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Yr 9 Biggy Maps, climate, rivers and tectonics

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Why is a 6 figure grid reference more helpful to emergency services than a 4 figure in the event of an accident outdoors?

a)

It can pinpoint the location to the nearest 100m

b)

It can pinpoint the location to the nearest metre

c)

It can pinpoint the location to the nearest 1km

2.

What corner of the grid do we look in?

a)

bottom right

b)

top right

c)

bottom left

d)

top left

3.

What continent is this?

a)

North America

b)

France

c)

Africa

d)

South America

4.

What continent is this?

a)

Antarctica

b)

South America

c)

North America

d)

Asia

e)

Brazil

5.

What is the greenhouse effect?

a)

The greenhouse effect is to allow farmers to grow tropical plants

b)

The greenhouse effect is for gardeners to grow fruit

c)

The greenhouse effect is a natural process which keeps the earth warm.

6.

The recent, rapid warming of the Earth's climate, almost certainly caused by human activity is known as...

a)

Global Circulation System

b)

Climate Change

c)

Global Warming

d)

The Multiplier Effect

7.

Which of the following is not a greenhouse gas?

a)

Water vapour

b)

Methane

c)

Oxygen

d)

Co2

8.

Records of temperatures, ice cores and sediment cores are all what?

a)

Human causes of climate change

b)

Natural causes of climate change

c)

Evidence of climate change

9.

How does the greenhouse effect happen?

a)

Carbon fluoride and methane are in the atmosphere and trap some of the oxygen which would normally escape into the sky.

b)

Carbon dioxide and methane are in the atmosphere and trap some of the heat which would normally escape into space.

c)

Carbon energy and propane are in the atmosphere and trap some of the heat which would normally escape into space.

10.
What is a map scale?
a)

a tool to measure distance

b)

a tool to tell direction

c)

a tool to start a fire

d)

a tool to build a house

11.
What is the 6-figure GR for the letter A?
a)
1334
b)
145345
c)
139344
d)
135345
12.

What would you find at 566169?

a)

Campsite

b)

Public House

c)

Farm

d)

Bridge

13.

What is at F2?

a)

Mountains

b)

River

c)

Treasure

d)

Lake

14.

What is the interval of the above contour map?

a)

10 meters

b)

5 meters

c)

1 meter

d)

20 meters

15.

what is the four digit grid reference for the Hospital?

a)

4319

b)

1943

c)

1843

d)

4320

16.

What is the four digit grid reference for the car park?

a)

4519

b)

2044

c)

2045

d)

1945

17.

The ​ (a)   of a river is found at the top and the ​ (b)   is found at the bottom. The source is likely to be in a ​ (c)   area in ​ (d)   where the soil is​ (e)   like a sponge

Choose from the below words
source
mouth
boggy
highland
saturated
delta, estuary, dry, lowland, arid
mouth, source, desert, valley, porous
source, mouth, rocky, plateau, dry
18.

A divergent plate boundary is where plates move​ (a)   . It is also known as a ​ (b)   boundary. A ​ (c)   boundary is where plates move together. It is also known as ​ (d)   Volcanoes and earthquakes tend to be more ​ (e)   at convergent plate boundaries

Choose from the below words
apart
constructive
convergent
destructive
devastating
together
gentle
19.

Label the structure of the earth

20.

Rewrite the misspelled word:

The heat currents that move tectonic plates around are known as 'cntiooevcn' currents

(a)