Year 7 - Summer Exam '04

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YEAR 7 EXAM (June 04) MG

SECTION A

ORDNANCE SURVEY MAPWORK

LOOK AT THE 1: 50 000 MAP OF WIGTOWN AND ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS.

1. Identify the features found at the following grid references:

(a) 436555 (1)

(b) 476614 (1)

2. What distance would you travel on the A714 between the roundabout at 413645 to the telephone

box in Causeway End at 421601 (in kilometres)?

(1)

3. If you were standing on top of Blairs Hill in grid square 4762, at what height would you be?

Tick the correct box

(a) 170m

(b) 180m

(c) 190m (1)

4. On a journey from Newton Stewart on the A75(T) road, describe the main features in thephysical landscape (the natural stuff) and relief you would see to the east and the west of the

road.

Use grid references to support your answer

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SECTION B

Look at the following questions. For each underline the correct answer.

1. What is the name of the outermost layer of the Earths surface?

Core Crust Mantle (1)

2. What is the name of the scale which measures Earthquake magnitude?

Richter Mercalli Wegener (1)

3. What is the name given to the point where two rivers meet?

Source Mouth Confluence (1)

4. What is the name given to the type of River transportation where eroded material is dissolved?

Solution Suspension Saltation (1)

5. What is the name given to lines on a Weather map linking places of equal pressure?

Isotherm Isobar Isohyet (1)

6. What is the name of the process where water vapour cools as it rises to form clouds?

Evaporation Condensation Transpiration (1)

7. What is the name given to an area of high pressure?

Depression Anticyclone Precipitation (1)

8. What is name of the Settlement pattern where houses are clustered together around a central

point?

Dispersed Linear Nucleated (1)

9. What is the name given to the area served by the goods, services, administration and employmentof a settlement?

Hamlet Range Sphere of Influence (1)

10. What is the name of the commercial centre in the middle of most settlements, which often

contains shops and offices and is where transport links meet?

CBD CCTV RAC (1)


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13. With reference to an example you have studied, draw a well-labelled diagram to explain how

CONSTRUCTIVE PLATE BOUNDARIES (where plates pull apart) can cause earthquakes and

volcanoes.

Diagram:

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Explanation:

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14. For an EARTHQUAKE you have studied explain the effects it had on the people of the area

EARTHQUAKE:

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15. Why do people continue to live in areas affected by either volcanoes or earthquakes?

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16. Look at these three maps. They show the main climatic features of Britain

Only three of these sentences are correct. Underline the correct ones

In the summer the south is warmer than the north

In the winter the north is warmer than the south

In summer the west is the warmest

In winter the west is warmer than the east

The west is wetter than the east

Most rainfall is in the east (3)


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17. choose either convectional rainfall or frontal rainfall and, with the aid of a diagram, explain how it

is formed

Diagram:

Explanation:

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18. the map below shows five different locations in the grounds of a school

a. Which site is likely to have the highest daytime temperature?

(1)

b. Explain why you think this site will have the highest temperature

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19. Look at the diagram below which shows the sites of three settlements

a. describe the site of settlement A

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b. why do you think B provided a good site for a castle?

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c. why do you think the settlement at C has not become larger?

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20. column A shows services provided in various settlements.

Put the following settlements in the right place in column B: village, city, town, hamlet

COLUMN A COLUMN B

department store, university, airport

few scattered houses, no shops

primary school, shop, post office

secondary school, library, bank

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b. which type of settlement is Grayshott on the Ordnance Survey Map?

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c. give two pieces of evidence to support your answer

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SECTION C

LOCATIONAL KNOWLEDGE

Earthquakes and Volcanoes occur at plate boundaries.

a. on the map of the world which shows plate boundaries, mark and name the following oceans:

i. the South Atlantic Ocean ii. the Southern Ocean iii. the Pacific Ocean (3)

b. A, B and C on the map are three volcanoes . Name them.

A. (1)

B. (1)

C. (1)

c. Aconcagua is in which mountain range?

(1)

d. D lies on the boundary of three different plates. Name this country

D. (1)

e. the country marked D on the map has a famous volcano. Name the volcano

(1)

f. cities E and F lie close to a plate boundary. Name these two cities

E. (1)

F. (1)

g. city G suffered extensive damage due to an earthquake. Name this city

(1)

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SECTION C

LOCATIONAL KNOWLEDGE

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