Welcome to your Grade 10 Geography chapter 8
After carefully reading the following 30 questions, choose the correct answer.
1.
What does GIS stand for?
2.
Which component of GIS consists of the physical machines like computers and scanners?
3.
In GIS, what is "Data"?
4.
Which GIS component includes the well-designed plans and procedures for data analysis?
5.
What is "Information" in the context of data processing?
6.
Which GIS tool is used to change analogue images or paper maps into digital form?
7.
What are "Attributes" in GIS?
8.
Which vector feature is described by a closed string of spatial coordinates?
9.
Who are the "People" component in a GIS?
10.
Which component provides the functions to store, analyze, and display geographic information?
11.
What is the basic unit of data in a raster GIS model?
12.
Which type of data represents things that can be seen and counted?
13.
GIS is used to integrate which two types of information?
14.
In a vector data model, a city might be represented as a:
15.
Which GIS component acts as the "brain" by following specific procedures?
16.
What is the main advantage of using GIS over paper maps?
17.
Which of these is an example of a GIS software?
18.
Vector data uses which of the following to represent features?
19.
What is "Data Input" in GIS?
20.
A road is typically represented in vector GIS as a:
21.
Which GIS function allows users to search for specific features based on their attributes?
22.
What is "Spatial Data"?
23.
In GIS, "Buffer" analysis involves:
24.
Which component is responsible for the overall design and successful implementation of GIS?
25.
"Overlay" in GIS means:
26.
What does "Digitizing" involve?
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A "Geographic Information System" is best described as:
28.
Raster data is most useful for representing:
29.
Which GIS component ensures that data is collected accurately?
30.
GIS output can take the form of:
