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Worksheetsgrade 9 geography quiz Nov 2020
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 16mins
To improve communications and create a uniform system of time, who proposed this standardization?
Sir William Wallace
Sir Sanford Fleming
Sir Sean Connery
None of the above
In what year did the proposed time zone alignment take place?
1884
1868
1920
1856
The world rotates (spins) counter-clockwise 360 degrees. How many degrees is each time zone?
(a)
The lines which run (east-west) but are measured north south are known as major lines of
longitude
equators
latitude
time lines
Which time zone is found in the most western part of the Country?
Atlantic
Pacific
Central
Western
If the time is 7pm, in Victoria, B.C. what time is it in Quebec, City, Quebec?
8pm
9pm
10pm
11:30pm
If the time is 8:00 am in Yellowknife, N.W.T what time is it in St. John's Newfoundland?
10 am
11 am
11:30 am
12:30 am
If the time in Vancouver is 11:30am, what time is it in Kitchener, Ontario?
12:30am
1:30pm
2:30pm
2:00 pm
Which of the following listed below is not one of Canada's time zones?
Newfoundland Standard Time
Central Standard Time
Mountain Standard Time
East Coast Standard Time
Using the map, answer the following. Where is the Skull and crossbones located?
C4
D5
C5
A3
What is the location of the southwest most point of the lake?
(a)
What are the coordinates of the fire station?
(a)
Using 4-digit military grid referencing. What is the location of the camp site?
(a)
What is the location of the church?
(a)
What is the 6 digit military grid reference for the School.
724325
325773
326732
732325
What is the location of the Hospital?
(a)
If you had to move the church to the southeast corner of that square it is in, what would be the 6 digit location?
(a)
If you are traveling west, what would be your compass bearing you would be travelling?
90 degrees
270 degrees
120 degrees
330 degrees
If you are travelling at a bearing of 150 degrees to which direction are you travelling?
SE
NE
SSE
NNW
If I was travelling at the compass bearing of 45 degrees and then added a compass bearing of 90 degrees. What compass direction would I be travelling?
(a)
Which of the following uses words to describe the relationship between a distance on a map and a specific distance on Earth's surface?
Line Scale
Marking Scale
Representative Fraction Scale
Direct Statement
Which of the following uses a special kind of ruler that is divided into units of distance?
A direct statement scale
A Line Scale
A Representative Fraction Scale
A Marker Scale
Which of the following best represents a ratio where 1 unit on the map represents a certain number of the same units on the Earth's surface?
A Representative Fraction Scale
A Line Scale
A Marker Scale
A Direct Statement Scale
How many kilometers does 1000000 cm represent?
(a)
If the scale on a map was 1cm to 150km, and the distance between Fie and Foe was 7 cm in length, what is the actual distance in kilometres between the two locations?
(a)
