WorksheetsGeography Year 6 Spring 1
Total questions: 29
Worksheet time: 15mins
How many independent countries are there in mainland South America?
10
11
12
13
What is a territory?
Land or a country ruled by another country
The capital city of a country
A type of currency
Products that are sold to other countries
What do we call a product sold to another country?
Currency
Religion
Industry
Export
What is the name of the line of latitude that runs around the centre of the Earth?
The Tropic of Cancer
The Tropic of Capricorn
The Equator
The Arctic Circle
What are the tropics?
The area around the North Pole.
The area around the South Pole
The region of the Earth near to the Equator
The coldest places on Earth.
Which of these is NOT a characteristic of a tropical rainforest?
Evergreen trees
High amounts of rainfall
Freezing temperatures
Humid air
What is the name of the layer of the rainforest where the tallest trees are found?
The emergent layer
The canopy layer
The understory layer
The forest floor layer
Which layer of the rainforest has the most biodiversity?
The emergent layer
The canopy layer
The understory layer
The forest floor layer
What do we call the people who are native to the Amazon Rainforest?
Ancestors
Tribes
Indigenous people
Tourists
What is a settlement?
A place where people choose to live
A type of animal found in the rainforest
The way that people travel around
What is the name for a group of people who live together and share customs and beliefs?
A family
A tribe
A school
A country
What is the start of a river called?
The mouth
The source
The course
The meander
What is the middle part of a river called?
The mouth
The source
The course
The meander
What is the end of a river called?
The mouth
The source
The course
The meander
What is the name of the process that moves water from the land and sea into the air, and then back again?
Precipitation
The water cycle
Which of these is formed by erosion and deposition?
A meander
A source
A mouth
The water cycle
What is a meander?
A straight part of a river’s course
A curve in a river’s course
A type of fish
The start of a river
What happens to a river during erosion?
It flows faster
It drops rock and soil
It wears away the land
It forms an oxbow lake
What happens to a river during deposition?
It flows faster
It drops rock and soil
It wears away the land
It forms an oxbow lake
What is a natural resource?
Something that is created by humans.
Something that is created by nature but then used by humans for their benefit.
A type of animal found in a river.
A bend in a river.
What is hydroelectric power?
Energy created using water.
Energy created using the sun.
Energy created using wind.
Energy created using coal.
How many regions is Asia split into?
3
4
58
6
What is the population of a place?
The area of the place in square kilometres.
The number of capital cities in the place.
The total number of people who live there.
The different languages spoken by people in that place.
What are the different biomes of the world? Large areas around the world that share a similar climate.
Large areas around the world that share a similar climate.
The different plants and animals that can be found in different locations.
A country's government.
The way that the land has been shaped.
What is an ecosystem?
The way that humans use the land.
A community of animals, plants, microorganisms, non-living things, and their shared environment.
The journey of a river.
A large area with a certain type of climate.
What is a biome?
A large-scale ecosystem defined by factors such as climate, soil, and vegetation.
The variety of wildlife and plants in a particular habitat.
An area of land that belongs to a country.
A very large area of salty water.
How have the flora and fauna of different biomes adapted to life there? What does adaptation mean?
When living things are adapted to their habitats. This means that they have special features that help them to survive.
When animals move from one place to another.
The variety of wildlife and plants in a particular habitat.
Something that is created by nature but then used by humans.
What challenges do humans face living in each biome? What is a resource?
A physical material that humans need and value, such as land, air, and water.
Land or a country ruled by another country.
Which of these is an example of a desirable need for humans, but is NOT essential?
Food
Water
Shelter
Transport
