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Geography quiz for grade 6: The biosphere

This quiz helps revise “The biosphere” in Geography for grade 6. It has 25 questions in five categories: The living shell, Soil, Natural zones, Who lives where, Protecting life. Questions get harder as the points go up, from 100 to 500.

  • For ages 11–12
  • 25 questions · 5 categories

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Buzzo quiz: The biosphere

A peek at the questions

The 100- and 200-point questions are open here. The rest show only their first words, and there are no answers: all of that is in the game itself.

The living shell

  1. 100

    What single word means all the plant life of an area?

  2. 200

    And what word means all the animal life of an area?

  3. 300

    What are underwater structures…

    In the game
  4. 400

    Which scientist, the first…

    In the game
  5. 500

    Living things have been…

    In the game

Soil

  1. 100

    What do we call the loose, fertile top layer of the ground that plants grow in?

  2. 200

    Which animal tunnels through the ground, loosening and mixing it as it goes?

  3. 300

    What is the dark…

    In the game
  4. 400

    What are the very…

    In the game
  5. 500

    What is a vertical…

    In the game

Natural zones

  1. 100Picture for the question

    Sand dunes, scorching heat and hardly a plant in sight. Which natural zone is this?

  2. 200Picture for the question

    A grassy plain with scattered trees where zebras graze. Which zone is this?

  3. 300

    A cold, treeless zone…

    In the game
  4. 400

    What is the belt…

    In the game
  5. 500

    What is the thick…

    In the game

Who lives where

  1. 100

    Which marsupial bounds along on powerful back legs and lives only in Australia?

  2. 200Picture for the question

    These birds cannot fly, but they swim superbly and raise their chicks on the Antarctic ice. What are they?

  3. 300

    Which tree of the…

    In the game
  4. 400

    The leaves of which…

    In the game
  5. 500

    This unhurried animal spends…

    In the game

Protecting life

  1. 100

    Which global register of species threatened with extinction is named after a warning colour?

  2. 200

    What is a protected area called where no farming, logging or building is allowed, so nature stays untouched?

  3. 300

    In 1998 these wild…

    In the game
  4. 400

    Which biosphere reserve in…

    In the game
  5. 500

    What is it called…

    In the game

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How it works

  1. Pick a quiz and press “Play”.
  2. Send students or friends the link — they join from a phone or a computer.
  3. Choose questions on the board, buzz in first and collect points.

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