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The Climatic Zones

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 44mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

It is an imaginary horizontal line around the middle of a planet. It is halfway between the North Pole and the South Pole, at 0 degrees latitude. What is it?

a)

Equator

b)

Prime meridian

c)

tropic of cancer

d)

Tropic of capricorn

2.

What are the names of the three climatic zones?

a)

summer, winter, spring

b)

polar, temperate, tropical

c)

fauna, flora, temperate

3.

It's extremely cold.

a)

frigid

b)

temperate

c)

tropical

4.

The are penguins, polar bears, and artic foxes.

a)

polar

b)

temperate

c)

tropical

5.

The hottest regions of the world are located near the

a)

Equator

b)

Tropic of Cancer

c)

Arctic Circle

6.

Which is likely to be the main economic activity in the Polar Regions?

a)

banking

b)

fishing

c)

cattle rearing

d)

D.Back yard gardening

7.

Country D has dry and wet seasons and sunshine most of the time. In which climatic zone is this country likely to be located?

a)

North Polar

b)

North Temperate

c)

South Temperate

d)

Tropical

8.

Why do Caribbean countries have similar climatic conditions?

a)

They are small

b)

They are in the western hemisphere

c)

They are mountainous

d)

They are in the Tropical Zone

9.

The temperature is hot.

a)

polar

b)

temperate

c)

tropical

10.

Which climatic zone is extremely cold?

(a)  

11.

1. The Earth divided into _______________Climatic or heat zones.

a)

Four

b)

Six

c)

Three

d)

Two

12.

The ________________________ zone refers to the area of the earth near the equator which is generally hot and humid.

a)

Tropical

b)

Temperate

c)

Polar

13.

It has a great diversity of flora.

a)

polar

b)

temperate

c)

tropical

14.

It shows great diversity of birds, insects and mammals.

a)

polar

b)

temperate

c)

tropical

15.

There is little vegetation and no trees.

a)

frigid

b)

temperate

c)

tropical

16.

Which climatic type is the most severe drought associated

a)

Equatorial

b)

Savannah

c)

Hot Desert

d)

Tropical Monsoon

17.

What is this?

a)

forest fire

b)

volcanic eruption

c)

drought

18.

The ________________________ zone refers to the area of the earth near the equator which is generally hot and humid.

a)

Tropical

b)

Temperate

c)

Polar

19.
What has roots as nobody sees,
Is taller than trees,
Up, up it goes,
And yet never grows?
a)
A beanstalk
b)
A building
c)
A mountain
20.

The more you take the more you leave behind. What am I?

a)

rude

b)

walker

c)

footsteps

d)

rain

21.

What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?

a)

the letter 'm'

b)

a second

c)

a millisecond

22.

What did one potato chip say to the other?

a)

Shall we go for a dop

b)

Huh

c)

This makes no sense

d)

Shall we go for a dip

23.

If you feed me I will live, if you give me a drink I will die. What am I?

a)

Nothing

b)

Homeless man?

c)

Fire

d)

...

24.

I'm not alive, but I have 5 fingers. What am I?

a)

Nothing

b)

A dead dinosaur?

c)

A glove

d)

...

25.
Voiceless it cries,
Wingless flutters,
Toothless bites,
Mouthless mutters. 
a)
A ball rolling
b)
The wind
c)
Air
d)
Earth