The (a)   shape of the Earth is responsible for the even distribution of heat around the world.

2.

The regions near the __________ receive the direct rays of the Sun.

a)

Tropic of Capricorn

b)

Equator

c)

Arctic Circle

d)

Antarctic circle

3.

The Temperature Zones are also called as ____________.

a)

Torrid zones

b)

Polar zones

c)

Heat zones

4.

The Earth has been divided into (a)   temperature zones.

5.

Places located between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn is called the _______________________.

a)

Frigid Zone

b)

Torrid Zone

c)

Temperate Zone

6.

Torrid Zone is also called as (a)   .

7.

The Sun's rays are direct and _____________ in the Torrid Zone.

a)

weakest

b)

strongest

c)

lightest

d)

slanting

8.

Temperate Zones have a temperate or ______ climate.

a)

mild

b)

very hot

c)

extremely cold

9.

The _________ zone is the hottest zone.

a)

Frigid

b)

Temperate

c)

Torrid

10.

These places of Africa are home to large number of animals in the Torrid Zone.

a)

Downs

b)

Veldt

c)

savanna Grasslands

d)

steppes

11.

This place is located close to the Equator and receive heavy rainfall throughout the year.

a)

Equatorial rain-forest

b)

Amazon rain forest

c)

Savanna Grasslands

12.

Almost half of the world's animals and plants are found in this region.

(a)  

13.

Tribal people living in the equatorial rainforests practise a primitive type of farming known as ________________.

a)

Flat cultivation

b)

shifting cultivation

c)

land cultivation

14.

Lungs of the world.

a)

Savanna Grasslands

b)

Tropical rainforests

c)

Equatorial rainforests

d)

Hot deserts

15.

The equatorial rainforests are known as the lungs of the world as they provide a large amount of ______ to the atmoshphere.

a)

oxygen

b)

Carbon dioxide

c)

nitrogen

d)

argon

16.

The temperatures of the hot deserts are extremely _______ during the daytime and nights are ______.

a)

cold and high

b)

high and moderate

c)

high and cold

17.

The _______ are nomadic tribes that live in the Arabian and the Sahara deserts.

a)

Bushmen

b)

Bedouins

c)

Brazilian

18.

The (a)   live in the Kalahari Desert.

19.

Tropical grasslands are also called as (a)   .

20.

Savannas are mainly dominated by (a)   .