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Geography: Middle School: Grades 6, 7 and 8 Quiz - Geography Skills 2 (Questions)

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No doubt you will have studied Ordnance Survey maps as part of your Geography skills. Geographers study the spatial and temporal distribution of phenomena, processes and features as well as the interaction of humans and their environment.

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1. When should a bar graph be all the same color?
[ ] When the bars all show the same type of data
[ ] When the bars show different types of data
[ ] When the data increases at regular intervals
[ ] When your felt tips have run out
2. What shows the links between two sets of data?
[ ] Block graph
[ ] Divided bar graph
[ ] Pictograph
[ ] Scatter graph
3. Lines joining places of the same value create what maps?
[ ] Batholine
[ ] Equiline
[ ] Isoline
[ ] Microline
4. What is the most important thing about isolines?
[ ] They are always yellow
[ ] They must be dotted lines
[ ] They must never cross
[ ] They will always cross at some point
5. Which maps show what we think geographical features actually look like?
[ ] Bonkers maps
[ ] Fantasy maps
[ ] Imaginary maps
[ ] Mental maps
6. Which diagram is best for showing percentages?
[ ] Bar chart
[ ] Line graph
[ ] Pie chart
[ ] Scatter graph
7. The line of best fit on a scatter graph is always what?
[ ] Curved
[ ] Horizontal
[ ] Straight
[ ] Vertical
8. What is the best type of map to show population density in Asia?
[ ] Choropleth
[ ] Isoline
[ ] Mental
[ ] Sketch
9. On a pie chart, 1% equals how many degrees?
[ ] 1.8
[ ] 2.5
[ ] 3.2
[ ] 3.6
10. What would best show average rainfall in seven countries?
[ ] Bar graph
[ ] Flow chart
[ ] Line graph
[ ] Pie chart
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Geography: Middle School: Grades 6, 7 and 8 Quiz - Geography Skills 2 (Answers)
1. When should a bar graph be all the same color?
[x] When the bars all show the same type of data
[ ] When the bars show different types of data
[ ] When the data increases at regular intervals
[ ] When your felt tips have run out
If all data is different then different colors are used
2. What shows the links between two sets of data?
[ ] Block graph
[ ] Divided bar graph
[ ] Pictograph
[x] Scatter graph
3. Lines joining places of the same value create what maps?
[ ] Batholine
[ ] Equiline
[x] Isoline
[ ] Microline
e.g. temperatures of various places
4. What is the most important thing about isolines?
[ ] They are always yellow
[ ] They must be dotted lines
[x] They must never cross
[ ] They will always cross at some point
5. Which maps show what we think geographical features actually look like?
[ ] Bonkers maps
[ ] Fantasy maps
[ ] Imaginary maps
[x] Mental maps
6. Which diagram is best for showing percentages?
[ ] Bar chart
[ ] Line graph
[x] Pie chart
[ ] Scatter graph
7. The line of best fit on a scatter graph is always what?
[ ] Curved
[ ] Horizontal
[x] Straight
[ ] Vertical
8. What is the best type of map to show population density in Asia?
[x] Choropleth
[ ] Isoline
[ ] Mental
[ ] Sketch
9. On a pie chart, 1% equals how many degrees?
[ ] 1.8
[ ] 2.5
[ ] 3.2
[x] 3.6
Circle = 360° divided by 100% = 3.6
10. What would best show average rainfall in seven countries?
[x] Bar graph
[ ] Flow chart
[ ] Line graph
[ ] Pie chart
Bar graphs are good for amounts of something