📝 Interactive Worksheet 05: Features of Places
FY8E Social Science 2026 — fill it in, check the key, print it
FEATURES OF PLACES - CLIMATE
SS3.1 Features of Places (SS8.3.1.1)
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TASK 1 — Label the globe lines
Line
Position
Name
0 degrees latitude
Equator
23.5 degrees North
Tropic of Cancer
23.5 degrees South
Tropic of Capricorn
66.5 degrees North/South
Arctic / Antarctic Circles
0 degrees longitude
TASK 2 — Match the climatic region to its characteristics
Region
Characteristics
Effect on people/work
Tropical
hot and humid
Dry (arid)
farming is difficult
Mountain (highland)
colder as you climb
Temperate
Polar
very short farming season
TASK 3 — Weather or climate?
1. "It is raining in Suva today." weather / climate
2. "Fiji has a hot, wet season every year." weather / climate
TASK 4 — Short answers
3. Name the TWO main factors that determine the climate of an area.
4. Describe TWO ways climate affects people's lives and work.
ANSWER KEY (for self-marking)
• FEATURES OF PLACES - CLIMATE
• Task 1: longest latitude = Equator; 23.5N Tropic of Cancer; 23.5S Tropic of Capricorn; polar circles 66.5; Prime Meridian 0 degrees longitude.
• Task 2: dry - deserts, little rain; temperate - moderate seasons (mild); polar - extreme cold, snow; effects vary.
• Task 3: 1 weather; 2 climate.
• 4. temperature and rainfall.
• 5. crops farmers grow; clothes we wear; outdoor work hours; tourism seasons - any two.
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