WorksheetsGeography in the News - Term 2 - Week 6
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 13mins
1. A skyscraper in the city of Skelleftea, in which
Scandinavian country, is constructed from over
12,000 cubic metres of wood and is capable of
storing nine million kilograms of carbon dioxide
throughout its lifetime?
a) Netherlands
b) Sweden
c) Norway
d) Germany
2. Illegal fishing along the Tuscany coastline, in which
Mediterranean country, has been stopped by a
seabed sculpture park whose statues snag the
nets of illegal fishers?
a) Spain
b) France
c) Italy
d) Malta
3. Tallinn, the capital of which most northern Baltic
state, has been named the European Green City
for 2023?
a) Latvia
b) Lithuania
c) Estonia
d) Bulgaria
4. China has announced that, with 1800 now living
in the wild, which iconic animal has been removed
from the endangered list?
a) Asian tiger
b) Snow leopard
c) Sun bear
d) Panda
5. Which city, Switzerland’s largest, is to shut down
its natural gas network in whole sections of the
city to fight climate change and save money?
a) Interlaken
b) Zermatt
c) Bern
d) Zurich
6. Which global fast food company is to trial reuseable
and returnable packaging, in support of its efforts to
slash single-use plastic from its UK restaurants by
2025?
a) Burger King
b) Fast Eddies
c) Zaxby’s
d) Pizza Pit
7. The ownership of 500 acres of a giant redwood
forest in which US west coast state, has been
returned to a group of Native American tribes whose
ancestors were expelled from it generations ago?
a) Maine
b) California
c) Texas
d) Utah
8. A court in Brazil has upheld the suspension of a
licence for what would be the world’s largest
open cut gold mine in which rainforest?
a) Daintree Rainforest
b) Congo Rainforest
c) Amazon Rainforest
d) Valdivian Temperate Rainforest
9. Scientists have revealed that which layer of the
atmosphere that protects the earth’s surface from
harmful UV rays is continuing to recover?
a) Ozone layer
b) Van Allen Belt
c) Thermosphere
d) Magnetosphere
10.Following a long wet season drought declarations
have been dropped for more than half of which
Australian state that has had large parts in drought
for almost ten years?
a) Western Australia
b) Victoria
c) South Australia
d) Queensland
11. On March 29, for the first time ever, what form of
renewable energy was the second-largest source
of electricity* in the US for a full day, beating both
coal and nuclear power?
a) Solar power
b) Wind power
c) Tidal power
d) Hydro-electric power
12.Which city on India’s west coast plans to electrify its
extensive urban transport network starting with over
2,000 electric buses on the road by 2023?
a) Kolkata
b) Goa
c) Mumbai
d) Delhi
13.Which city, the capital of France, is working to
become a '15-minute city' where everything you
need, including workplace, shopping and
entertainment, is located locally within 15 minutes?
a) Toulouse
b) Montpellier
c) Marseille
d) Paris
14.A UN-backed report has revealed that a record
number of big polluting companies are committing
to cutting emissions of which greenhouse gas?
a) Methane
b) Carbon dioxide
c) Carbon monoxide
d) Nitrous oxide
15.A reef near the island of Lombok is amongst the
growing number of coral reef restoration projects in
which northern neighbour of Australia?
a) Indonesia
b) New Zealand
c) Papua New Guinea
d) Timor Leste
16. View the image and read, then write no. 16's missing word here.
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18. View the image and read, then write no. 18's missing words (two words) here.
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