Lesson Y9-U05-L10

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?

    • To gather the measurements through fieldwork at each site
    • To show the final data as maps, graphs or tables
    • To choose a focused geographical question to investigate
    • To judge how trustworthy the finished enquiry was

  2. Define validity in one sentence.

    • Whether the data is presented using at least three colours
    • Whether the data actually measures what the question asked about
    • Whether the data was collected by an adult rather than a pupil
    • Whether the data was collected on the same day as the enquiry began

  3. What is an anomaly?

    • The middle value once all the numbers are put in order from lowest to highest
    • A result that does not fit the main pattern in the data
    • The most common value that appears in the dataset
    • The average of the readings taken at each site

  4. Why must a conclusion quote actual figures?

    • Figures are evidence that others can check, while 'higher' alone is opinion
    • Figures are only needed when the data is collected by a computer
    • Figures remove the need to answer the enquiry question
    • Figures make the conclusion longer, which markers always reward

  5. Name the six stages of the enquiry cycle in order, starting with the first stage.

    • Question, Plan, Collect, Present, Analyse, Conclude and Evaluate
    • Plan, Question, Collect, Analyse, Present, Conclude and Evaluate
    • Question, Collect, Plan, Analyse, Present, Evaluate and Conclude
    • Collect, Question, Plan, Present, Conclude, Analyse and Evaluate

  6. An enquiry on busy roads only collects data on a quiet lane. What is the problem?

    • The data does not match the question, so it lacks validity
    • The data is too precise to be useful to anybody
    • The data has been presented using a pie chart
    • The data was collected by too many pupils at once

  7. Main street footfall is 820 per hour and a side street is 210 per hour. What is the conclusion?

    • Footfall cannot be compared because the figures use different units
    • Footfall is higher in the side street than in the main street
    • Footfall is much higher in the main street than in the side street
    • Footfall is about the same in both the main street and the side street

  8. A river survey uses only one site. Why is this a weak plan?

    • One site is always the best choice for a fieldwork plan
    • One site means the enquiry can be finished in a single lesson
    • One site cannot show a downstream pattern, so it cannot answer the question
    • One site makes the data too precise to present well

  9. A pupil wants to check whether litter is worse by the park gate. Which plan is most valid?

    • Count litter at the gate and at several points further into the park
    • Photograph the bins and skip counting the litter entirely
    • Ask one friend whether the gate area looks dirty
    • Count litter only at the park gate on a single morning

  10. Why does a weak plan spoil the whole enquiry?

    • A weak plan means the presentation stage can be skipped entirely by the team
    • A weak plan means the question can be changed at any time
    • A weak plan only matters if the data is later drawn as a graph
    • Each stage feeds the next, so an early flaw affects every later stage

  11. What should the Present stage of an enquiry do with the data?

    • Give a personal opinion about what the data means
    • Hide any anomaly so that the overall pattern looks clearer
    • Replace the need to collect any more data at all
    • Show the data clearly using maps, graphs or tables

  12. Which stage of the enquiry cycle is the last one?

    • Conclude and Evaluate
    • Collect, gathering the data through fieldwork
    • Analyse, working out the patterns in the data
    • Present, showing the data as maps and graphs

  13. The river is 1.2 m wide at Site 1 and 4.1 m wide at Site 6. What pattern does this show?

    • The river gets narrower downstream
    • The river stays the same width along its course
    • The river is wider at its source than at its mouth
    • The river gets wider downstream

  14. Which weakness applies to a footfall count taken for one hour at lunchtime?

    • Footfall changes through the day, so one hour may mislead
    • The count was presented as a bar chart rather than a pie chart
    • The count used too many people to take the reading
    • The count used a single site, which always gives perfect data

  15. Which fix would make a one-hour footfall count more trustworthy?

    • Count only at the busiest point on the high street
    • Stop counting and estimate the footfall from memory
    • Repeat the counts at three times across a week
    • Count for an even shorter time on the same day

  16. River widths were measured at six sites from source to mouth: 1.2 m, 1.9 m, 2.4 m, 2.0 m, 3.6 m and 4.1 m. Which site does not fit the rising pattern?

    • Site 5, at 3.6 m, which is wider than Site 2
    • Site 6, at 4.1 m, which is the widest site
    • Site 1, at 1.2 m, where the river starts
    • Site 4, at 2.0 m, which is narrower than Site 3

  17. Which statement is the best evaluation of the footfall enquiry?

    • The enquiry is only partly reliable, since it used one hour at one time
    • The enquiry is perfectly reliable, because it used a bar chart
    • The enquiry is valid, because the main street was the busiest
    • The enquiry is useless, because footfall can never be counted

  18. Which order correctly shows the parts of a full enquiry answer?

    • Suggest an improvement, evaluate, name the anomaly, state the conclusion, restate the question
    • Restate the question, state the conclusion, name the anomaly, evaluate, then suggest an improvement
    • State the conclusion, restate the question, suggest an improvement, evaluate, then name the anomaly
    • Name the anomaly, restate the question, evaluate, suggest an improvement, then state the conclusion

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

    • Because the enquiry was designed to answer that question
    • Because the question is always copied from the textbook
    • Because the examiner will always ask for the same answer
    • Because graphs must always be drawn before any conclusion

  20. A bar chart shows six sites, and one is far lower than the rest. What should the conclusion do with it?

    • Remove it quietly so the pattern looks cleaner to the reader and the examiner
    • Name it as an anomaly and explain whether it changes the pattern
    • Use it as the main evidence for the whole conclusion
    • Replace it with the average of the other five sites

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