Lesson 3.4.2

3.4.2 Graphical skills Quiz: AQA Geography, Unit 4

20 questions

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Lesson 3.4.2, Graphical skills: 20 multiple choice questions for the AQA GCSE Geography (8035), Unit 4: Geographical skills, written with Revision Ninja.

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The 20 questions

  1. Which graph is best for showing parts of a whole?

    • Scattergraph
    • Histogram
    • Line chart
    • Pie chart

  2. Which graph shows the relationship between two variables?

    • Divided bar
    • Scattergraph
    • Pie chart
    • Pictogram

  3. What demographic features are shown by a population pyramid?

    • Height and weight
    • Age and gender
    • Income and birth
    • Location and ethnicity

  4. Which type of map uses lines to show flows of people or goods?

    • Choropleth map
    • Isoline map
    • Dot map
    • Flow-line map

  5. How are different data values shown on a choropleth map?

    • Proportional symbols
    • Colour shading
    • Flow lines
    • Contour lines

  6. What do desire lines on a map represent?

    • Land elevation
    • Trade values
    • Movement routes
    • Population density

  7. What is a key feature of a histogram with equal class intervals?

    • Touching equal bars
    • Varying bar widths
    • Divided segments
    • Gaps between bars

  8. Which points are connected by isolines on a map?

    • Different regions
    • Equal values
    • Urban centres
    • Major rivers

  9. If a divided bar shows 60% urban, what percentage shows rural?

    • 60%
    • 100%
    • 40%
    • 20%

  10. Which graph is most suitable to show the number of people in each of five age groups?

    • Isoline map
    • Scattergraph
    • Desire line map
    • Bar chart

  11. On a standard choropleth map, what does darker shading represent?

    • Zero values
    • Higher values
    • Negative values
    • Lower values

  12. A line graph shows temperature rising by 2 degrees per hour over 5 hours. What is the total rise?

    • 2 degrees
    • 10 degrees
    • 15 degrees
    • 5 degrees

  13. What type of correlation exists when river discharge increases alongside increased rainfall?

    • Inverse correlation
    • Zero correlation
    • Positive correlation
    • Negative correlation

  14. What population feature does a wide base on a population pyramid indicate?

    • High birth rate
    • Long life expectancy
    • High ageing population
    • High death rate

  15. A dot map uses one dot for every 1,000 people. A town has 12,000 people. How many dots are shown?

    • 1,200
    • 1
    • 12
    • 120

  16. Which graph is best for showing the change in a country's GNI per head over 20 years?

    • Pie chart
    • Line graph
    • Pictogram
    • Divided bar

  17. What visual effect occurs when a bar chart axis starts above zero?

    • Incorrect totals
    • Reduced accuracy
    • Hidden data points
    • Exaggerated differences

  18. What measure determines bar height on a histogram with unequal class intervals?

    • Class width
    • Absolute frequency
    • Percentage total
    • Frequency density

  19. What do individual sub-sections of a divided bar chart represent?

    • Continuous trends
    • Parts of a whole
    • Variable correlations
    • Spatial distributions

  20. Which type of graph best shows the relationship between two continuous variables?

    • Scattergraph
    • Histogram
    • Divided bar chart
    • Pie chart

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