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The City School
PAF Chapter
Prep Section

COMPREHENSIVE WORKSHEET

ANSWERING KEY

GEOGRAPHY

GRADE 6

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Q1- Fill in the blanks [ /05]
a- Wheat is a rabi crop whereas, cotton/rice/sugar is a Kharif Crop.
b- A major canal from Kotri barrage barrage supply water for small irrigation canals.
c- Yanomami tribes live in Amazon rainforest in South America.
d- In aeroponic method, plants are held in troughs of water containing fertilizers
e- In dense vegetation, plants are grown closer to each other.
f- Conifer trees can survive in cold temperature and have flexible branches.
g- Bamboo is one of the fastest growing plant in the world.
h- Al- Jubayl is the new planned city on the Gulf coast of Saudi Arabia.
i- The largest residential palace belongs to the Sultan of Brunei.
j- The Karakoram highway connects Pakistan to China.
Q2- State whether the given statements are true or false. If false, give the correct statements. [ /5]
a- Deforestation is a process when a barren land turns into a desert. F
Desertification___________________________________________________________
b- In last 50 years, 50% of the habitats of orangutans have been destroyed. F
_____________80%_________________________________________________
c- In nucleated settlements, houses are built close to each other. T
____________________________________________________________________
d- Saguaro cactus is found in the stony desert in the south west of North America. T
____________________________________________________________________
e- An emergent tree is the one that do not grow taller than a canopy in the forest. F
________________________________grow___________________________________
f- Ibans in Sarawak, East Malaysia are nomadic herders. F
________________________________shifting cultivators_______________________
g- Masai in West Africa are nomadic herders. F
________East________________________________________________________
h- Harvesting is a process that separates grains from the plants. F
Threshing______________________________________________________________
i- Air conditioners should be set at 26 degrees in summer to save energy. T
____________________________________________________________________
j- Non- renewable energy is expensive and hard to use. F
_________________________cheap and easy___________________________

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Q3- Choose the correct answer from column B and write the correct number is column C.
Column A Column B Column C
Power is generated through i . Africa vi
Grand Trunk road connected Pakistan to ii. rice iv
Temporary settlements are found in iii. Srilanka i
This crop is grown in a flooded field iv. India ii
Tea is imported from v. Cold deserts iii
Cactus are found in vi. Thermal ix
Mosses are found in vii. Saudi Arabia v
The biggest country of Arabian Peninsula is viii. Peshawar vii
A gap town of Pakistan ix. hot deserts viii
Mangroves are located at the x coast of Sindh x

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Q4- Identify the following and briefly describe each. [ /05]

Page 88 – 89 of the pupil book

Page 78 of the pupil book

Wind Turbine

A wind turbine is a device that converts
kinetic energy from the wind into

electrical power. A wind turbine used for
charging batteries may be referred to as a

wind charger. It is a renewable energy
resource but an unreliable one as it relies

on weather.

Page 75 of the pupil book

Q5- Differentiate between the following:
[ /05]

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Subsistence Farming Commercial Farming
Subsistence farming is done by the farmers and Commercial farming is done at small or large
the cultivated crops are utilized by his family. scale and the crops are supplied to the market
and exported to the other countries as well.

Balochi Tribes Masai Tribes
Pg 57 – 58 of the pupil book Pg 58-59 of the pupil book

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Q6- Complete the chart related to the NATURAL VEGETATION [ /2.5]

Natural vegetation means

Vegetation that is grown naturally without the interference of human activity

Types of Natural Vegetation:

Tropical Rainforest Example: Amazon
Rainforest

Forest
Example: Canada
Coniferous forest

Hot desert Example: Thar

deserts

Tundra Example:Near the
north pole

Grassland Tropical grassland Example:Grassland

in Africa

List down the following:

Timber, grazing, tourist attraction, habitats, prevents
global warming, floods and soil erosion
Uses of natural vegetation

Causes of destruction of natural

vegetation
overgrazing, deforestation natural disasters

Result of destruction of natural
desertification, soil erosion,
Twov egetation
extinction of wild animals, global warming

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Q7- Complete the fact file about the PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE OF PAKISTAN.
[ /2.5]

PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE OF PAKISTAN

Name any two of the following:
Grand Trunk Road, Karakoram Highway,
Major Highways
Indus Highway, Makran Coastal Highway

P.I.A , Air blue, Shaheen
Air lines

A irports Allama Iqbal, Benazir International

Jinnah International, Bacha Khan

Keemari, Port Qasim , Gwadar
Sea Ports

Current state of Pakistan Railway:
Shortage of locomotives and feuls

Poor conditions

delays

Q7- Label the diagram of the NATURAL VEGETATION found in the TROPICAL RAINFOREST
[ /2.5]

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canopy
creepers
Epiphytes
Buttress roots
undergrowth

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Q8- Identify the following: [ /05]
1- Farming done using aeroponic and hydroponic methods.
Soilless cultivation
2- A tree with small leaves and thick spongy bark usually found in the tropical grassland of Africa.
Baobab Tree
3- Wood that is used to make papers and furniture both.
Conifer wood
4- A conference was held here to discuss the threats of overgrazing in the Arabian Peninsula.
Doha, Qatar
5- Settlements in which inhabitants are directly involved in agricultural activities.
Rural
6- An illegal settlement where houses are poorly built using pieces of wood, sheets are plastic, etc.
slums
7- An area developed for civil servants of upper middle class in Lahore.
Samanabad
8- A mean of communication known as the national flag carrier.
Air planes
9- A mining town of Pakistan
Sui
10- A city of Pakistan which is a port zone, residential zone and industrial zone.
Karachi

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Q9a - Complete the key of the given map. [ /2.5]
3
2 1
4 5

Key:
1 East Malaysia - Sarawak
2 Peninsular Malaysia
3 Brunei Darussalam
4 Indonesia - Sumatra
5 Indonesia - Kalimatan

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