Starter quiz
- Which of these do you usually find in a city?
- sandy beaches
- farmer's fields
- roads and bridges ✓
- green forests
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- Match the words to the definitions.
- England⇔one of the countries in the United Kingdom ✓
- UK⇔United Kingdom ✓
- London⇔a city in England ✓
- What do we call water that flows across land until it meets the sea?
- ocean
- river ✓
- tide
- stream
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- What do we use maps for?
- To find our way around an unfamiliar place ✓
- To see what there is to do in a place
- To find out where things are located ✓
- To see what a place looks like
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- It is often noisy in a city.
- True ✓
- False
- Complete the sentence. London is a ...
- 'city' ✓
Exit quiz
- Which river flows through London?
- Clyde
- Thames ✓
- Mersey
- Tyne
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- What is the capital city of England?
- Leeds
- Liverpool
- London ✓
- Luton
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- Match the words to the definitions.
- mouth⇔where a river flows into the sea ✓
- scale⇔used to represent real life distance on a map ✓
- aerial image⇔a photo take from above ✓
- River Thames⇔the river that flows through London ✓
- capital city⇔the most important city in the country ✓
- What happens after the River Thames flows through London?
- It stops flowing.
- It flows into the North Sea. ✓
- It flows into the English Channel.
- It changes direction.
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- Why is London such a busy place?
- Millions of people live there. ✓
- It has good shops.
- Millions of people holiday there. ✓
- It is a historical place.
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- Which of these features would be visible on an aerial image?
- street names
- people
- transport routes ✓
- shops
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Key learning points
- Aerial imagery and maps at different scales help us describe where places are using geographical vocabulary.
- London is a city near the mouth of the River Thames in the south-east of England and the UK.
- London is the capital and largest city of the UK.
Common misconception
Pupils may think that rivers simply stop or disappear, rather than flow into the sea at the mouth.
All rivers flow from their source to their mouth, where they flow into the sea. For example, the River Thames flows into the North Sea.
Keywords
Scale - The scale on a map shows what size the area that is represented in the map really is.
Aerial photograph - An aerial photograph is a picture of an object or place that has been taken from above.
River mouth - The mouth of a river is where it enters the sea or a lake.
Capital city - A capital city is an important place where important decisions about how to run the country get made.
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