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Y7 Geography

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

In which hemisphere is England?

a)

Southern

b)

Northern

c)

Eastern

d)

Western

2.

How do we know the world is not flat?

a)

The sun keeps coming back each day

b)

We have seen it from space

c)

The moon returns each night too

d)

All of the above

3.

If aliens were watching us from above, what would they notice first...

a)

The earth is perfectly round

b)

Humans are silly; they think 6,7 is funny

c)

The earth is largely blue

d)

Sunblock wouldn't be needed in Phuket

4.

The Prime Meridian is the line of longitude at (a)   degrees from which the other lines of longitude are measured East to West

5.

Which tropic is in the Southern Hemisphere?

a)

The tropic of Australia

b)

The tropic of Cancer

c)

The tropic of Capricorn

d)

The tropic wit dee coconuts mon

6.

Lines of latitude run (a)   (fill in the answer)

7.

Lines of longitude run (a)   (fill in the answer)

8.

Which Eastern country do we know as 'the land of the rising sun'

a)

Vietnam

b)

Japan

c)

China

d)

America

9.

At which degree of latitude is the Tropic of Cancer?

a)

90 W

b)

23.5 S

c)

90 E

d)

23.5 N

10.

At which degree of latitude of the Tropic of Capricorn?

a)

23.5 N

b)

35.2 E

c)

23.5 S

d)

38.6 W

11.

What does the earth revolve around?

a)

Elon Musk's Tesla

b)

The Sun

c)

Mars

d)

The Moon

12.

GPS stands for what?

a)

Great Personal Safety

b)

Global Pizza Salami

c)

Global Positioning system

d)

Global Piloting system

13.

Why are 2D maps not accurate?

a)

Every HD map needs to be flat

b)

The earth is not 4D

c)

They are distorted because the earth is 3D

d)

3D is perfect

14.

When we talk about landscape features and vegetation we are talking about...

a)

topography

b)

radiology

c)

methodology

d)

imnotsureanoscopy

15.

Apart from 'spot height', how do we know it is the top of a mountain when we are looking at an OS map?

a)

The mountain says so on the map

b)

There are many more contour rings

c)

There are no smaller contour rings

d)

The contours show height

16.

Where do OS maps come from?

a)

Italy

b)

Sweden

c)

Ireland

d)

England

17.

Which map projection has been criticized as 'Imperialist?'

a)

Eckert IV

b)

Goode

c)

Mercator

d)

Peter

18.

When Did OS start mapping?

a)

1618

b)

1732

c)

1950

d)

1791

19.

True North is the direction towards the (a)  

20.

If a compass is affected by magnetic North, what might affect its reading?

a)

Plastic

b)

water

c)

carbon

d)

metal

21.

Which 'celestial body' affects our ocean tides?

a)

celestial what?

b)

the moon

c)

the sun

d)

starlink

22.

The Great Wall of China is an example of which type of feature?

a)

Human

b)

Physical

c)

Alien

d)

Mao

23.

What tool do cartographers use to understand features on a map easily?

a)

a ruler

b)

a compass

c)

a key

d)

prime meridian

24.

What is a scale on a map?

a)

the legend

b)

the size or zoom

c)

the time it takes to move across an area

d)

a nasty disease

25.

If you could be lucky or clever, which one would you pick?

a)

Lucky

b)

Clever

c)

Muffin

d)

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