Every card in Fieldwork and skills, Year 7: more practice
The whole deck, in order — so you can read it through before your child ever sees it.
- Why is 'Why do people like parks?' a weak enquiry question for a geography project?
It is vague: it names no place and nothing you can measure
HintThink about whether you could collect numbers or counts to answer it.
WhyA sharp enquiry question names a place and something that can be measured or counted, so evidence can answer it. 'How many people use Hill Park on a Saturday?' is much stronger.
- Which can be answered with fieldwork data: 'Is our town beautiful?' or 'How many shops on our high street are empty?'
'How many shops on our high street are empty?'
HintOne question is a matter of opinion; the other is a matter of counting.
WhyOpinions cannot be measured or checked, so they make poor enquiry questions. A count of empty shops can be collected, recorded and compared.
- Data you collect yourself in the field is primary data. What is data collected by someone else, such as census figures, called?
Secondary data
HintPrimary is first-hand; this is second-hand.
WhySecondary data comes from books, websites, maps and official statistics. An enquiry often uses both: primary data from the field and secondary data to set it in context.
- Which instrument measures the angle of a slope?
A clinometer
HintThink of the angle between the ground and the flat.
WhyA clinometer is held up and sighted along the slope to read the angle in degrees. It is used when comparing the steepness of a hillside or a beach.
- Why should a thermometer be read in the shade, not in direct sunshine, when measuring air temperature?
Sunlight would heat the thermometer itself and give a reading hotter than the air
HintThink about what the Sun does to the glass and liquid inside.
WhyAir temperature is the temperature of the air, not of the instrument. Meteorologists use shaded, ventilated boxes for the same reason.
- A rain gauge collected 4 mm on Monday, 0 mm on Tuesday and 11 mm on Wednesday. What is the total rainfall in mm? (number only)
15
HintAdd all three days, including the dry one.
Why4 + 0 + 11 = 15 mm. Rainfall is measured as a depth in millimetres.
- What is the name for a picture of the Earth's surface taken by a spacecraft orbiting far above it?
A satellite image
HintIt is taken from higher than any aircraft.
WhySatellite images cover whole regions and can be taken again and again, so they are good for showing change over time.
- On an aerial photograph, a long, thin, winding band with trees along both sides is most likely which natural feature?
A river
HintNatural features curve; roads and railways tend to be straighter.
WhyRivers wind across the land in curves, called meanders, and trees often line the banks. Man-made routes such as motorways run straighter.
- Why do geographers compare satellite images of the same place taken years apart?
To see how the land has changed
HintThink about what is different between two dates.
WhyPairs of images can show a city spreading, a forest shrinking or a coast eroding, which a single image cannot.
- Why is a field sketch often better than a photograph for showing the key features of a landscape?
You can leave out clutter and highlight only what matters
HintA photograph records everything; a drawing lets you choose.
WhyA sketch is an argument in pencil: the geographer decides what to draw and label. It focuses on the features relevant to the enquiry.
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