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Geography is a wonderful and fascinating science. At each geography lesson, children learn about different cities and countries of our planet, study different peoples, learn why earthquakes occur, how the earth changes and what it is connected with. Each geography lesson is a little journey.
Despite the fact that each lesson is certainly an interesting idea of our world, nevertheless, the teacher, in addition to stories, has to use various methods to control the knowledge of students and to identify weak and strong students. One of the control methods is to prepare students for the Olympiads in geography. Our international pedagogical portal Sunshine provides every teacher with our online tests to identify the strengths of their students.
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Olympiad assignments differ from ordinary school assignments not only in content, but also in the level of complexity. Through teacher preparation, students can expand their knowledge of geography and can increase their understanding of geography as a science. The result of participation in competitions largely depends on correct and high-quality preparation. The main forms of training are still theoretical knowledge and practical work. In particular, the teacher prepares the student, gives him everything theoretical, after which the student must go through independent tasks, which will only be corrected by the teacher.
Training exercises will help develop both memory and mental performance. Such exercises are collected on our pedagogical portal "Sunlight". Here you will find test items. Each test has 10 questions. All questions were created with the calculation of the sections of the school curriculum from 6th to 11th grades. On the site you will find tests for different age categories. Students can be assessed using ready-made answers for each task. Such tests make it as easy as possible to work on errors. Despite the fact that each assignment is tailored to the content of the curriculum, they still allow students to expand their knowledge.
Geography Olympiads for grades 6-11
Our pedagogical portal Sunlight brings to your attention online training Olympiads with answers that can help students prepare for real competition tasks, in addition, such tests can help determine the level of knowledge and the level of preparation for the Olympiads. The created tests are ready to help fill some gaps in knowledge of geography.
This page contains examples of assignments for grades 6 through 11. Every teacher can use our portal and all materials in their lessons. Any student can also use the set of tasks. For an instant result, according to the answer, you can check the ready-made answers indicated at the bottom of the assignment by clicking on the "check" button.
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You will be presented with a page with different directions. Choose the direction that you have just passed, for example, "Olympics", after which you will see a page with a large selection of colorful diplomas. You yourself create a diploma for yourself, and then download it, everything is very simple.
Manuals intended for teachers of geography, organizers of Olympiads, are also suitable for independent work, in-depth study of the material, independent preparation for the Olympiad in a particular subject. There are also good textbooks for preparing for Geography Olympiads. They complement any textbooks perfectly.
Organization of school Olympiads in geography
The time of the school round of the Olympiad is determined in accordance with the terms of the district, district, city stages. As a rule, the school tour is held at the end of October, assignments are usually sent from city methodological rooms, but the teacher can prepare with his students for the preliminary school stage during the first quarter using the manuals.
It is possible to divide the preparation into two stages.
The first stage is in absentia, everyone participates in it, they are allowed to use any reference literature (you can give one or two options to your home).
The second stage - full-time, is carried out among the winners of the first and involves the implementation of similar tasks (in the classroom, students perform the remaining option).
After completing the tasks, the winners are selected, who will be admitted to the official round of the school Olympiad. Thus, interest, excitement, intrigue are preserved, and students are given an equal chance of winning.
Assignments of an analytical nature are offered for the sections of each course of study. With their help, the teacher can compose tasks for the Olympiad himself.
6-7 grades: "Relief", "Atmosphere", "Hydrosphere", "Natural zones of the world", "Africa", "North America", "South America", "Australia", "Eurasia", "Antarctica".
Grade 8: "Internal waters of Russia", "Relief of Russia", "Climate of Russia", "Natural regions of Russia", "Travelers of Russia", "Natural zones of Russia".
Grade 9: "National composition of Russia", "Ferrous and non-ferrous metallurgy of Russia", "Chemical industry", "Transport of Russia", "Cities of Russia", "Subjects of the Russian Federation".
Grade 10: "Political Map of the World", "Cities of the World", "Transport", "Asia", "North America", "Europe", "Africa".
Extra-curricular material that can be included in the assignments of any course: "Toponymy", "Heraldry", "Navigators".
After the teachers check the Olympiad tasks, it is necessary to analyze them with the students, give the necessary comments and correct answers to actual questions, and demonstrate a model for performing a creative task. Summing up and rewarding the winners of the school Olympiad are held in a solemn atmosphere, with the presentation of certificates and gifts.
Geographic map. Examples of tasks for the Olympiad
1. What do isohypses, isogals, isohytes, isobars, isotherms show on the map?
2. Indicate the distance between two settlements, if it is known that on the terrain plan (m. 1: 100,000) it is equal to 3 cm.
3. Imagine that you are on a desert island. It happened on June 22. With the help of a protractor, you calculated the height of the sun above the horizon, it was 45 °. Determine the latitude of the location. What kind of island could it be?
4. Draw a hill with an absolute height of 35.3 m and a relative height of 15.3 m. The contours are drawn at 5 m intervals. The western slope is steep.
5. What is the real area of the square, which is depicted on a 1: 35,000,000 scale map with a side of 1 cm?
6. The plane took off from point A, flew 555 km south, 555 km west, 555 km north and returned to the starting point. Determine the latitude of the starting point of the journey. State your reasoning.
7. Is it possible to make a round-the-world trip, always moving: a) to the east; b) to the south; c) to the southeast?
8. In different countries at different times to designate the scale, strange, in our opinion, units were used: 1 verst - 1.066 km, 1 vershok - 4.45 cm, 1 inch - 2.54 cm, 1 mile - 1.609 km. Determine which scale is larger: "1 inch 150 miles" or "1 inch 200 versts" (round off the calculations). Write down both of these scales in the numerical and named expression accepted by us today.
6-7 CLASSES, Olympiad in geography
Examples of assignments in geography for the Olympiad Grade 6 and 7th grade.
Relief
1. Where are: 1) Russian mountains; 2) Lunar mountains; 3) White Mountains; 4) Snowy mountains; 5) Presidential Ridge; 6) Glass mountains; 7) Mount Cook; 8) Mount Adam; 9) mountains of Vernadsky; 10) Lomonosov Ridge?
2. What sacred mountains of the peoples of the world do you know? Give as many examples as possible.
3. How does the word "mountains" sound in different languages? Give as many examples as possible. Name the place names associated with the word "mountain" in the languages you indicated.
4. What mountains are called: 1) "Indian mountains"; 2) the "roof of the world"; 3) the "roof of Africa"; 4) "stone belt"; 5) "mother of the Earth"; 6) "the forehead of the sky"; 7) "copper mountains"; 8) "golden mountains"; 9) "a sparkling mountain".
5. Chimborazo in Ecuador (over 10,000 m from top to bottom) and Mauna Kea in Hawaii claim the title of the highest mountain, except for Everest (8848 m). In what nomination is the latter leading?
6. In December 1959, 550 km southeast of Ceylon, the Soviet expedition on the Vityaz discovered one of the highest peaks of the studied ridge, naming it after the traveler Afanasy Nikitin. What equipment do you need to get on it?
7. What dangerous property did the famous mountain acquire after Zeus lowered it to the giant Typhon?
8. Name the highest and lowest points of the inhabited continents. Find the difference in height between the highest peak and the lowest point. On which continent has the greatest height amplitude?
9. Give examples of seas: 1) belonging to the same lithospheric plate; 2) lying on two lithospheric plates. Explain your choice.
10. Name the islands: 1) located in the areas of divergence of lithospheric plates; 2) located at the boundaries of the collision of lithospheric plates.
Atmosphere
1. Divide the winds barguzin, kultuk, sarma, probe, "married", mistral, samum, khamsin, sirocco into the following four groups: 1) breezes; 2) hair dryers; 3) dry winds; 4) boron.
2. Read the description. Define the phenomenon and explain its origin.
This phenomenon almost always occurs after clear weather. They even note the particular transparency of the air and the blueness of the sky. Then at night there are usually sudden gusts of wind, which turn into a storm during the day. The air temperature rises rapidly, which also leads to the rapid melting of mountain snows. At the same time, mountain streams swell and turn into mountain streams, which, falling down, carry boulders and trees uprooted. Residents of mountain villages are alarmed and extinguish the hearths, because the air is especially dry and the slightest spark can cause fires.
3. A ship entering this area, as it passes through it, first fiercely fights against a storm, thunderstorm and downpour, then, finding itself in the center, finds itself in conditions characterized by exceptional silence, sees a clear sky, and then again in a storm strip. What is the name of this area? In what belt is it common? Describe it. On the coast of what continent is this region called "willy-vili"? What is it called in different parts of the world?
4. Where are: 1) horse latitudes; 2) roaring latitudes; 3) frantic latitudes? What natural phenomena are typical for these places? Explain the origin of their names.
5. Name the coastal deserts. How do you understand their appearance on the seashore? Why do lifeless ocean waters coexist next to lifeless land areas?
6. Why are ships not afraid of typhoons off the western coast of the continents?
7. How would the climate of South America change if the Andes were in the eastern part of the mainland?
8. What are the wettest parts of the continents. Explain their appearance in these areas.
9. What is in Africa: 1) the hottest place; 2) the coldest place; 3) the driest place; 4) wettest place? Explain the manifestation of these features of the climate in these areas of the continent.
10. To what altitude did the plane climb if the air temperature is –36 ° С outside it, at the surface of the earth +36 ° С?
Hydrosphere
1. Which ocean is the youngest? What factors prove this?
2. The Polish rivers Velna and Nelba intersect strictly at right angles, and their waters do not mix. Explain the reason for this rare occurrence.
3. How does the word “river” sound in different languages? Give as many examples as possible. Give examples of river names that include the word you specified in a particular language.
4. What colors are “colored” rivers? Explain the reason for their color.
5. On which river can you see boats with sails? What natural features make this possible?
6. More often cities are located at river mouths. Due to their convenient geographical location, they are both river and seaports, and the largest cities in the country and the world. Can you give examples of upstream cities? What are the prerequisites for the emergence of cities in these places?
7. The tributary of this great Siberian river is 600 kilometers longer than itself, like the Mississippi and Missouri! Name the river and its tributary. Give examples of rivers with a tributary longer than the main river.
8. The famous scientist-climatologist A.I. Voeikov called the currents of the World Ocean "the heating system of the Earth." Explain how you understand this statement.
9. The famous Norwegian traveler and anthropologist, trying to prove the connection between the populations of the pre-Columbian continents, made several voyages on boats "Ra" and "Kon-Tiki". The main driving force was currents. What is the name of the traveler? What currents did the navigator use for his travels? Which oceans did he cross on each of the boats?
List of sections for preparing for the Olympics in geography:
6-7 grades Relief | 8th grade Internal waters of Russia | Grade 9 National composition of Russia |
Grade 10 A political map of the World | Extra-curricular material Toponymy |
OLYMPIAD IN GEOGRAPHY 2015 - 2016 academic year
CLASS 5
1. In which state was the compass invented?
A) UK B) Spain
B) China D) Egypt
2. What Russian merchant visited India?
A) Semyon Dezhnev B) Afanasy Nikitin
B) Vasily Poyarkov D) Ermak Timofeevich
3. Which continent is washed by four oceans?
A) Africa B) South America
B) North America D) Eurasia
4. Which continent includes the two parts of the world, Europe and Asia?
A) Africa B) South America
B) North America D) Eurasia
5. On which continent is the famous Kilimanjaro volcano located?
A) Africa B) North America
B) South America D) Australia
6. There are 6 continents on the world map. How many parts of the world do you know?
7.The beaker is used to determine:
A) Atmospheric pressure B) Liquid volume
B) Air humidity D) Water transparency
8. Evaporation of water is a phenomenon ...
A) Mechanical B) Electrical
B) Thermal D) Light
9. What is superfluous?
A) Mercury B) Pluto
B) Jupiter D) Saturn
10. What is determined using the "Weathervane" device?
A) Atmospheric pressure B) Air temperature
B) Wind direction D) Horizon sides
11. In which country is one of the seven wonders of the world - the world famous pyramids?
12. Can a polar bear and a penguin meet in nature? Why?
13. This climatic zone resembles a huge beach. Write its name.
14. Name the smallest and coldest ocean.
15. Which peninsula is complaining about its small size?
16.What is the season in South America and Australia in July?
17. Once an unusual rain poured on one of the cities in the USA: pebbles, frogs fell from the sky! What natural phenomenon preceded this "rain"?
18. The natural border between Europe and Asia is located on the territory of our country. Do you know where this border lies?
19. Where should a house be built so that all its windows face north?
20. This is the only continent in the world where there is absolutely no vegetation. Write its name.
21 Select from the list and circle the one that relates to:
Asia: Amur, Danube, Dnieper, Yenisei, Indus, Volga, Rhine, Yellow River, Don.
Africa: zebra, anaconda, tiger, lion, panda, marten, cheetah, rhino, ostrich.
Europe: Stockholm, New York, Madrid, Ottawa, Minsk, Riga, Beijing, Sydney.
22. Which person will be closer to the center of the earth: standing at the equator or at the South Pole? Why?
23. In the fall, a penguin, a sparrow and a crane met at the zoo. The penguin said that it was very hot outside, the sparrow complained that the weather began to deteriorate, the crane said that it was getting colder and it was necessary to prepare to fly south. Why did the animals express such different opinions?
24. It is known that there are "Colored seas". What sea does not exist?
Red Sea, White Sea, Black Sea, Blue Sea, Yellow Sea.
25. With this word we also call a sports complex for swimming, and a part of the earth's surface from which water is collected by streams and rivers in a large body of water (lake or river). What is this word?
26. The deepest lake in the world, into which many rivers flow, but only one Angara flows out.
27. Establish a sequence of concepts, starting with the smallest in content.
A) Body B) Molecule C) Substance D) Atom
28.Specify the match
Mountains: Mainland:
1.Cordillera A) South America
2.Andy B) Eurasia
3. Himalayas B) North America
4.Scadinavian D) Africa
E) Australia
29. Is it possible to choose the meridian for the longest round-the-world trip?
30. Which continent crosses all the meridians of the Earth?
On this page, we have compiled tests of the All-Russian Olympiad in Geography for grade 5 with a table of correct answers to them.
The proposed tasks can be used in class 5, giving students a chance to update in memory and update previously studied topics, as well as determine how well the students are ready for such Olympiad tasks.
1. Which of the following is referred to as the absolute indicators of statistical tables?
- A) The area of the mainland
- B) Population density
- C) Fertility rate
- D) Natural population growth
2. How many parts of the world are there on our planet?
3. What is the lowest place on Earth?
- A) Antarctica
- B) south pole
- C) Mariana Trench
- D) Philippine gutter
4. What is the southernmost continent?
- A) Africa
- B) Australia
- C) Antarctica
- D) South America
5. Guess the geographer by his brief biography.
Russian scientist-geographer, oceanographer, cartographer, lieutenant general, chairman of the Russian Geographical Society. Graduated from the Nikolaev Naval Academy. First, he was in charge of the Department of Marine Meteorology and Storm Warnings at the Main Physical Observatory. At this time he was elected a full member of the Russian Geographical Society, which was at that time the center of geographical sciences in Russia.
Since 1897, the scientist has been researching Lake Ladoga for four years. He determined the area of the lake, measured the depths, calculated the volume of its water mass, and especially carefully studied the thermal (thermal) regime of the lake. Since 1907, he was in charge of the Main Hydrographic Directorate for the exploration of the Russian seas and the entire World Ocean. He also introduced the concept of "World Ocean" into science, considering all oceans to be parts of the World Ocean. He summarized his long-term scientific work on the study of the seas in his major work "Oceanography". For this scientific work he was awarded the Prize of the Russian Academy of Sciences in 1919 and the Prize of the Paris Academy of Sciences in 1923. In the 1920s, the geographer led an oceanographic expedition for the comprehensive study of the Black Sea, explored Lake Ladoga, the Vychegda, Tavda rivers and others. He initiated the development of hydrographic research in the Arctic seas, was one of the leading developers of the scientific program for the development and use of the Northern Sea Route.
He headed the Geodetic Committee of the USSR State Planning Committee and the Main Directorate of the Hydrometeorological Service. He taught at the Military Engineering Academy, Leingrad State University.
Named after him: two islands in the Karskiye Vorota Strait and an island at the entrance to the Gulf of Ob; an underwater ridge near the Urup island and a mountain ridge on the same island of the Kuril ridge; the strait between two islands in the Severnaya Zemlya archipelago; a lake on the Kanin Peninsula; 5 glaciers in different countries and a warm current in the Barents Sea around Svalbard;
- A) Julius Shokalsky
- B) Peter Semyonov-Tyan-Shansky
- C) Alexey Tillo
- D) Georgy Sedov
6. Most of the volcanic islands are located in ... the ocean.
- A) Atlantic
- B) Indian
- C) Quiet
- D) Northern Arctic
7. Which continent does the equator cross in the middle?
- A) Eurasia
- B) Australia
- C) Africa
- D) South America
8. The branch of geology that studies the structure of the earth's crust is called ...
- A) Tectonics
- B) Seismology
- C) Petrology
- D) Paleontology
9. It is customary to postpone geographic longitude from ...
- A) South Pole
- B) North Pole
- B) Equator
- D) Greenwich
10. Which of the following is NOT part of the atmosphere?
- A) Stratosphere
- B) Troposphere
- C) Pocket Line
- D) Outer space
11. The surface area of the Earth is ...
- A) 450 million km
- B) 495 million km.
- C) 500 million km.
- D) 510 million km.
12. By the nature of the fallout, precipitation can NOT be ...
- A) Stormwater
- B) Drizzling
- C) Tax
- D) Convective
13. Guess the person from her brief biography.
Russian geologist and soil scientist, founder of the national school of soil science and soil geography. He created the doctrine of soil as a special natural body, discovered the basic laws of the genesis and geographical location of soils. Scientific activity in the period up to 1878 was devoted mainly to the study of the latest Quaternary formations (sediments) and soils of European Russia. From 1871 to 1877, he made a number of expeditions in northern and central Russia and southern Finland, in order to study the geological structure, method and time of the formation of river valleys and the geological activity of rivers. In 1878 he defended his master's thesis "Methods of origin of river valleys in European Russia". In 1883, Dokuchaev's essay "Russian chernozem" was published, in which the area of distribution, method of origin, chemical composition of chernozem, classification principles and methods of studying this soil were examined in detail.
- A) Vladimir Vernadsky
- B) Plato Puzyrevsky
- C) Vasily Dokuchaev
- D) Pyotr Solomin
14. Which of the following personalities were explorers?
- A) I. Dezhnev
- B) V. Belinsky
- C) I. Kruzenshtern
- D) I. Kamchata
15. What are the names of spacecraft that constantly revolve around the Earth?
- A) Comet
- B) Rocket
- C) Shuttle
- D) Satellite
16. The Khabarovsk Territory and the city of Khabarovsk are named in honor of the explorer Khabarov. State his name.
- A) Evgraf
- B) Ermak
- C) Eugene
- D) Erofei
Answers to the All-Russian Olympiad in Geography Grade 5
This table provides answers to questions on geography for the school stage of the All-Russian Olympiad
| Job number | Correct answer |
| 1 | AG |
| 2 | V |
| 3 | V |
| 4 | V |
| 5 | A |
| 6 | V |
| 7 | V |
| 8 | A |
| 9 | G |
| 10 | G |
| 11 | G |
| 12 | G |
| 13 | V |
| 14 | AG |
| 15 | G |
| 16 | G |
