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Map reading skills Exercise 2

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 37mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

1. Refer to the map above. Which of the following features CANNOT be found on the map?

a)

A. Trigonometric station

b)

B. Aeronautical navigation beacon or light

c)

C. Signal station

d)

D. Declared monument

2.

2. The conventional sign above represents __________ on a 1:20 000 map.

a)

A. post office

b)

B. fire station

c)

C. police station

d)

D. government offices

3.

3. We use the conventional sign __________ to represent playground on a 1:5 000 map.

a)
b)
c)
d)
4.

4. Which of the following maps has a larger map scale?

a)
b)
5.

5. Which of the following is the correct statement scale of the representative fraction 1: 6 000?

a)

A. 1 cm to 6 000 m

b)

B. 1 cm to 600 m

c)

C. 1 cm to 60 m

d)

D. 1 cm to 6 m

6.

6. The correct representative fraction of the linear scale above is __________.

a)

A. 1:8 000

b)

B. 1:80 000

c)

C. 1:800 000

d)

D. 1:8 000 000

7.

7. Refer to the map above. “The Lady Maclehose Holiday Village is in grid square 24 79”. Is this statement true or false?

a)

A. True

b)

B. False

8.

8. Refer to the map above. Which of the following features can be found in grid square 24 80?

(1) Farmland

(2) Footpath

(3) Restricted access

a)

A. (1) and (2) only

b)

B. (1) and (3) only

c)

C. (2) and (3) only

d)

D. (1), (2) and (3)

9.

9. Refer to the map above. Which of the following is the grid reference of the country park management centre?

a)

A. 241 790

b)

B. 242 790

c)

C. 241 791

d)

D. 242 791

10.

10. 23.5°S is called the __________.

a)

A. South Pole

b)

B. Antarctic Circle

c)

C. Tropic of Capricorn

d)

D. Equator

11.

11. Refer to the figure above. The compass point of Y is __________.

a)

A. north-northeast

b)

B. east-northeast

c)

C. east-southeast

d)

D. south-southeast

12.

12. Refer to the figure above. Which of the following is the whole circle bearing of X?

a)

A. 290o

b)

B. 260o

c)

C. 225o

d)

D. 200o

13.

13. Refer to the figure above. Which of the following is the reduced bearing of Q?

a)

A. N30oE

b)

B. N45oE

c)

C. N50oE

d)

D. N75oE

14.

14. Refer to the map above. The actual distance between the declared monument and the signal station is __________.

a)

A. 680 000 m

b)

B. 68 000 m

c)

C. 6 800 m

d)

D. 680 m

15.

15. Refer to the map above. The actual distance between the signal station and the trigonometric station is __________.

a)

A. 320 m

b)

B. 680 m

c)

C. 32 km

d)

D. 68 km

16.

16. Refer to the map above. Which of the following is the actual area of the post office?

a)

A. 50 m2

b)

B. 1 000 m2

c)

C. 5 000 m2

d)

D. 10 000 m2

17.

17.Refer to the map above. Which of the following is the actual area of the park?

a)

A. 425 m2

b)

B. 42 500 m2

c)

C. 85 000 m2

d)

D. 8 500 000 m2

18.

18.The vertical interval of the map is __________.

a)

A. 10 m

b)

B. 40 m

19.

19. Which of following features does ST represent?

a)

A. Concave slope

b)

B. Convex slope

c)

C. Ridge

d)

D. Spur

20.

20. What is the gradient of ST?

a)

A. 1: 2.8

b)

B. 1: 2.6

c)

C. 1: 2.4

d)

D. 1: 2