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Year 6 Local Fieldwork

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Where does local fieldwork take place?

a)

In a classroom

b)

On school trips

c)

In a real environment

d)

In a laboratory

2.

Which continent is Chile in?

(a)  

3.

Which of these is not an effect of climate change in the Arctic, where Professor Dodds carries out research?

a)

Animals' habitats are harmed

b)

Rising sea levels

c)

Pollution

d)

Rising temperatures

4.

What is meant by a 'conclusion'?

a)

Detailed examination of data

b)

Weighing up the positives and negatives of something

c)

Drawing together results to answer the enquiry question

d)

A relationship between two pieces of data

5.

Who produces maps?

a)

Mapographers

b)

Geographers

c)

Google

d)

Cartographers

6.

Which sport is most popular in Australia?

(a)  

7.

What is the motto to help you remember how to use grid references?

a)

Up the stairs, along the corridor

b)

Along the corridor, up the stairs

c)

Along the path, up the mountain

d)

Along the X, up the Y

8.

What do contour lines show?

a)

Rivers

b)

Roads

c)

Height above sea level

d)

Latitude

9.

Which of these would you not find on an Ordnance Survey map?

a)

Schools

b)

Churches

c)

Telephone boxes

d)

Street names

10.

What does fieldwork always start with?

a)

An enquiry question

b)

A conclusion

c)

Sketching out your route

d)

Collecting data

11.

If hiking on Dartmoor, what type of map should you use?

a)

Street map

b)

Topographic map

c)

Political map

d)

Climatic map

12.

What does a survey involve?

a)

A geographer interviewing people

b)

Sketching the local area

c)

Reviewing something by collecting data

d)

Guessing how things are going in the community

13.

What does a questionnaire involve?

a)

A geographer interviewing people

b)

Sketching the local area

c)

Reviewing something by collecting data

d)

Guessing how things are going in the community

14.

What type of fieldwork would you use to measure the traffic flow along Trevithick Road?

(a)  

15.

What type of fieldwork would you use to assess how river erosion is affecting the landscape?

(a)  

16.

Which type of data is collected by you personally?

a)

Quantitative

b)

Qualitative

c)

Primary

d)

Secondary

17.

Which of these graphs is not used in field work?

a)

Pie Chart

b)

Pictogram

c)

Bar chart

d)

Line graph

18.

Which graph would be the most effective to record the number of pupils in each year group in a school?

(a)  

19.

Which map would you use to navigate during a car journey?

a)

Street map

b)

Topographic map

c)

Political map

d)

Treasure map

20.

This description matches what part of the field work - Looking to see what the data tells you and how it helps you answer the question?

(a)