Starter quiz
- Relief is defined as the ______ of the land.
- 'shape' ✓
- A ridge is ...
- a long, thin hill with very steep sides. ✓
- a hill with one steep and one gentle side.
- an isolated hill.
- a hill with a flat top.
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- The three courses of a river are known as the ...
- upper, middle and lower courses. ✓
- high, middle and low courses.
- high, centre and low courses.
- upper, centre and lower courses.
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- How large is a hectare?
- Ten square metres
- One hundred square metres ✓
- One square kilometre
- Ten square kilometres
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- OS maps are covered in a series of vertical and horizontal lines. This means the map is divided into ...
- grid squares. ✓
- latitude squares.
- national squares.
- cross squares.
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- A settlement is ...
- a place where people live and/or work. ✓
- a cluster of houses.
- a place with a population of more than 10 000 people.
- a rural dwelling.
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Exit quiz
- Which of the following on a map would indicate a river in its lower course?
- No or few contour lines either side of a wide channel. ✓
- Contour lines close together and a thin channel.
- Contour lines running parallel to the river channel.
- The channel becoming straighter as it moves through settlements.
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- What does white space on an OS map show?
- Farmland ✓
- Grassland ✓
- Woodland
- Nothing
- Settlements
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- A ______ settlement is one that is made up of single buildings that are spread out from one another.
- 'dispersed' ✓
- A map that shows a settlement with straight black lines separating the white areas into smaller squares is likely to have what type of function?
- Agricultural ✓
- Industrial
- Residential
- Tourism
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Key learning points
- Landscapes can be described through their relief and drainage.
- Landscapes can be described through their vegetation cover and land use.
- Landscapes can be described through the shape and situation of their settlements.
Common misconception
White space on a map means there is nothing there.
White space means that the land cover there is grassland or farmland.
Keywords
Linear - a description for a feature (such as a settlement) that resembles a line
Sinuosity - how straight or curvy (sinuous) a river is
Nucleated - a description for a feature (such as a settlement) that is wrapped around a central point
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