The City SchoolNorth Nazimabad Girls Campus Campus
Class 6Geography Practice Worksheet
Name: __________________________ Sec: _______ Date: _________
Q. 1 Fill in the blanks:
1. Maps that show roads, railway lines are classified as ______________2. The process of absorption of infrared radiation by different gases on earth is called
___________3. Biological weathering can be due to ______________ and _______________4. The centre of earth is called __________mainly contain molten material5. Prime meridian is also called _____________6. A ______________ diagram shows a block of land7. The description of shape of earth is called _______________ or _____________ of
that area8. The breakdown of rock near earth surface by living things is called _______________
weathering9. The example of metamorphic rock is ________________10. The lowest layer of atmosphere is _______________11. Ozone is in _______________ layer of atmosphere12. Auroras in Northern hemisphere are called _______________ and southern
hemisphere are called _________________13. Juan de Fuca is example of a _______________14. Like rivers, _________________ are also barrier to communication15. Masai people in Africa have a warm, rainy season unlike ________________
Q. 2. State whether true or false
1. Malaysia is famous for its tea production and export ______________2. Political maps show natural features of a land ______________3. A natural fountain of hot water and steam is called geyser ______________4. Deccan is an example of lava plateau ______________
Q.3 Differentiate between Biological and Chemical Weathering
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Q. 4 Label the cross section of earth
Q. 5 Label the picture according to given directions
a. Pressure from Indian plate causes faults. Which of the following is the Indian Plate?
b. Pressure cause plate B to crumple into folds. Name the plate B
Plate A | Plate B
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Q. 6 Name the settlement(Temporary, Permanent, Urban, Rural, Nucleated, Scattered)i. Inhabitants are occupied in agricultural activities _________________________
ii. Houses are built far away from each other _________________________iii. People live for a short duration of time and move to other place after
sometime_________________________iv. Houses are built in a pattern, in an organized way very close to each
other_________________________v. Inhabitants are associated with secondary/tertiary activities and have modern
lifestyle_________________________vi. People may live on a place for generations and build, repair the existing houses
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Q. 7 Study the given diagram and answer the questions
a. Give One reason of earthquake other than plates movements
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b. Explain Focus and Epicenter____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
c. Why there is more damage close to epicenter as compared to distant areas______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
d. How the strength/intensity of earthquake is measured?
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Q8. Study the map below showing tectonic plates
a. What are tectonic plates?______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
b. These plates move as they float on mantle. What are the different ways of plates movements
1. ____________________________________________________2. ____________________________________________________3. ____________________________________________________
Q. 9 Explain the process of weathering by
a. Alternate heating and cooling of rocks
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a. Freezing and thawing of water action
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Q. 10 Explain the following landforms formed by volcanic activity
Volcanoes
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Lave Plateau
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Q. 11a Explain the term Map
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Q. 11b Name and explain different types of maps
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Q. 13 Differentiate between planned and unplanned residential zones__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________