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Form 1 Geography Diagnostic test

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following is NOT an example of a primary industry?

a)

farming

b)

fishing

c)

mining

d)

teaching

2.

Which crop is most widely grown in Mexico?

a)

yam

b)

potatoes

c)

corn/maize

d)

rice

3.

Which of the following is a service industry?

a)

tourism

b)

fishing

c)

manufacturing

d)

farming

4.

Which of the following is a good indicator of development?

a)

population density

b)

population growth

c)

number of sheep per 1000 people

d)

total population

5.

What is the meaning of secondary industry?

a)

providing a service

b)

getting raw materials from the Earth

c)

making things, components or goods

d)

providing information

6.

Which type of industry is most common in LEDCs (poorer countries)?

a)

primary

b)

secondary

c)

tertiary

d)

quaternary

7.

Moving from the centre out, what are the main layers of the earth?

a)

Nucleus, core, magma, crust

b)

Inner core, outer core, mantle, crust

c)

Outer nucleus, inner nucleus, mantle, crust

d)

Core, mantle, continent, ocean

8.

Why do the tectonic plates move?

a)

gravity

b)

pressure

c)

convection currents in the mantle

d)

electrical currents in the core

9.

Volcanoes and earthquakes usually occur;

a)

near plate boundaries

b)

in Asia

c)

near the centre of tectonic plates

d)

in poorer countries

10.

The inner core of the Earth is soild due to?

a)

gravity

b)

pressure

c)

heat

d)

cold

11.

Four volcanoes in Mexico are;

a)

Paricutin, Popocatepetl, Colima and Pico de Orizaba

b)

Paricutin, Popocatepetl, Krakatoa and Etna

c)

Paricutin, Popocatepetl, Pico de Orizaba and Vesuvius

d)

Paricutin, Popocatepetl, Nevado de Toluca, Nevado del Ruiz and Etna

12.

Look at the diagram. Letter G is the...

a)

crater

b)

Layers of lava and ash

c)

vent

d)

magma chamber

13.

Look at the diagram. What is the name for feature F?

a)

crater

b)

layers of lava and ash

c)

vent

d)

magma chamber

14.

Look at the diagram. What is feature D?

a)

crater

b)

Layers of lava and ash

c)

vent

d)

magma chamber

15.

The epicentre is;

a)

the place where an earthquake starts

b)

the place on the surface above the focus of the earthquake

c)

the place most affected by an earthquake

d)

the place where damage from an earthquake is worst

16.

What does rural mean?

a)

The countryside, an area where there are more natural features than human ones

b)

Cities, places where there are more human features such as houses and roads

c)

A place where there is no economic activity taking place

d)

A place that is crowded with people, cars and buildings

17.

If a scale shows 1cm = 100m, then 10cm is;

a)

100m

b)

100km

c)

10km

d)

1km

18.

Every good map should include which of the following;

a)

Scale, places, roads rivers

b)

Valleys, rivers, mountains, oceans

c)

Title, cities, roads, key

d)

Scale, title, key, direction

19.

The line of latitude at 23° north is called;

a)

The tropic of cancer

b)

The tropic of Capricorn

c)

The Arctic Circle

d)

The Antarctic Circle

20.

Which direction is the arrow in the diagram facing?

a)

north

b)

south

c)

southeast

d)

southwest

21.

What is a meander?

a)

where a river meets the sea

b)

the start of a river

c)

a bend in a river

d)

the edge of a drainage basin

22.

Which ocean is the largest?

a)

Atlantic

b)

Pacific

c)

Indian

d)

Arctic

23.

Where can you find the tropical rainforest biome?

a)

near the north pole

b)

near the equator

c)

at high latitudes

d)

at high altitudes

24.

What is another name for a herbivore?

a)

producer

b)

primary consumer

c)

secondary consumer

d)

decomposer

25.

What is the name for a group of producers, primary consumers, secondary

consumers and decomposers?

a)

Habitat

b)

food chain or web

c)

natural environment

d)

fauna

26.

What is the natural ecosystem or biome found in much of the north of Mexico?

a)

tropical rainforest

b)

tundra

c)

desert

d)

arctic

27.

When using bearings to describe direction, northeast would be written as;

a)

45°

b)

135°

c)

90°

d)

180°

28.

What does sparsely populated mean?

a)

The way people are spread out

b)

The number of people per unit area

c)

A large number of people in a place

d)

A small number of people in a place

29.

How can mortality be measured?

a)

Death rates and birth rates

b)

Death rates and life expectancy

c)

Fertility rates and life expectancy

d)

Birth rates and fertility rates

30.

Which is an example of a sparsely populated place?

a)

Mexico City

b)

Western Europe

c)

Amazonia

d)

Southeast China

31.

Which of the following is NOT a factor affecting fertility rates?

a)

education of women

b)

access to clean water

c)

infant mortality

d)

children needed to work or look after elderly parents

32.

Look at the graph. What type of graph is shown?

a)

line graph

b)

bar chart

c)

population pyramid

d)

scatter graph

33.

Which kind of country does the shape of this graph represent?

a)

richer country

b)

MEDC

c)

poorer country

d)

middle income country

34.

Look at the graph. What is the birth rate like?

a)

high

b)

low

c)

increasing

d)

impossible to know

35.

What is the highest temperature shown on the graph?

a)

130 degrees

b)

16 degrees

c)

18 degrees

d)

122 degrees

36.

Which month has the lowest rainfall?

a)

May

b)

June

c)

January

d)

February

37.

Which month could you expect more warm, fairly dry days?

a)

January

b)

July

c)

June

d)

August

38.

Look at the map. Which letter is found on the equator?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

E

d)

G

39.

Look at the map. which letter is southeast of letter D?

a)

F

b)

B

c)

C

d)

G

40.

Look at the map. which letter is found in the Pacific Ocean?

a)

D

b)

E

c)

G

d)

H

41.

Which country is an MEDC or HIC?

a)

Haiti

b)

Mexico

c)

USA

d)

Brazil

42.

Which of the following does not cause climate change?

a)

burning fossil fuels

b)

dairy farming

c)

rice growing

d)

travelling by bicycle

43.

Which part of the food chain are also known as herbivores?

a)

producers

b)

primary consumers

c)

secondary consumers

d)

decomposers

44.

. The most densely populated areas of Mexico include;

a)

The Sonora desert and the rainforest

b)

The Valley of Mexico and the Sierra Madre

c)

The Valley of Mexico and the border with the USA

d)

The Yucatan Peninsula and the Sierra Madre

45.

The climate in a tropical rainforest is usually;

a)

cold and wet

b)

hot and wet

c)

cold and dry

d)

hot and dry

46.

Which letter is found at 60N 120W?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

47.

Which letter is nearest to Mexico?

a)

H

b)

F

c)

D

d)

C

48.

Which letter is in the Pacific Ocean?

a)

A

b)

C

c)

E

d)

G

49.

Which letter is Northeast of letter D?

a)

B

b)

G

c)

F

d)

C

50.

Which ecosytem is the most biodiverse?

a)

desert

b)

tundra

c)

tropcial rainforest

d)

savanna grassland