DELTA PRIMARY SCHOOL GEOGRAPHY TERM THREE - 2020 WORKBOOKLET Name : ________________________________ Grade: 6______ Date: ______________ Activity 1 Activity 2 Activity 3 Activity 4 Activity 5 Activity 6 Activities Climate and Weather around the world Tropical Rainforest 1 Tropical rainforest 2- Vegetation Hot Deserts1 Hot Deserts 2 - Vegetation Temperate Coniferous Forests 1 Parent sign: Date: 2 Parent sign: Date: Activity One 1. What do we mean when we talk about the weather of a region? ___________________________________________________________________________________ 2. What do we mean when we speak about the climate of a region? ___________________________________________________________________________________ 3. Describe the climate of the Western Cape (Cape Town). ___________________________________________________________________________________ 4. Describe the climate of Gauteng (Johannesburg). ___________________________________________________________________________________ 5. Complete the sentences: a) The words warm, moderate and cold describe______________________ (temperatuur/ reënval). b) The words wet, rainy and humid describe ________________________(tempertuur/ reënval). 6. Look at the world chart on page 2 then answer the questions below. a. Use the words cold, warm and moderate to describe the climate of South Africa. ___________________________________________________________________________________ b. Name two regions in the world that has hot climates. ________________________ and _________________________ c. What is the average temperature in these regions? ________ d) Name two regions in the world that has a cold climate. ________________________ and _________________________ e) What is the average temperature in these places? ________ f) Explain why the average temperature of a place does not give all of the temperatures recorded at that place. ( Think of the different seasons and day and night). _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ 3 Parent sign: Date: 4 Parent sign: Date: Activity Two : 1. What do we mean by a region? _________________________________________________________________________________ 2. Between which two lines of latitude are the Tropical Rainforests located? _________________________________________________________________________________ 3. Describe the seasons in the Tropical Rainforests. _________________________________________________________________________________ 4. Describe the temperatures in these regions throughout the year. _________________________________________________________________________________ 5. What does the word humid mean? _________________________________________________________________________________ 6.Use two words to describe the climate of this region. ___________________and ______________________ 7. Which natural event happens daily in the Tropical Rainforest? ____________________________________________ 8. What is the average annual temperature in the Rainforests? ____________________________________________ 9. What is the annual rainfall in this region? ____________________________________________ 10. Look at the climate graph on page 4. a) Which region is represented here? ______________________________________________ b) Give the latitude = __________________ c) What is the average annual temperture? __________________ d) What is the total annual rainfall? _____________________ 5 Parent sign: Date: 6 Parent sign: Date: DEFORESTATION Case Study: Deforestation in Brazil 1. Name the country that is seen in Pictures 1 – 3. _________________________________________________ 2. Name the country that is seen in Picture 4. _________________________________________________ 3. Who sold the land in Picture 1? _________________________________________________ 4. Who bought the land? _________________________________________________ 5. Where are the cattle headed? _________________________________________________ 7 Parent sign: Date: Activity Three: 1. Which two things have an influence in the type of animals there are in a region? _______________________ and _________________________ 2. How many different types of trees are there in the rainforests? _________________________________________________________________________________ 3. Why are rainforests always so green? _________________________________________________________________________________ 4.What sometimes grow on these trees? _________________________________________________________________________________ 5. What is found on the floor of the forests? _________________________________________________________________________________ 6. What is a canopy and what type of plants grow underneath them? _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ 7. On which continents are the rainforests? Look on the map. _________________________________________________________________________________ 8. Which sounds do you hear in a tropical rainforest? ________________________________________________________________________________ 9.Name 9 types of animals you find in a rainforest. _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ 10. What is meant by Deforestation? _________________________________________________________________________________ 11. Give three reasons why deforestation of the rainforest is taking place. _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ 12. Write down two effects that deforestation has on the environment or the world. _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ 8 Parent sign: Date: Warm Deserts 9 Parent sign: Date: Activity Four: 1. What is a desert? ___________________________________________________________________________________ 2. Name the two types of deserts that we get. ______________________________________ and ___________________________________ 3. Give the name of the biggest cold desert on earth. _______________________________________________________ 4. What is the name of the biggest hot desert on earth? _______________________________________________________ 5. Describe the climate of a warm desert. ____________________________________________________________________________________ 6. How much rainfall does a hot desert get in a year? ____________________________________________________________________________________ 7. What is the average temperature in a hot desert? ___________________________________________________________________________________ 8. What is the danger of a rainstorm in a hot desert? ___________________________________________________________________________________ 9. Give the names of the hot deserts that are found in these countries. a) North America = __________________________ b) South America = ___________________________ c) North Africa = ___________________________ d) Namibia = _______________________________ e) Asia = _______________________________ f) Australia = ______________________________ 10. Which feature do you see everywhere in a hot desert? ________________________________________________________________________________ 11. Which is the hottest desert on earth? ________________________________________________________________________________ 10 Parent sign: Date: Animals and plants found in hot deserts 11 Parent sign: Date: Activity Five 1. Why is there such few plants in a hot desert? __________________________________________________________________________________ 2. Why is it possible for these plants to survive in a hot desert? __________________________________________________________________________________ 3. Name two ways in which plants are adapted to survive and live in hot deserts. Mention their roots and stems. __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ 4. What does the word adapted mean? __________________________________________________________________________________ 5. How are the African Welwitchia and Camel thorn tree of Namibia adapted to live in a desert? __________________________________________________________________________________ 6. What are nocturnal animals? _________________________________________________________________________________ 7. What do nocturnal animals do during the day? _________________________________________________________________________________ 8. What do nocturnal animals do at night? ____________________________________________________ 9. Name any three large desert animals. ____________________________, __________________________ en ________________________ 10. Name six smaller desert animals. ____________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ 11. What do we call the group of people that travel from place to place with their tents and camels? ________________________________________________________ 12. Describe the clothing of the nomads. ________________________________________________________ 13. Which human activities are there in the hot deserts? ____________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ 14. Which animal is used for transport in the hot desert? __________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ 12 Parent sign: Date: Coniferous Forests 13 Parent sign: Date: Natural Vegetation and wildlife 14 Parent sign: Date: Human activities: 15 Parent sign: Date: Activity Six: 1. Where will you find the temperate coniferous forests? ____________________________________________________________________________________ 2. Describe the climate of the Coniferous forests. ____________________________________________________________________________________ 3. What is the average annual temperature in these regions? __________________________ 4. What is the average annual rainfall? ________________________ 5. Look at the climate graph. During which 3 months was the rainfall and temperature the highest? _____________________, __________________________ and ____________________________ 6. Which type of vegetation is mostly found in these forests? ___________________________________________________________________________________ 7. How are the conifers adapted to survive in the cold climate? Mention 5 adaptations. _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ 8. Name three big animals found in the coniferous forests. _____________________________________________________________________________________ 9. What do we mean when we say that animals hibernate? ____________________________________________________________________________________ 10. Which animal is known to hibernate in these forests during winter? _________________________________________________ 11. Which human activities are practiced in the coniferous forests? ________________________________ and ___________________________________ 12. Write a paragraph of about 4 – 6 sentences about the timber industry in the coniferous forests. ______________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________ 16 Parent sign: Date: TOPIC SUMMARY 17 Parent sign: Date:
