Why do geographers do fieldwork? | Exit Quiz | Oak National Academy

Which of these sentences is the correct definition of fieldwork?

• Fieldwork is the gathering of information about something in a real environment.

• Fieldwork is the gathering of information about something in the classroom.

• Fieldwork is the process of researching fields.

What does fieldwork always start with?

• An enquiry question

• Analysis of data

• Making observations

Which of these things is not something that geographers do with data?

• Analyse data

• Collect data

• Make up their own data

• Record data

Why do geographers carry out fieldwork?

• To create an enquiry question.

• To discover new ideas and knowledge.

• To spend time in exciting new environments.

Which of these examples is not an example of fieldwork.

• Dr Lydia Hamilton is visiting fishing villages in Iceland to study migration.

• Dr Phillip Lyndsey in the Amazon rainforest studying biodiversity.

• Dr Robert Button is in his office researching data on climate change.