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Geography Vocabulary Word Bank
A) Abrasion, Abundance, Acre, Adaptation, Aeration, Agriculture, Alluvial, Altitude, Annual,
Anthropology, Arable, Archeology, Archipelago, Arid, Atlas, Atmosphere, Atoll, Australia,
Axis, Azimuth
B) Badlands, Barren, Barrier reef, Basin, Bayou, Belt, Belvedere, Berm, Bluff, Bog, Border,
Boundary, Bowl, Butte
C) Caldera, Canal, Canyon, Cape, Cardinal points, Cartographer, Cartography, Cascade, Cavern,
Cay, Celestial, Change, Channel, Chaparral, Chasm, Circulation, Circumnavigate,
Civilization, Classification, Cliff, Climate, Clippings, Cluster, Coast, Community, Compass,
Compost, Condensation, Conditions, Coniferous, Conservation, Continent, Continental
divide, Contour, Coordinate, Copse, Crag, Crater, Creek, Crevasse, Crevice, Cuesta,
Cultivate, Current, Cuttings, Cycles
D) Dam, Damage, Deciduous, Decomposition, Decoration, Decorative, Dedication, Degree,
Delicate, Delta, Depth, Desert, Destruction, Develop, Digging, Disperse, Distance, Diversity,
Division, Doldrums, Domain, Drainage, Drought, Dune
E) Earth, Earthquake, Ecology, Eddy, Elements, Elevation, Eluvial, Energy, Environment,
Equator, Equidistant, Eradicate, Erosion, Escarpment, Esker, Espalier, Estuary, Eurasia,
Europe, Evaporation, Everglade, Evidence, Evolve, Exfoliate, Expanse, Exposure
F) Farming, Fault, Feature, Fissure, Fjord, Flood plain, Forest, Fossil, Frost, Fuel
G) Gap, Geyser, Glacier, Glade, Glen, Globe, Gorge, Grasslands, Great Divide, Greenland,
Greenwich, Grid, Grotto, Grove, Gulch, Gulf, Gully, Guyot
H) Habitat, Harbor, Hardy, Harvest, Headland, Hedge, Height, Heirloom, Heliotrope,
Hemisphere, Highlands, Hinterlands, Horizon
I) Iceberg, Igneous rock, Inlet, Interconnection, International Date Line, Inundate, Involve,
Irrigation, Island, Isobar, Isotherm, Isthmus
J) Jet stream, Jungle
K) Key, Kill, Knoll
L) Lagoon, Land, Land-form, Landmark, Landscape, Latitude, Lava, Legend, Levee, Littoral,
Location, Longitude, Lowlands
M) Magnetic, Mainland, Map, Marine, Marsh, Mass, Massif, Materials, Meadow, Meander,
Mercator projection, Meridian, Mesa, Minute, Moisture, Monsoon, Moor, Morass, Mountain,
Mulch
N) Nadir, Nation, Natural, North America, North Pole, Northern Hemisphere, Noticeable
O) Oasis, Ocean, Oceania, Ooze, Original, Overlook, Ozone
P) Palisade, Pampas, Parallel, Pelagic, Peninsula, Permafrost, Permeable, Physical, Piedmont,
Pinnacle, Plains, Plateau, Polar, Polder, Pole, Pollutant, Population, Position, Prairie, Prime
meridian, Promontory, Proof, Province
Q) Quality, Quantity, Quest, Questions
R) Rain forest, Rainfall, Range, Reef, Region
S) Scale, Sea level, Sediment, Seismograph, Site, Situation, Smog, Society, Steppe, Strait,
Subtropical, Swamp
T) Tectonics, Temperatures, Territory, Threat, Tidal wave, Topography, Transportation,
Tributary, Tropic, Tundra, Typhoon
U) Unexpected, Unique, Universal, Unusual, Urban
V) Value, Variation, Variety, Various, Vegetation, Verdant, Volcano
W) Weather, Weeds, Wetlands, Widespread, Wilt, Wither, Woodlands
X) Xeriscape, Xylem, Xyst
Y) Yard, Yellow jacket
Z) Zone, Zygophyte
GEOGRAPHY CLASS: 6
Topic: MAJOR LAND FORMS OF THE EARTH
Q1.Define the following:;Internal process, external process, hill, mountain, glacier, range, block mountains,
plateau, plains, erosion, deposition.
Q2.Give examples of young and old mountains and explain?
Q3.Explain block and volcanic mountains with examples?
Q4.Give any 3 examples of plateau?
Q5How are plateaus useful?
Q6How are plains useful? Why are they so densely populated?
Q7.Name roof of the world?
Q8.Why are mountains thinly populated?
Q9.How are mountains useful?
Q10.Distinguish between mountain and plain?
Q11. Life in the mountain regions is difficult. Explain.
Topic: Climate and Natural Vegetation
Q1.Define loo, monsoon, weather.
Q2Into how many seasons can we divide Pakistan?
Q3.Discuss seasons of Pakistan in detail?
Q4.Which factors influence the climate of Pakistan?
Q5.Why are forests necessary?
Q6.Name our national bird and national animal?
Q7Name some wild animals of Pakistan?
Q8.How can we conserve our wild life?
Q9.Discuss natural vegetation of Pakistan in detail.
Q10.What does the word monsoon mean?
Q11.Fill in the blanks:a) Teak and Sal are valuable trees of ________forest.
b) The vegetation of Himalayas varies according to _______.
c) Tropical deciduous trees are also called__________.
d) __________tree is found in mangrove forest
Q12. During hot weather season frequent power cuts are common. Suggest five ways
to save electricity at home and at school.
Topic: The earth in our solar system
Q1. Define the following terms celestial bodies, stars, constellations, planets, solar
system, orbit, satellite, asteroids, meteoroids, galaxy, universe
Q2. What is full moon and new moon?
Q3. What is pole star? Explain with the help of diagrams.
Q4. What is geoid?
Q5. What does a word planet mean?
Q6. Give an account on moon?
Q7. Give a detailed account of solar system?
Q8. Why do we see one side of the moon always?
Q9. Why is the earth called a unique planet?
Q10. Fill in the blanks:1. Our solar system is a part of________galaxy.
2. The brightest star in the saptarishi is________.
3. The word planet is derived from greek word________.
4. The planet having rings around it is _______.
5. Planets which rotate from west to east is______.
6. Nearest planet to sun is________.
7. Earth’s twin planet is _________.
8. Humans who study the celestial bodies are called_______.
9. The first man to step on moon _______.
10.Sun light takes_____minutes to reach earth.
Q11. Why can’t moon support any form of life?
Q12. Star gazing is an ‘age-old’, natural way of calming the body and mind. Whenever
you get time, go to the backyard of your house and discuss your observations with your
friends and teachers in your school.