Climate zones and biomes – practice for Years 6–7

Sample questions on Climate zones and biomes with the right answer and a worked solution, from easy to hard. In the Pickles Academy app a child gets new questions of the same kind every time, so they can't just learn the answers by heart.

Subject

Geography

Year

Years 6–7

Curriculum area

The natural Earth

Question types: Match the biome · Heat zones of the Earth

Sample questions

1. Question 1 Easy

   Match each biome with its description. Match each item (1–3) with the right option (A–D).

   1. temperate deciduous forest
   2. tundra
   3. steppe

   • A) colder the higher you go, above the tree line only dwarf pines and grasses
   • B) mosses and lichens, permanently frozen ground
   • C) four seasons, trees lose their leaves for the winter
   • D) temperate grassland without forests
   Show the solution

   Answer:

   1. temperate deciduous forest → C) four seasons, trees lose their leaves for the winter
   2. tundra → B) mosses and lichens, permanently frozen ground
   3. steppe → D) temperate grassland without forests

   How it works: temperate deciduous forest – four seasons, trees lose their leaves for the winter; tundra – mosses and lichens, permanently frozen ground; steppe – temperate grassland without forests

2. Question 2 Normal

   Which heat zone is a place at 33° S in?

   1. A) tropical zone
   2. B) northern temperate zone
   3. C) southern temperate zone
   4. D) north polar zone
   5. E) south polar zone
   Show the solution

   Answer: C) southern temperate zone

   How it works: The tropical zone lies between the tropics (about 23.5° N and S), the temperate zones between the tropics and the polar circles (about 66.5°), the polar zones beyond the polar circles. Correct: southern temperate zone.

3. Question 3 Hard

   Match each biome with its description. Match each item (1–5) with the right option (A–F).

   1. steppe
   2. tundra
   3. tropical rainforest
   4. taiga
   5. high mountains

   • A) colder the higher you go, above the tree line only dwarf pines and grasses
   • B) conifer forests with long cold winters
   • C) grassland with scattered trees, dry and rainy seasons
   • D) temperate grassland without forests
   • E) warm all year with heavy rain, a forest with many layers
   • F) mosses and lichens, permanently frozen ground
   Show the solution

   Answer:

   1. steppe → D) temperate grassland without forests
   2. tundra → F) mosses and lichens, permanently frozen ground
   3. tropical rainforest → E) warm all year with heavy rain, a forest with many layers
   4. taiga → B) conifer forests with long cold winters
   5. high mountains → A) colder the higher you go, above the tree line only dwarf pines and grasses

   How it works: steppe – temperate grassland without forests; tundra – mosses and lichens, permanently frozen ground; tropical rainforest – warm all year with heavy rain, a forest with many layers; taiga – conifer forests with long cold winters; high mountains – colder the higher you go, above the tree line only dwarf pines and grasses

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