Hot and cold places

Worksheet: Hot and cold places

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Answer the questions.

1. Which imaginary line runs around the middle of the Earth?
   a) The North Poleb) The South Polec) The coastd) The equator
2. Places near the equator are usually…
   a) freezingb) hotc) icyd) snowy all year
3. It is very hot all year in many places near the equator.
   a) Trueb) False
4. Which place is very cold and covered in ice and snow?
   a) A tropical beachb) The North Polec) The Sahara Desertd) The equator
5. Which two places are the coldest on Earth?
   a) The North and South Polesb) The beaches and the hillsc) The deserts and the junglesd) The equator and the coast
6. The South Pole is one of the hottest places on Earth.
   a) Trueb) False
7. What is a desert?
   a) A place covered in ice onlyb) A place with lots of rainc) A place with very little raind) A very deep sea
8. What is the name of the largest hot desert in the world?
9. Which animal lives in the cold Arctic?
   a) Camelb) Lionc) Monkeyd) Polar bear
10. Which animal is well suited to living in a hot desert?
    a) Camelb) Penguinc) Polar beard) Seal
11. Which kind of clothes keep people warm in very cold places?
12. Why do penguins have thick feathers and a layer of fat?
    a) To dig in sandb) To fly higherc) To stay coold) To stay warm
13. Which season is usually the coldest in many places?
    a) Autumnb) Springc) Summerd) Winter
14. In some places near the equator, there is a wet season and a dry season.
    a) Trueb) False
15. In many places, which season is it when leaves fall from the trees?
16. What is the weather like where the Inuit live in the Arctic?
    a) Cold, with snow and iceb) Hot and dry all yearc) Hot and sandyd) Warm and rainy all year