Social Studies: Questions and answers

1. What is a region?
A region is a group of places that have physical features or human characteristics or both in common.
2. Which climatic zone do you live in?
I live in the Tropical zone.
3. Which continent is completely in one climatic zone? Which zone is it?
Antartica is completely in the Polar zone.
4. Name the land regions.
Mountains
Highlands
Plateaus
Plains
5. How many regions are there in Ecuador? Write the names.
There are 4 regions in Ecuador: The Coast, The Highland, The Amazon and The Galapagos Islands.
6. Name the tallest mountain in the world.
Mt. Everest is the tallest mountain in the world.
7. How many Provinces are there on Ecuador?
There are 24 Provinces in Ecuador.
8.- What are resources?
Resources are things that people need to satisfy their needs. There are 2 types of resources: Renewable and Non-renewable.
9. Name the world´s main resources of energy. (Non- renewable)
Coal
Oil
Natural Gas
10. Name the renewable resources.
Air, water, animals. food and plants.
11. Write the name of the largest rainforest in the world. Where is it located?
The Amazon rainforest, is located in South America.