Y7 Geography (Paper 1)

Question 1

What is the scale of a Landranger map?

Answer 1

1:50,000

This means 2 cm on the map equals 1 km in reality.

Question 2

What is the scale of an Explorer map?

Answer 2

1:25,000

This means 4 cm on the map equals 1 km in reality.

Question 3

What do contour lines indicate when they are close together?

Answer 3

Steep slope

Question 4

What do contour lines indicate when they are far apart?

Answer 4

Gentle slope

Question 5

What is a 4-figure grid reference used for?

Answer 5

General area

Question 6

What is a 6-figure grid reference used for?

Answer 6

Precise location

Question 7

What shape is Tonbridge due to its growth?

Answer 7

Hourglass-shaped

Question 8

What are the advantages of the site of Tonbridge?

Answer 8

• Flat land
• Water
• Fertile soil

Question 9

What are the disadvantages of the site of Tonbridge?

Answer 9

Flood risk

Question 10

What are the three types of settlement shapes?

Answer 10

• Linear
• Nucleated
• Planned

Question 11

What is the settlement hierarchy from smallest to largest?

Answer 11

• Hamlet
• Village
• Town
• City
• Conurbation

Question 12

What are the key features of the Weald?

Answer 12

• North Downs (chalk hills)
• South Downs
• High Weald (hills)
• Low Weald (valleys)
• Greensand Ridge

Question 13

What is the permeability of chalk?

Answer 13

Permeable

Question 14

What is the permeability of gault clay?

Answer 14

Impermeable

Question 15

What are the three types of rock mentioned?

Answer 15

• Sedimentary
• Metamorphic
• Igneous

Question 16

What processes are involved in the hydrological cycle?

Answer 16

• Evaporation
• Condensation
• Precipitation
• Interception
• Infiltration
• Surface runoff
• Percolation
• Throughflow
• Groundwater flow
• Transpiration

Question 17

What is a watershed?

Answer 17

Boundary separating drainage basins

Question 18

What are the four types of river erosion?

Answer 18

• Hydraulic action
• Abrasion
• Attrition
• Solution

Question 19

What are the three methods of river transport?

Answer 19

• Traction
• Saltation
• Suspension

Question 20

What are the landforms associated with the upper course of a river?

Answer 20

• V-shaped valleys
• Waterfalls
• Gorges

Question 21

What are the landforms associated with the middle course of a river?

Answer 21

• Meanders
• Oxbow lakes
• Floodplains

Question 22

What are the landforms associated with the lower course of a river?

Answer 22

• Deltas
• Estuaries

Question 23

What are two types of flood prevention methods?

Answer 23

• Hard Engineering
• Soft Engineering

Question 24

How does the Leigh Barrier help prevent flooding in Tonbridge?

Answer 24

Holds back water

Question 25

What is one example of soft engineering in flood prevention?

Answer 25

Land use zoning

Question 26

Fill in the blank: The area drained by a river is called a _______.

Answer 26

Drainage Basin