WS 1.2

Question 1

Name the three areas of the world and their latitudes.

Answer 1

66.5° – 40° — polar area
40° – 23.5° — temperate area
23.5° – 0° — tropical area

Question 2

Name the five main latitude lines.

Answer 2

66.5°N Arctic circle
23.5°N Tropic of Cancer
0° Equator
23.5°S Tropic of Capricorn
66.5°S Antarctic Circle

Question 3

Name the 3 major tropical rainforest regions and four countries that are in these regions.

Answer 3

Congo basin — DR Congo, Congo, Cameroon, Gabon
Southeast Asia — Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore
Amazon basin — Brazil, Colombia, Peru, Bolivia

Question 4

Name three countries covered by the Sahara Desert.

Answer 4

Egypt, Sudan and Niger.

Question 5

Name the country that Gobi and Takla Makan are both located in.

Answer 5

China.

Question 6

Describe the distribution/ location of tropical rainforests.

Answer 6

They can be found in areas north and south of the equator, with most of them lying between 10°N and 10°S. Three major areas of TRFs are found in Central Africa, Southeast Asia and the North of South America.

Question 7

Describe the distributions of tropical deserts.

Answer 7

They can be found between 20° and 30° north and south of the equator. They are located on the western sides of continents.

Question 8

Describe the distribution of temperate deserts.

Answer 8

They can be found in the interior of continents in the mid-latitudes.