Land use in the locality | Geography | Quizalize & Oak National Academy

Starter quiz

The United Kingdom is made up of four nations: England, Northern Ireland, Wales and ______.

'Scotland' ✓
The UK is part of which continent?

Europe ✓

Africa

Asia

North Amercia

South America
Match the map type to its definition

digital maps

⇔

can be viewed at different scales using the zoom function ✓

paper maps

⇔

can be folded up and taken in your pocket ✓

digital and paper maps

⇔

can be annotated with labels and photographs ✓
True or false? Scotland has a land border with England.

'True' ✓
The capital city of Northern Ireland is ______.

'Belfast' ✓
True or false? This map shows the United Kingdom.

'False' ✓

True or false? Residential land use includes factories.

'False' ✓
Which of these would not be classed as industrial land use?

quarries

houses ✓

mines

power stations

factories
______ land use includes places where people sell things.

'Commercial' ✓
Vertical aerial images are know as a ______ eye view.

'bird's' ✓
True or false? This is the OS symbol for agricultural land use.

True
False ✓
Which of these buildings could be shown on a map by small orange shapes with white land in front or behind them?

factories

houses and gardens ✓

supermarkets

power stations

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Aerial images and maps can help us identify different types of land use; an easy example is housing
Maps and keys help us identify industrial areas, fields, woods and built up areas with lots of roads
Aerial images reveal patterns and colours in the landscape e.g. farmed areas may have uniform stripes
OS maps at 1: 10000 and 1:25000 are useful scales to explore land use patterns

Land can be mixed use and this may confuse some children when classifying land use type.

You could create a mixed land use category or ask children to go with the majority land use.

Land use - Land use is the function or purpose of a particular area.
Map key - A map key is a box of information on a map that tells you what the lines and symbols on the map mean.
Settlements - Settlements are places where groups of people live and work.
Scale - The scale on a map shows what size the area that is represented in the map really is.