ICSE ICSE Class 6 - CISCE Question Bank Solutions for Geography

Answer the following question in brief.

What is meant by the scale of a map?

Answer the following question in brief.

Which three ways are used to represent the scale of a map?

Answer the following question in brief.

Convert the statement 1 cm = 100 km into an R.F. scale.

Answer the following question in brief.

What method would you use to measure the length of a river?

Answer the following question in one or two paragraphs.

Describe any two ways of representing a map scale.

Look closely at the political map of India in your atlas and make a note of your observations and calculations in your notebook.

What is the scale of the map?

Look closely at the political map of India in your atlas and make a note of your observations and calculations in your notebook.

Calculate the N-S and E-W extents of India.

Look closely at the political map of India in your atlas and make a note of your observations and calculations in your notebook.

Using the scale, calculate the distance between Delhi and Kolkata, Chennai and Thiruvananthapuram, and Mumbai and Panaji in kilometers.

Complete the following chart

Practical work.
Draw a linear scale to show two men standing 30 m apart. Use the scale 1 cm = 3m.

Practical work.
A rectangular plot of length 200 m and width 125 m was bought by a businessman to set up a cosmetic factory. Draw this plot reduced to size using the scale 1cm = 25m. Show your work in class.

Answer the following question in brief

Mention the five Great Lakes of the USA.

Fill in the blank with the correct answer

The prairies are a vast stretch of ______ grasses.

Select the appropriate term from the list given below to fill in the blank after the statement.

An extremely cold region which is treeless, ______.

Select the appropriate term from the list given below to fill in the blank after the statement.

A vast stretch of coniferous forests in the cool temperate latitudes, ______.

Select the appropriate term from the list given below to fill in the blank after the statement.

The only climate in North America which gets winter rain. ______.

Select the appropriate term from the list given below to fill in the blank after the statement.

Grasslands where the bison are nearing extinction. ______.

Select the appropriate term from the list given below to fill in the blank after the statement.

The scrub-like vegetation found in coastal California. ______.

Differentiate between: Deciduous and coniferous vegetation

Name the type of natural vegetation found in the areas of North America experience the cool temperate or mid-latitude continental type of climate