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WorksheetsGeo Skills 2
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 30mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is another word for a weather map?
a)
Synoptic Chart
b)
Symposium Chart
c)
Synergy Chart
d)
Sinus Chart
2.
What does the 'B' stand for in BOLTS?
a)
Boring
b)
Border
c)
Bearing
d)
Bieber
3.
What is Australia's largest state by area?
a)
WA
b)
SA
c)
NSW
d)
QLD
4.
What does a cartographer do?
a)
creates maps
b)
studies soil and farming land
c)
creates mathematical equations
d)
studies waves and oceans
5.
What sort of map uses different coloured shades to show the amount or value of someting (eg. rainfall)?
a)
Synoptic map
b)
Topographic map
c)
Choropleth map
d)
Political map
6.
Physical maps...
a)
show physical features such as bridges, roads and buildings
b)
show physical features such as mines, quarries and farms
c)
show physical features such as rivers, lakes and mountains
d)
show physical features such as towns, villages and cities
7.
What item will help you calculate the exact bearing from one town to another on a map?
a)
ruler
b)
protractor
c)
calculator
d)
string
8.
What state would be located in South-eastern Australia?
a)
NT
b)
QLD
c)
VIC
d)
WA
9.
What body of water lies between Australia and Africa?
a)
Atlantic ocean
b)
Pacific Ocean
c)
Tasman Sea
d)
Indian Ocean
10.
How many continents are there in total?
a)
5
b)
6
c)
7
d)
8
11.
How many continents start with the letter 'E'?
a)
zero
b)
one
c)
two
d)
three
12.
What is a linear scale?
a)
A scale represented as a fraction
b)
A scale represented as a percentage
c)
A scale shown by a line divided into sections
d)
A scale described in a sentence
13.
The scale 1:500 means
a)
1cm represents 50cm
b)
1cm represents 500mm
c)
1cm represents 500m
d)
1cm represents 5m
14.
Which of these is a METRIC measurement?
a)
inches
b)
feet
c)
miles
d)
metres
15.
15,000cm equals
a)
1.5m
b)
15m
c)
150m
d)
1500m
16.
'As the crow flies' is a phrase often used to describe...
a)
the bearing from one point to another
b)
the straight line distance between 2 points
c)
the elevation of a location
d)
the density of a region
17.
Eastings are generally found...
a)
at the bottom or top of a grid
b)
on the left or right of a grid
c)
in the middle of a grid
d)
in the top right-hand corner of a grid
18.
Northings are generally found...
a)
at the bottom or top of a grid
b)
on the left or right of a grid
c)
in the middle of a grid
d)
in the top right-hand corner of a grid
19.
The Arctic Circle is...
a)
66.5 degrees North of the Equator
b)
66.5 degrees South of the Equator
c)
23.5 degrees North of the Equator
d)
23.5 degrees South of the Equator
20.
Sydney's latitude and longitude co-ordinates are...
a)
33.8ºS 151.2ºE
b)
33.8ºN 151.2ºW
c)
151.2ºS 33.8ºE
d)
151.2ºN 33.8ºW
21.
What is the 180º line of longitude known as?
a)
Prime Meridian
b)
Greenwich Meridian
c)
International Date Line
d)
Equator
22.
If a country or region is 'sparsely populated', this means...
a)
Few people live there and they are spread far and wide
b)
The type of people that live there live below the poverty line
c)
Many people live there and they are are tightly concentrated
d)
The type of people that live there are wealthy
23.
Air pressure is measured in...
a)
homopascals (hMa)
b)
hectopascals (hPa)
c)
volume (m3)
d)
heteropascals (hTa)
24.
A meteorologist is someone who...
a)
studies and predicts the weather
b)
studies comets and meteors
c)
studies cities and populations
d)
studies the soil and farming
25.
Rainfall is often indicated on a weather map as a series of...
a)
small crosses
b)
diagonal lines
c)
arrows
26.
Wind is measured according to
a)
where it is coming FROM
b)
where it is GOING TO
c)
its relationship to True North
27.
What sort of weather would we associate with a HIGH PRESSURE system?
a)
unsettled, windy, rainy
b)
cyclonic conditions such as heavy rain and strong winds
c)
settled, mild winds, low chance of rain
d)
sunny, recording breaking temps, strong winds
28.
An intense LOW PRESSURE system in Australia is known as a...
a)
Cold front
b)
Warm front
c)
Tropical Cyclone
d)
Tsunami
29.
What is a TYPICAL high pressure reading for a location in Australia?
a)
102 hPA
b)
1024 hPA
c)
990 hPA
d)
10240 hPA
30.
A southerly wind in Sydney and Melbourne is often cool because...
a)
Tasmania is mountainous
b)
The wind emanates (comes from) Antarctica
c)
The wind emanates (comes from) the stratosphere
d)
The sun sets in the west
31.
Contour lines help identify a location's
a)
height above sea-level
b)
direction from True North
c)
vegetation pattern
d)
exposure to the sun
32.
Sydney's BEARING from Perth would most likely be...
a)
31º
b)
61º
c)
91º
d)
121º
33.
If you were heading in a westerly direction, your BEARING would be...
a)
180º
b)
225º
c)
270º
d)
360º
34.
GRADIENT is a measure of
a)
the degree of slope between 2 locations
b)
the difference in population between 2 places
c)
the difference in temperature between 2 places
d)
the vegetation pattern of a particular location
35.
Gradient in its simplest fraction form is:
a)
Rise / Run
b)
Run / Rise
c)
Height / Time
d)
Distance / Time
36.
One reason locations on the Equator are very warm is:
a)
They are closer to the sun than other locations
b)
They are mountainous and therefore closer to the sun
c)
They tend to have cloud cover all year round
d)
Most of the world's volcanic activity is on or near the Equator
37.
Sydney's population (as at 2022) is:
a)
2.7 million
b)
5.3 million
c)
8.3 million
d)
4.1 million
38.
Which of the following ratios represent the STEEPEST slope or gradient?
a)
1:2
b)
1:20
c)
1:200
d)
1:5
39.
The scale 1: 550,000 means...
a)
1cm represents 5.5km
b)
1cm represents 55km
c)
1cm represents 55cm
d)
1cm represents 550km
40.
Which suburbs would be Sydney's most DENSELY POPULATED?
a)
Green Square and Pyrmont where there is an abundance of apartments
b)
Camden and Narellan where there is an abundance of large farms
c)
Palm Beach and Avalon where there is an abundance of large houses
d)
Vaucluse and Bellevue Hill where there is an abundance of wealth
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