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WorksheetsGeo Skills: Measuring Distance
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 12mins
What is linear distance?
The shortest distance between two points.
The distance 'as the crow flies' between two points.
The distance in a straight line between two points.
All of the above.
What is the easiest tool to use to measure distance 'as the crow flies'?
With your fingers.
With a ruler.
With a piece of string.
With a piece of paper.
What is non-linear distance?
The distance as the crow flies.
The distance in a straight line.
The distance along a curved path or route.
The distance following the most direct route.
In what situation might you need to measure non-linear distance?
When you are measuring the distance of a coastline.
When you are measuring the distance of a straight road.
When you are measuring the most direct distance between two points.
When you are measuring the height of a mountain.
What are the two main methods of measuring non-linear distance?
The ruler method and the paper method.
The scale method and the distance method.
The paper method and the sting method.
All of the above.
If the area scale of the map is 1:25, 000, what is the scale?
4mm = 1km
4cm = 1km
4m = 1km
4km = 1km
If the scale of the map is 4cm = 1km, what does 1cm equal?
.25m
25m
.25km
25km
If the scale of the map is 1: 25,000 and the distance measured between points A and B is 10cm, what is the actual distance between points A and B.
25,000km
.25km
25km
2.5km
If the scale of the map is 1cm = 500m and the distance measured between points A and B is 16cm, what is the actual distance between points A and B.
8km
16km
8m
16m
Look at the ruler and the scale in the photo. What is the actual distance between points D and E?
5,500km
5km
11km
5.5km
What is the actual distance, by the most direct route, between Point A and the Railway station?
12cm
12km
6m
6km
What is the distance following the road (non-linear) between Point A and the Railway Station?
6.25km
6km
6,250km
6000m
