Land And Ocean

Samacheer Book Back Questions And Answers For Geography Standard 6 Term 1 “Land And Ocean”

A. Choose the correct answer
1. Which of the following is the smallest ocean on Earth?
(a) The Pacific Ocean
(b) The Indian Ocean
(c) The Atlantic Ocean
(d) The Arctic Ocean

2. The Malacca Strait connects
(a) The Pacific and Atlantic Oceans
(b) The Pacific and Southern Oceans
(c) The Pacific and Indian Oceans
(d) The Pacific and Arctic Oceans

3. Which of the following oceans is the busiest ocean?
(a) The Pacific Ocean
(b) The Atlantic Ocean
(c) The Indian Ocean
(d) The Arctic Ocean

4. The frozen continent is _____.
(a) North America
(b) Australia
(c)Antarctica
(d) Asia

5. A narrow strip of water that connects two large water bodies
(a) A Strait
(b) An Isthmus
(c) An Island
(d) A Trench

B. Fill in the blanks
1. The world’s largest continent is _____.
2. _____ is the mineral rich plateau in India.
3. The largest ocean is _____.
4. Deltas are _____ order landforms.
5. The Island continent is _____.

Answers:
1. Asia
2. Chotanagpur Plateau
3. The Pacific Ocean
4. Third
5. Australia

C. Circle the odd one out
1. Africa, Europe, Australia, Sri Lanka.
2. The Arctic Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea, the Indian Ocean, the Atlantic Ocean
3. Plateau, Valley, Plain, Mountain
4. The Bay of Bengal, the Bering Sea, the China Sea, the Tasman Sea.
5. The Andes, the Rockies, the Everest, the Himalayas

Answers:
1. It is a country not continents
2. It is a sea not a ocean
3. Valley 3rd Order of landforms. Others 2nd order
4. It is bay not sea
5. It is a peak not a mountain range

D. (I) Consider the following statements.
1. Plains are formed by rivers.
2. The ‘South Sandwich Trench’ is found in the Indian Ocean.
3. Plateaus have steep slopes.
Choose the correct answer using the codes given below.
(a) 1 and 3
(b) 2 and 3
(c) 1,2 and 3
(d) 2 only

(II) Consider the following statements.
Statement 1: Mountains are second order land forms.
Statement 2: The Mariana Trench is the deepest trench in the world.
Which of the statement(s) is/are true?
(a) 1 is true; 2 is wrong (b) 1 is wrong; 2 is true
(c) Both the statements are true
(d) Statements 1 and 2 are wrong.

E. Match the following
1. The South sandwich trench          A. The Atlantic ocean
2. The Milwaukee trench                  B. The Southern ocean
3. The Mariana trench                      C. The Indian ocean
4. The Eurasian basin                        D. The Pacific ocean
5. The Java trench                             E. The Artic ocean

Answers:
1. B
2. A
3. D
4. E
5. C