Year 7 GEOGRAPHY Skills Booklet

Assessment Task

Year/ Subject: Year 7 Geography Task - Skills Booklet

Task Weighting: 20% Due Date: T2 W1 2018

Geographical Tools 10% Communication 10% TOTAL FOR TASK 20%

Outcomes to be assessed:

GE4-7 acquires and processes geographical information by selecting and using geographical tools for inquiry

GE4-8 communicates geographical information using a variety of strategies

Instructions:

This booklet will be worked on during class time. A specific amount of lesson time has been allocated for each skill within the booklet. Any work not completed in class is to be finished at home with the finalised booklet being submitted on the due date. It is your responsibility to ensure that all sections are completed to the best of your ability.

LATE POLICY: This assessment task is due in Week 1 of Term 2. You have been allocated a specific due date by your classroom

teacher. Please make sure you submit this task on the due date. Students who are absent on the day of their assessment must

produce a note signed by a parent or guardian to their classroom teacher on their first day back at school. Students who fail to

present a signed note will lose 10% of their earned mark for each day the assessment is overdue for the first three days

including weekends. On the fourth day, students will be awarded with a ZERO and a letter of concern will be sent home.

Please refer any issues to Mrs. Hardaker (HSIE Head Teacher)

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NAME:……………………………… …………………………………………..………. CLASS:………………

Total Marks 80

Geography

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Task One: Geographical Terminology (10 Marks)

Research, and then write the meaning of each of the following terms

1. spot height:

(1 mark)

2. altitude:

(1 mark)

3. landslide:

(1 mark)

4. relief:

(1 mark)

5. gradient:

(1 mark)

6. topographic:

(1 mark)

7. earthquake:

(1 mark)

8. urban:

(1 mark)

9. Arnhamland:

(1 mark)

10. spatial inequality:

(1 mark)

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Task Two: Types of Maps: World continents & physical features (13 Marks)

Using an Atlas and the information below, accurately complete the following world map

Write the title World Geographical Features (1 mark)

Label each of the world continents (7 marks)

Using a ruler draw and label the Prime Meridian and the Equator (2 marks)

Label the Pacific and Atlantic oceans (2 marks)

Using a dot locate and label London (1 mark)

Title: ………………..…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

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Task Three: Latitude & Longitude & World Plates (6 Marks)

Use the map below to complete each of the following tasks

1. The main purpose of lines of latitude and longitude is to

(1 mark)

2. Name the major line of latitude which passes through the Indo Australian

Plate. (1 mark)

3. Name the natural hazard which is caused by movement of the plates on the

surface of the earth. (1 mark)

4. Name another type of natural hazard which results from movement of the

plates on the surface of the earth. Identify an example where this has

affected the liveability of people in recent times and explain how their

liveability was impacted.

(3 marks)

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Task Four: Direction (12 Marks)

Label each of the 16 compass points on the diagram below (half mark for each point) (8 Marks)

Using the diagrams below, complete each of the following statements:

1. The direction from Point A to point B is (1 mark)

2. The direction from Point C to point D is (1 mark)

3. The direction from Point D to point C is ………………………………………………………………… (1 mark)

4. The direction from Point B to point A is ………………………………………………………………… (1 mark)

•A

•B

•C

•D

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Task Five: Mapping Skills (9 Marks)

Use the map below to help you complete each of the following tasks

1. Name an example of geographical features located within AR 0836.

(1 mark)

2. What is the contour interval on the map? (1 mark)

3. How many buildings located within AR 0937? (1 mark)

4. Use the scale and a ruler to estimate the straight line distance between the

Post Office and the building in AR 0838. (1 mark)

5. Using direction, describe the location of the seasonal river.

(1 mark)

6. Give the grid reference for the location of the Police Station. (1 mark)

7. What is the main type of vegetation on the map?

(1 mark)

8. Estimate the direction of the building in AR 1038 from the intersection in the

road in AR 1027. (1 mark)

9. Which feature would you arrive at if you travelled in a straight line distance south from

the Building in AR 3810? (1 mark)

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Task Six: Mapping Skills: Relief/Contour Lines (6 Marks)

The main reason why geographers use contour lines on a map is to show

(1 mark)

Use the diagrams below to complete each of the following questions

1. The common distance or contour interval between each contour line is (1 mark)

2. Calculate the difference in height between point 1 and point 2. (1 mark)

3. Construct a cross section between Point 1 and point 2 from the diagram. The vertical

scale is 1cm represents 10 meters (3 marks)

Title: ……………………………………………………………………………………..

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Task Seven: Climate: (8 Marks)

Using the diagram below, complete each of the following questions:

1. What country is the climatic data from? (1 mark)

2. What season has the highest temperature? (1 mark)

3. State the average monthly temperature for the year? (1 mark)

4. What is the temperature range? (1 mark)

5. Write a paragraph to explain the distribution of precipitation throughout the year.

(4 marks)

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Task Eight: Fieldwork/Field Sketch (16 Marks)

1. Go to the basketball courts and take a landscape photo of H Block. Send the photo to

your geography teacher as an attachment with an email message. (If you do not have a

camera, locate a photo of the school on the internet and use that). (2 marks)

2. At the same location use the field sketch frame below to draw a sketch of the area and

label three geographical features you have observed. Include a title for your field

sketch. (4 marks)

Title: ……………………………………………..…………………………………………………………………..

3. Write a paragraph to describe the purpose of H Block as well as the geographical

features you have identified and recorded from the field sketch. (4 marks)

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4. Using a compass, write the direction from:

H block to the basketball court (1 mark)

5. Using a trundle wheel, measure the distance:

Between the goal posts on the school oval (1 mark)

Around the perimeter of the basketball courts (1 mark)

6. Using a thermometer, record the temperature at:

The shade area on the back oval, the date and time (1 mark)

The open area on the back oval, the date and time (1 mark)

Explain why is there a difference between the two temperatures?

(1 mark)