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Geography Year 6 Spring 1

Total questions: 29

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How many independent countries are there in mainland South America?

a)

10

b)

11

c)

12

d)

13

2.

What is a territory?

a)

Land or a country ruled by another country

b)

The capital city of a country

c)

A type of currency

d)

Products that are sold to other countries

3.

What do we call a product sold to another country?

a)

Currency

b)

Religion

c)

Industry

d)

Export

4.

What is the name of the line of latitude that runs around the centre of the Earth?

a)

The Tropic of Cancer

b)

The Tropic of Capricorn

c)

The Equator

d)

The Arctic Circle

5.

What are the tropics?

a)

The area around the North Pole.

b)

The area around the South Pole

c)

The region of the Earth near to the Equator

d)

The coldest places on Earth.

6.

Which of these is NOT a characteristic of a tropical rainforest?

a)

Evergreen trees

b)

High amounts of rainfall

c)

Freezing temperatures

d)

Humid air

7.

What is the name of the layer of the rainforest where the tallest trees are found?

a)

The emergent layer

b)

The canopy layer

c)

The understory layer

d)

The forest floor layer

8.

Which layer of the rainforest has the most biodiversity?

a)

The emergent layer

b)

The canopy layer

c)

The understory layer

d)

The forest floor layer

9.

What do we call the people who are native to the Amazon Rainforest?

a)

Ancestors

b)

Tribes

c)

Indigenous people

d)

Tourists

10.

What is a settlement?

a)

A place where people choose to live

b)

A type of animal found in the rainforest

c)

The way that people travel around

11.

What is the name for a group of people who live together and share customs and beliefs?

a)

A family

b)

A tribe

c)

A school

d)

A country

12.

What is the start of a river called?

a)

The mouth

b)

The source

c)

The course

d)

The meander

13.

What is the middle part of a river called?

a)

The mouth

b)

The source

c)

The course

d)

The meander

14.

What is the end of a river called?

a)

The mouth

b)

The source

c)

The course

d)

The meander

15.

What is the name of the process that moves water from the land and sea into the air, and then back again?

a)

Precipitation

b)

The water cycle

16.

Which of these is formed by erosion and deposition?

a)

A meander

b)

A source

c)

A mouth

d)

The water cycle

17.

What is a meander?

a)

A straight part of a river’s course

b)

A curve in a river’s course

c)

A type of fish

d)

The start of a river

18.

What happens to a river during erosion?

a)

It flows faster

b)

It drops rock and soil

c)

It wears away the land

d)

It forms an oxbow lake

19.

What happens to a river during deposition?

a)

It flows faster

b)

It drops rock and soil

c)

It wears away the land

d)

It forms an oxbow lake

20.

What is a natural resource?

a)

Something that is created by humans.

b)

Something that is created by nature but then used by humans for their benefit.

c)

A type of animal found in a river.

d)

A bend in a river.

21.

What is hydroelectric power?

a)

Energy created using water.

b)

Energy created using the sun.

c)

Energy created using wind.

d)

Energy created using coal.

22.

How many regions is Asia split into?

a)

3

b)

4

c)

58

d)

6

23.

What is the population of a place?

a)

The area of the place in square kilometres.

b)

The number of capital cities in the place.

c)

The total number of people who live there.

d)

The different languages spoken by people in that place.

24.

What are the different biomes of the world? Large areas around the world that share a similar climate.

a)

Large areas around the world that share a similar climate.

b)

The different plants and animals that can be found in different locations.

c)

A country's government.

d)

The way that the land has been shaped.

25.

What is an ecosystem?

a)

The way that humans use the land.

b)

A community of animals, plants, microorganisms, non-living things, and their shared environment.

c)

The journey of a river.

d)

A large area with a certain type of climate.

26.

What is a biome?

a)

A large-scale ecosystem defined by factors such as climate, soil, and vegetation.

b)

The variety of wildlife and plants in a particular habitat.

c)

An area of land that belongs to a country.

d)

A very large area of salty water.

27.

How have the flora and fauna of different biomes adapted to life there? What does adaptation mean?

a)

When living things are adapted to their habitats. This means that they have special features that help them to survive.

b)

When animals move from one place to another.

c)

The variety of wildlife and plants in a particular habitat.

d)

Something that is created by nature but then used by humans.

28.

What challenges do humans face living in each biome? What is a resource?

a)

A physical material that humans need and value, such as land, air, and water.

b)

Land or a country ruled by another country.

29.

Which of these is an example of a desirable need for humans, but is NOT essential?

a)

Food

b)

Water

c)

Shelter

d)

Transport