World Wise Quiz Fieldwork Round 2006

World Wise QuizFieldwork Round 2006

Sponsored by the Field Studies Council

Instructions• There are 10 multiple choice questions all

somehow connected to fieldwork.

• Answer each question in turn – consulting with other members of the team.

• The questions get harder as you progress…starting easy and then becoming increasingly difficult.

• GOOD LUCK!

Question 1

Q: What might a climatologist use this piece of equipment

for? a. Checking the angle of the sun in the sky

c. Inverting images for landscape painters

d. Calculating the total amount of sun hours during the day

b. Monitoring the amount of received UV radiation

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d. Calculating the total amount of sun hours during the day

Question 2

Q: What is the most likely habitat that these students are

studying ? a. Coastal sand dunes

c. A saltmarsh d. A garden ecosystem

b. The CBDa. Coastal sand dunes

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Question 3

Q: What is the purpose of this item of equipment and how does it work?

a. Measures soil moisture - estimate wetness on metal shaft

c. Estimates vegetation height - measure off against metal shaft d. Estimates soil organic matter. The angle of landing relates to degree of humus in the soil

b. Measures soil compaction - depth of penetration relates to compaction

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b. Measures soil compaction - depth of penetration relates to compaction

Question 4

Q What is the strength and nature of the relationship

between environmental quality and traffic flow? a. Inappropriate, weak

d. No relationship indicated

b. Positive, weak

c. Negative, moderately strongc. Negative, moderately strong

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Question 5

Q: On a field visit to a river, you are asked to estimate the average gradient of this stretch of stream (above). What will your answer be? a. > 50 degrees

c. 20-50 degrees d. 0-1 degree

b. 2-10 degrees

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b. 2-20 degrees

0m

20m

Question 6

Q: Four students are asked to describe what the word ‘hypothesis’ means, as part of a lesson on fieldwork for a forthcoming visit. Which would you say is the best

definition? a. A question that is asked at the end of a geographical enquiryc. The distortion of results because of some error the data collection

b. A ‘geographical hunch’

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d. A statement which is testable through data which is collected via an enquiry

Question 7

Q: As part of your fieldwork investigation you investigate noise levels from traffic. You record a car as having an average noise level of 80dB, and a lorry at 100dB. How many times ‘noisier’ is the lorry than the car? a. 1.25 times louder

c. 100 times louder d. 1000% louder

b. Twice as loud

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Question 8

Q: A geography student is mapping a piece of woodland, shown in the OS grid square above. Estimate the area of

this woodland. a. 0.01 km2

c. 35 hectares d. 95 hectares

b. 0.1km2

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Clearing

Woodland

1km

Question 9

Q: In which compass trend is the dominant traffic flow of (i) buses / coaches and (ii) cars?

a. (i) 270° - 90°, (ii) 270° - 90°

c. (i) 180° - 0°, (ii) 90° - 270° d. (i) 90° - 270°. (ii) 180° - 0°

b. (i) 90° - 270°, (ii) 270° - 90°

N

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Question 10

Q: You have got lost whilst on a field trip to an icy place. You stumble across a house where all walls face south. What are your latitude and longitude co-ordinates?

a. 90N 0

c. 90N 370 d. 0N 0

b. 90S 0

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Question no. Answer

1 d

2 a

3 b

4 c

5 b

6 d

7 c

8 c

9 b

10 a