Year 7 Geography

1. 1.Two maps of the same town are printed on the same size of paper. On the first, 2 cm stands for 4 km. On the second, 2 cm stands for 20 km. Which one can show more detail?

   • a) It cannot be worked out without measuring both maps
   • b) Neither — the paper is the same size, so they show the same amount
   • c) The second, because the same length of paper covers more ground
   • d) The first, because the same length of paper covers less ground

2. 2.Why can no map of a town be drawn at the same size as the town itself?

   • a) The scale would then be at the bottom of the page
   • b) A map is only allowed to show natural land
   • c) Nobody has ever measured a whole town
   • d) The paper would have to be as big as the town

3. 3.You measure 7 cm between two places on a map, and the map's scale says 2 cm stands for 6 km. Which sum gives the real distance between them?

   • a) 7 ÷ 3
   • b) 7 × 3
   • c) 7 × 2
   • d) 7 + 6

4. 4.What does the scale on a map tell you?

   • a) What each mark on the map stands for
   • b) Which place the map is showing
   • c) Which way north lies on the page
   • d) How much real ground a length measured on the map stands for

5. 5.Every one of these lengths was measured on the same map, where 2 cm stands for 8 km. Match each one to the real distance it stands for, in kilometres.

   • 2 cm
   • 3 cm
   • 5 cm
   • 10 cm

   • 20
   • 8
   • 12
   • 40

6. 6.On a map, 2 cm stands for 6 km. A road is 18 km long on the ground. How long is that road on the map, in centimetres?

7. 7.On a map, 3 cm stands for 12 km. Two towns are 5 cm apart on the map. Tap how far apart they are on the ground, in kilometres.

   Mark the line with an X.

8. 8.On a map, 5 cm stands for 15 km. A path measures 20 cm on the map. How long is the path on the ground, in kilometres?

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1. 1.What happens to the air as you climb higher up a mountain?

   • a) It gets warmer first and then colder again
   • b) It gets colder
   • c) It stays exactly as it was at the bottom
   • d) It gets warmer

2. 2.Tap the plateau in this drawing of the land.

   Write the number of the part.

3. 3.Many rivers begin high up in the mountains rather than out on the plains. What makes the mountains such a likely place for a river to start?

   • a) Plains are too crowded with people for a river to begin on one
   • b) Rain and melting snow gather there, and water runs downhill
   • c) Rivers are made inside rock and pushed out at the top
   • d) The air is thinner up there, so water forms more easily

4. 4.Land that rises above the country around it, but is lower and more rounded than a mountain and far easier to climb, is called a ______.

5. 5.Raised land with a flat top and steep sides, standing above the country around it, is called a ______.

6. 6.Which of these is the best description of a plain?

   • a) Land that rises much higher than everything around it
   • b) Raised land with a flat top and steep sides
   • c) The low land lying between two mountains
   • d) A wide stretch of flat, low, level land

7. 7.Match each word to what it means.

   • A peak
   • A range
   • A valley
   • A hill

   • The low land lying between two mountains
   • The narrow top of a mountain
   • A line of mountains standing in a row
   • Land that rises above the ground around it, but lower and rounder than a mountain

8. 8.A river reaches the edge of a plateau and drops over it as a waterfall. Why does the waterfall form just there?

   • a) Because rivers can only flow on flat ground
   • b) Because a plateau is made of water underneath
   • c) Because the land falls away steeply at the edge, and the water goes with it
   • d) Because the water is heavier at the edge than in the middle

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1. 1.Which way does a river always flow?

   • a) Uphill in the wet season and downhill in the dry season
   • b) Northwards, whatever the shape of the land
   • c) Towards the nearest town
   • d) Downhill, from higher land towards lower land

2. 2.Near its source a river wears away the rock it runs over and carries the pieces along with it. What is that wearing away called?

   • a) Condensation
   • b) Evaporation
   • c) Deposition
   • d) Erosion

3. 3.Tap the confluence — the place where the tributary joins the main river.

   Write the number of the part.

4. 4.Why does a river drop the mud and sand it has been carrying once it reaches low, flat land near the sea?

   • a) The river is shallower there, so it holds less of everything
   • b) The mud dissolves as soon as it nears salt water
   • c) The sea pushes the mud back up the river
   • d) It slows down there, and slow water cannot carry as much

5. 5.The place where two rivers meet and join is called a ______.

6. 6.Put these parts of a river's journey in order, starting where the river begins and ending where it stops.

   • A wide, slow stretch across low flat land
   • A spring high in the hills, where the river begins
   • A narrow, steep, fast stretch cutting a valley
   • The mouth, where the river empties into the sea

7. 7.Match each word to what it means.

   • Source
   • Mouth
   • Tributary
   • Basin

   • Where a river empties into the sea
   • Where a river begins
   • All the land whose water drains into one river
   • A smaller stream that joins a bigger river

8. 8.The place where a river ends, and its water empties into the sea, is called its ______.

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