Lesson Y9-U05-L10

The Full Enquiry: Assessment Preparation Quiz: KS3 Geography, Unit 17

20 questions

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Lesson Y9-U05-L10, The Full Enquiry: Assessment Preparation: 20 multiple choice questions for the KS3 Geography (National Curriculum), Unit 17: Year 9: Thinking Like a Geographer: Fieldwork and Geographical Enquiry, written with Revision Ninja.

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The 20 questions

  1. What is the purpose of the Question stage in the enquiry cycle?

    • Write conclusion
    • Set focus
    • Draw graphs
    • Clean equipment

  2. What does data validity mean in fieldwork?

    • Writing neatly
    • Using nice colours
    • Measuring right thing
    • Working fast

  3. What is an anomaly in geographical data?

    • A missing measurement
    • The highest score
    • The average value
    • An unexpected result

  4. What makes a geographical conclusion trustworthy rather than just opinion?

    • Personal feelings
    • Quantitative evidence
    • General assumptions
    • Subjective descriptions

  5. What is the third stage of the geographical enquiry cycle?

    • Plan
    • Collect
    • Analyse
    • Present

  6. Collecting data on a quiet lane instead of a busy road creates what issue?

    • High bias
    • Low validity
    • Scale error
    • Data overflow

  7. Main street footfall is 820 and a side street is 210. What is this?

    • Quantitative data
    • An anomaly
    • Secondary data
    • Qualitative data

  8. Why is a river survey using only one site a weak plan?

    • Too much data
    • No downstream pattern
    • High cost
    • Incorrect equipment

  9. Which sampling plan provides the most valid method for checking litter levels across a park?

    • Gates only
    • Random paths only
    • Centre point only
    • Gate and interior points

  10. Why does a flawed plan ruin a geographical enquiry?

    • Errors cascade downwards
    • The weather changes
    • Graphs draw themselves
    • Data disappears

  11. What is the main purpose of the Present stage in an enquiry?

    • Display data clearly
    • Gather new samples
    • Write final conclusions
    • Formulate the question

  12. What is the final stage of the geographical enquiry cycle?

    • Pilot Study
    • Conclude and Evaluate
    • Data Collection
    • Hypothesis Testing

  13. River width increases from 1.2 m to 4.1 m. What does this show?

    • Widening downstream
    • Constant width
    • Tidal variation
    • Narrowing downstream

  14. What is a major limitation of taking a footfall count for only one hour at lunchtime?

    • It costs too much
    • The weather is constant
    • Footfall varies daily
    • People never walk

  15. How can a one-hour footfall count be made more trustworthy?

    • Repeat across days
    • Count faster
    • Change location
    • Use smaller counters

  16. River widths: 1.2m, 1.9m, 2.4m, 2.0m, 3.6m, 4.1m. Which is the anomaly?

    • Site 5 at 3.6m
    • Site 2 at 1.9m
    • Site 4 at 2.0m
    • Site 6 at 4.1m

  17. An enquiry using only one hour of data collection is best described as what?

    • Completely invalid
    • Partly reliable
    • Theoretical only
    • Fully conclusive

  18. Which final stage should be included at the end of a full geographical enquiry?

    • Blank map
    • Random hypothesis
    • Realistic improvement
    • Raw data

  19. Why must the conclusion directly address the original enquiry question?

    • Map scaling
    • Direct relevance
    • Random guessing
    • Data deletion

  20. What term describes a data point that does not fit the general pattern?

    • Median
    • Control
    • Average
    • Anomaly

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