Year 8 Term 1

Question 1

What is a map?

Answer 1

A map is a representation or part of the earth surface from above

Question 2

Define mapwork.

Answer 2

It is an art of drawing plans, sketches, maps and pictures based on measurement

Question 3

State 3 types of maps

Answer 3

1.Topographical maps
2.Sketch map
3.Atlas map

Question 4

What is a continent?

Answer 4

It is the earth large continuous landmasses, typically separated by oceans or geographical features.

Question 5

What is an ocean.

Answer 5

It is a vast body of salt water that covers about 72% of earth surface and it is divided into five main regiona.

Question 6

State the 7 continents in the world

Answer 6

1.Europe
2.North America
3.South America
4.Asia
5.Australia
6.Africa
7.Antarctica

Question 7

Name the 5 oceans

Answer 7

1.Pacific
2.Atlantic
3.Artic
4.Indian
5.Southern

Question 8

What is grid reference?

Answer 8

It is a way of locating places using gris lines and northings and easting

Question 9

What is a northing?

Answer 9

An imaginary line running from north to south

Question 10

What is a easting?

Answer 10

An imaginary line running from west to east

Question 11

what is the equator

Answer 11

The imaginary line in the middle of the earth

Question 12

State 5 Importances of oceans, seas and rivers

Answer 12

1.Helps the economy
2.Help with travel and trade.
3.Source of salt
4.Helps agriculture
5.Home to marine life

Question 13

What is a contour?

Answer 13

A contour is a continuous brown line used to show different physical features and man made features

Question 14

What is earth movement?

Answer 14

The movement of crystal rocks by forces originating in the interior of the earth

Question 15

State 3 forces that cause earth movement.

Answer 15

1.Tectonic forces
2.Gravity
3.Compressional forces

Question 16

State the results of earth movement

Answer 16

1.Faulting
3.Vulcanicity
3.Folding

Question 17

Highlight 3 causes for earth movement.

Answer 17

1.Magma movement
2.Gravity
3.Conventional currents
4.isostatic adjustements

Question 18

What is folding?

Answer 18

It is the bending of crystal rocks inside the earth due to earths movement

Question 19

What are 3 features of folding

Answer 19

1.Fold mountains
2.Rift valley
3.Ridges

Question 20

State 4 significance of folding

Answer 20

1.Results in fold mountains
2.Attracts tourists
3.Source of income
4.Acts as a barrier of transport and communications

Question 21

What is faulting?

Answer 21

It is the fracturing of crystal rocks externally and internally

Question 22

3 Features of faulting

Answer 22

1.Escarpments
2.Fault mountains
3.Plains

Question 23

5 significance of faulting

Answer 23

1.attracts tourists
2.Results in mountains
3.Helps of economy
4.Improves living standards
5.Acts as a barrier of transportation and communication

Question 24

What is vulcanicity?

Answer 24

It is process through which solid, liquid and gases materials are forced into the earth’s crust or onto the earths surface

Question 25

State and Explain the 2 types of vulcanicity

Answer 25

1.Intrusive vulcanicity
-It is when magma solidify in the crystal rocks
2.Extrusive vulcanicity
-It occurs when magma is forced onto the earths surface

Question 26

State 5 features of vulcanicity

Answer 26

1.Volcanos
2.Springs
3.Plateau
4.Calderas
5.Plains

Question 27

State and explain 5 impacts of vulcanicity

Answer 27

1.Creates new landscapes-for example volcanos
2.Attracts tourists-for example large volcanos can attract tourists from other countries
3.Helps the economy-when tourists visit the country they pay money to get there
4.Creates large pools of hot water-when the heat of the volcano spreads it heats up lakes, oceans and rivers close to it
5.pollutes the environment-When a volcano erupts the ashes ascend to the atmosphere and carbon dioxide is released which hurts many living things

Question 28

explain 4 results of faulting

Answer 28

1.When the ground is faulting it can push valuable minerals and substance out.
2.It can help the economy because the government can sell the minerals for money
3.Faulting can also cause earthquakes and hurt a lot of people
4.When faulting takes place it can cause valleys.

Question 29

Name 4 seas with colors in their name

Answer 29

1.red sea
2.black sea
3.white sea
4.yellow sea

Question 30

What is a grid reference number?

Answer 30

A grid reference number is a set of numbers that pinpoint a specific location on a map.

Question 31

Name 7 larger plates in the world.

Answer 31

1.Australian plate
2.Eurasian Plate
3.North American Plate
4.South American Plate
5.African Plate
6.Antarctic plate
7.Pacific plate

Question 32

State 6 Importances of water

Answer 32

1.Generate hydropower
2.Helps the economy
3.Home of marine life
4.Source of salt
5.Helps in agriculture
5.Industralization

Question 33

State the different types of settlement.

Answer 33

1.Scarsely populated
2.Densely populated
3.Linear settlement
4.Clustered settlement

Question 34

State 5 things a map should have

Answer 34

1.key
2.title
3.marginal information
4.scale
5.Compass direction
6.Frames
7.Grid system

Question 35

3 methods of representing relief on a topographical map

Answer 35

1.Hill shading
2.Use of contours
2.Pictorial representation

Question 36

3 types of earth movement.

Answer 36

1.Vertical
2.Horizontal
3.Sheal

Question 37

What are 4 methods of finding directions?

Answer 37

1.Landmarks
2.use of bearing
3.Heavenly bodies
4.Compass direction

Question 38

State the process of locating places using 6 grid references.

Answer 38

1.Find the correct grid reference
2.Locate the easting
3.Locate the northing
4.Place the decimal
5.Plot the point

Question 39

What is the greenwich meridian?

Answer 39

It is an imaginary line running from north to south separating time zones.