Lesson Y7-U01-L01

Y7-U01-L01 Welcome to Geography Quiz: KS3 Geography, Unit 1

20 questions

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Lesson Y7-U01-L01, Welcome to Geography: 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 geography study?

    • The chemical reactions that take place inside living cells
    • The lives and deeds of kings, queens and leaders from the past
    • The grammar, spelling and writing rules used in different languages
    • The Earth: its land, water and weather, and the people and places on it

  2. Which of these is an example of physical geography?

    • A motorway linking two large cities together
    • A waterfall formed where a river flows over hard rock
    • A shopping centre built in the middle of a town
    • A school building with a large playground beside it

  3. Which of these is an example of human geography?

    • A forest of tall trees growing on a steep hillside
    • A beach with sand and waves rolling in from the sea
    • A factory that makes cars for people to buy
    • A volcano that erupted on a remote island in the sea

  4. Which question helps you decide whether something is physical or human geography?

    • Is it bigger than a football pitch?
    • Is it found in a country far away?
    • Can you see it from a passing aeroplane?
    • Did people build or make it?

  5. Human geography is best described as the study of:

    • rocks, minerals and the layers inside the Earth
    • the movement of tectonic plates under the ocean floor
    • people and the places they build, live in and use
    • clouds, rain, wind and changes in air pressure

  6. A pupil says a mountain is human geography. Why is this wrong?

    • A mountain can only be seen by people who climb it
    • Mountains are always found in cities and busy towns
    • Nature formed the mountain, so it is physical geography
    • Mountains are made of the same materials as roads

  7. Which pair contains only physical geography features?

    • A factory and a motorway
    • A city and a bridge
    • A river and a volcano
    • A school and a railway station

  8. Which pair contains only human geography features?

    • A forest and a beach
    • A bridge and a school
    • A river and a mountain
    • A volcano and a waterfall

  9. Why do geographers study floods?

    • To find out which rivers contain the most fish in them
    • To find where and why floods happen, so people can be kept safe
    • To work out the exact time the sun rises each day
    • To count how many houses are painted in each street

  10. In geography, what does the word 'climate' mean?

    • The weather on one particular day in a town
    • The usual weather of a place over many years
    • The strength of the wind measured at sea level
    • The temperature inside a room during a single hour

  11. Which country do we live in?

    • The United Kingdom
    • The Federal Republic of Nigeria
    • The Republic of France
    • The Kingdom of Spain

  12. A beach has a café on it. Which part of the beach is physical geography?

    • The sand and the waves on the beach
    • The car park beside the beach
    • The road that leads people down to the beach
    • The café and the tables outside it

  13. Which of these would a geographer classify as human geography?

    • A river delta
    • A beach
    • A volcano
    • A railway station

  14. Climate change means the Earth is slowly getting warmer. Which effect could this bring?

    • Shorter days with later sunrises every year
    • Fewer clouds and less rain in every region
    • Colder winters across the whole planet
    • More floods, droughts and storms for people

  15. Why is it useful to study geography in real life?

    • It gives us the skills to draw accurate maps of every country in the world
    • It helps us memorise the dates of famous battles for our history exams
    • It teaches us the names of every capital city so we can win quiz competitions
    • It helps us understand and solve problems like floods and climate change

  16. Which of these pairs is correctly matched?

    • Beach café: physical geography
    • Shopping centre: physical geography
    • Mountain: physical geography
    • Motorway: physical geography

  17. A geographer explains why a city grew beside a river. Which statement best describes this study?

    • It combines physical geography (the river) and human geography (the city)
    • It is only physical geography because rivers are natural features
    • It is only human geography because cities are built by people
    • It is neither physical nor human, because it is really about history

  18. A town sits at the foot of a steep hill, and people built houses on the slope. Which statement is correct?

    • The hill is physical geography and the houses are human geography
    • Both the hill and the houses are human geography
    • Both the hill and the houses are physical geography
    • Neither the hill nor the houses is part of geography

  19. Which term describes the study of people and what they build, such as cities, jobs and roads?

    • Human geography
    • Cartography
    • Physical geography
    • Climate science

  20. Which term describes the study of natural features such as rivers, mountains and weather?

    • Economic history
    • Physical geography
    • Human geography
    • Political science

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