Lesson Y7-U01-L07

Measuring Distance and Using Scale Quiz: KS3 Geography, Unit 1

20 questions

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Lesson Y7-U01-L07, Measuring Distance and Using Scale: 20 multiple choice questions for the KS3 Geography (National Curriculum), Unit 1: Year 7: The UK and Map Skills, written with Revision Ninja.

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The 20 questions

  1. What does a map scale indicate?

    • Grid direction
    • Shrinkage ratio
    • Land height
    • Road steepness

  2. On a 1:25 000 map, what does 1 cm equal in real life?

    • 2 500 cm
    • 1 000 cm
    • 25 000 cm
    • 250 000 cm

  3. How many centimetres are there in 1 metre?

    • 50 cm
    • 100 cm
    • 1 000 cm
    • 10 cm

  4. How many metres are there in 1 kilometre?

    • 100 m
    • 500 m
    • 10 000 m
    • 1 000 m

  5. Which tool do you use to measure a straight line on a map?

    • A compass
    • A ruler
    • A protractor
    • String

  6. Change 600 cm into metres.

    • 0.6 m
    • 6 m
    • 60 m
    • 600 m

  7. On a 1:25 000 map a line measures 4 cm. What is the real distance in kilometres?

    • 4 km
    • 10 km
    • 1 km
    • 0.4 km

  8. On a 1:25 000 map a line measures 2 cm. What is the real distance in metres?

    • 500 m
    • 5 000 m
    • 250 m
    • 2 000 m

  9. A straight line on a 1:25 000 map measures 8 cm. What is its real distance?

    • 8 km
    • 200 m
    • 2 km
    • 800 m

  10. Which calculation changes centimetres into metres?

    • Add 100
    • Divide by 1 000
    • Multiply by 100
    • Divide by 100

  11. Which calculation changes metres into kilometres?

    • Divide by 100
    • Subtract 1 000
    • Divide by 1 000
    • Multiply by 1 000

  12. Change 5 000 cm into metres.

    • 5 m
    • 500 m
    • 5 000 m
    • 50 m

  13. On a 1:25 000 map a bendy lane measures 6 cm when followed with string. What is its real length?

    • 0.6 km
    • 1.5 km
    • 6 km
    • 15 km

  14. A straight line is 1 km long in real life, and the road between the same two places is 1.5 km. How much longer is the road?

    • 0.15 km
    • 0.5 km
    • 2.5 km
    • 1.5 km

  15. Which tool measures a winding river on a map most accurately?

    • A piece of string
    • A compass
    • A straight ruler
    • A protractor

  16. Why does using a straight ruler on a winding road underestimate the true distance?

    • It adds extra miles
    • It cuts corners
    • Scales are always wrong
    • Maps distort all edges

  17. A map has a scale of 1:50 000. A line measures 4 cm. What is the real distance?

    • 4 km
    • 200 m
    • 1 km
    • 2 km

  18. On which map scale does 1 cm represent a greater real distance?

    • 1:5 000
    • 1:50 000
    • 1:25 000
    • 1:10 000

  19. What is the most common cause of different distance measurements for the same route?

    • Following bends loosely
    • Incorrect scale factor
    • Map shrinking
    • Wrong grid lines

  20. What is the correct sequence for calculating real distance from a map?

    • Multiply, measure, convert
    • Measure, convert, multiply
    • Convert, measure, multiply
    • Measure, multiply, convert

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