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Worksheet time: 52mins
On a 1:50 000 map
1 cm represents 5000 metres
1 cm represents 50 metres
1 cm represents 500 metres
1 cm represents 5 metres
The contour interval on a 1: 50 000 SA topographic map is....
20 m
50 m
5 m
20 ft
This symbol on a topographic map represents
orchards
cultivated land
green belt
Forestry
This symbol on a SA topographic map represents
A secondary road
a railway line
a power line
a national freeway
Average gradient can be written as .....
Difference height : Horizontal distance
Difference in height ÷ Horizontal distance
Horizontal difference: Vertical distance
Average length x average width
The area of a city block on a 1:50000 map which measures 0.8 cm by 0.4 cm would be
80 ha
8 ha
80000 ha
800 ha
What would the average gradient between Spot height 1250 and Spot height 610 be on a 1:50000 topo map. The two spot heights are 8.2 cm apart on the map.
1: 62
1.12.4
1;6.4
1: 0.156
A plane flying due west would be flying on a true bearing of .....
90 degrees west
180 degrees
270 degrees
45 degrees west
If the magnetic declination for a map is 17°15' W and a plane is flying on a True bearing of 25° its magnetic bearing would be....
42°15'
17°15'
27°45'
332°45'
If the magnetic declination for a map was 15° 42' W in 2014 and the mean annual change is 4' E the magnetic declination for that map would be ......... in 2020
15° 42' W
15° 10' W
16° 12' W
15° 42' E
An articulated truck that takes 20 minutes to drive down town hill from Hilton to PMB at distance of 16.4 cm on a 1:50 000 map would be travelling at a speed of ....
12.4 km/hr
6.2 km/hr
124.0 km/hr
24.8 km/hr
How long would it take a minibus taxi travelling at 130 km/hr to travel from Hilton to PMB. The distance on a 1:50000 map is 16.4 cm
15 minutes and 48 seconds
3 minutes and 48 seconds
7 minutes and 36 seconds
13 minutes
The diagram is indicating a .......
concave slope
terraced slope
convex slope
constant slope
The diagram is indicating a ......
convex slope
terraced slope
constant slope
concave slope
On a 1:50000 topo map a cross-section with a vertical scale of 1 cm : 20 m would have a vertical exaggeration of......
1:50
1:25
1:2.5
1:500
The google earth image is an example of ....
centre pivot irrigation
channel irrigation
drip irrigation
drag line irrigation
The map gives an example of part of a .....
cobweb street pattern
grid street pattern
irregular street pattern
circular street pattern
The map gives an example of a.......
linear town
cross road town
circular town
gap town
De Aar shown in the map is a good example of a ......
harbour town
transport town
central place town
mining town
The parks and recreational areas in this town are an example of ......
green belt
the zone of transition
rural urban fringe
an outlying business centre
The street pattern on the map is an example of a ............. pattern.
grid
planned irregular
unplanned irregular or organic
radial
Identify 2 services located on the map
shop and warehouse
shop and a school
school and a warehouse
church and a shop
What do the furrows on the map indicate the possibility of......
irrigation
open water swimming
recreation
Fishing
Describe the street pattern on the Kimberley map.
Irregular/organic
radial
cobweb
grid
Identify the type of settlement seen at Shackleton on the map.....
dispersed rural
nucleated urban
nucleated rural
dispersed urban
A map located in the diagram would have a map code of ......
3119 BD
3119 DB
1931 DB
1931 BD
The abbreviation GIS stands for ....
Geography Is Superb
Geography Information System
Geographical Information System
Geological Information System
Passive Remote Sensing involves.....
collecting data that constantly radiates from the earth.
collecting data from other satellites
collecting data only when a signal radiates out to the target
collecting data that is relayed to the satellite
Spatial data tells us where features are by using co-ordinates. it is organised into three types....
points, lines and polygons
points, lines and triangles
points, lines and hexagons
points, lines and squares
The process of drawing a zone a specific distance around a particular feature when using GIS is known as ......
bordering
buffering
edging
marking
The data stored by a GIS is made up of different .....
layers
sheets
plates
categories
Rasta models of data capture work with......
points, lines and polygons.
triangular cells or pixels
layers
rectangular grid cells or pixels.
On a 1:50000 topographic map a distance of 17.5 cm would represent ............ms on the ground
8750
87.5
1750
17500
On a 1: 50000 map a rectangle with a length of 0.7cm and a width of 0.4cm would have an area of
60 ha
6 ha
17 ha
7 ha
On a topographic map with a scale of 1:50000. What would the gradient of a slope be if the difference in height is 360m and the distance between the points is 1.8cm?
1:25
1:36
1:9
1:2.5
