Week 3 Quiz Grid Scales Contour Lines

On a 1:50 000 map, 1cm on the map is equal to.... on the ground

• 500m

• 5km

• 50km

• 100km

• 1000km

A scale of 1:10 000 would represent

• The world

• South Africa

• The Western Cape

• A street map of Wellington

If the measurement from A to B on the map was 7cm, what would the distance be on the ground for a 1: 500 000 map?

• 7km

• 70km

• 700km

• 35km

• 3.5km

In a 1:10 000 map, 1cm on the map would equal ...

• 0.1km

• 100m

• 10km

• 100km

• 0.1km and 100m are both correct

The best definition for scale in Geography would be...

• Representing objects smaller than their actual size

• Representing objects bigger than their actual size

• The outside of a fish

• The coordinates of a place

1 m = __________ cm

• 10

• 100

• 1000

• 100 000

1km = ___________ m

• 10

• 100

• 1000

• 100 000

1km = _______________ cm

• 10

• 100

• 1000

• 100 000

Express 50 cm : 2.5 km in the simplest form.

• 1 : 0.05

• 1 : 5

• 1 : 50

• 1 : 5 000

Express 1 cm : 8 m in the form of 1 : n.

• 1 : 80

• 1 : 800

• 1 : 8000

• 1: 800 000