# Hot and cold places

> Grade 2: the equator is hot, the North and South Poles are cold, deserts, animals and people in cold places, seasons in different places.

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- Subject: History & geography
- Level: Grade 2
- Quiz: 16
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## Questions

1. Which imaginary line runs around the middle of the Earth? (The North Pole / The South Pole / The coast / The equator)
   Answer: The equator
2. Places near the equator are usually… (freezing / hot / icy / snowy all year)
   Answer: hot
3. It is very hot all year in many places near the equator.
   Answer: True
4. Which place is very cold and covered in ice and snow? (A tropical beach / The North Pole / The Sahara Desert / The equator)
   Answer: The North Pole
5. Which two places are the coldest on Earth? (The North and South Poles / The beaches and the hills / The deserts and the jungles / The equator and the coast)
   Answer: The North and South Poles
6. The South Pole is one of the hottest places on Earth.
   Answer: False
7. What is a desert? (A place covered in ice only / A place with lots of rain / A place with very little rain / A very deep sea)
   Answer: A place with very little rain
8. What is the name of the largest hot desert in the world?
   Answer: The Sahara
9. Which animal lives in the cold Arctic? (Camel / Lion / Monkey / Polar bear)
   Answer: Polar bear
10. Which animal is well suited to living in a hot desert? (Camel / Penguin / Polar bear / Seal)
   Answer: Camel
11. Which kind of clothes keep people warm in very cold places?
   Answer: Thick, warm clothes (coats, hats, gloves)
12. Why do penguins have thick feathers and a layer of fat? (To dig in sand / To fly higher / To stay cool / To stay warm)
   Answer: To stay warm
13. Which season is usually the coldest in many places? (Autumn / Spring / Summer / Winter)
   Answer: Winter
14. In some places near the equator, there is a wet season and a dry season.
   Answer: True
15. In many places, which season is it when leaves fall from the trees?
   Answer: Autumn (fall)
16. What is the weather like where the Inuit live in the Arctic? (Cold, with snow and ice / Hot and dry all year / Hot and sandy / Warm and rainy all year)
   Answer: Cold, with snow and ice