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Geography quiz for grade 6: Hydrosphere: the waters of Earth

This quiz helps revise “Hydrosphere: the waters of Earth” in Geography for grade 6. It has 25 questions in five categories: The World Ocean, Water on the Move, Rivers, Lakes and Waterfalls, Ice and Fresh Water. 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: Hydrosphere: the waters of Earth

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 World Ocean

  1. 100Picture for the question

    This side of Earth is almost entirely covered by one ocean — the largest on the planet. Which one?

  2. 200

    What do we call a narrow stretch of water between two landmasses that links two seas, like the Bosphorus?

  3. 300

    What is the deepest…

    In the game
  4. 400

    Which warm ocean current…

    In the game
  5. 500

    In which unit is…

    In the game

Water on the Move

  1. 100

    What do we call a ridge of water raised by the wind on the surface of the sea?

  2. 200

    What is a giant wave caused by an undersea earthquake called?

  3. 300

    What do we call…

    In the game
  4. 400

    What do we call…

    In the game
  5. 500

    The pull of which…

    In the game

Rivers

  1. 100

    What is the place where a river begins called?

  2. 200

    What is the place where a river flows into a sea, a lake or another river called?

  3. 300

    What do we call…

    In the game
  4. 400

    This river carries more…

    In the game
  5. 500

    Which is the…

    In the game

Lakes and Waterfalls

  1. 100

    What do we call a river pouring over a steep ledge?

  2. 200Picture for the question

    This is the largest lake in the world — so big that it is called a sea. What is its name?

  3. 300

    Which is the deepest…

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  4. 400

    Which of North America's…

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  5. 500

    The world's highest waterfall…

    In the game

Ice and Fresh Water

  1. 100Picture for the question

    What is a huge block of ice floating in the sea called?

  2. 200

    What do we call a hot spring that now and then shoots a fountain of water and steam into the air?

  3. 300

    What is the endless…

    In the game
  4. 400

    Where is most of…

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  5. 500

    Roughly what percentage of…

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  3. Choose questions on the board, buzz in first and collect points.

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