Welcome to your Grade 11 Geography chapter 8
After carefully reading the following 30 questions, choose the correct answer.
1.
What is defined as the height difference between different landform features in a given area?
2.
Which map features are small straight lines drawn along the direction of maximum slope?
3.
What are imaginary lines connecting places having equal elevation on the ground surface?
4.
Contour lines forming concentric circles on a map typically represent which feature?
5.
How are depressions distinguished from hills on a contour map?
6.
Which landform is represented by closed contours that are roughly rectangular in shape?
7.
Contours with a "V" shape with values increasing upward represent:
8.
What happens to contour lines when representing a cliff?
9.
What does GIS stand for in geography?
10.
Which application is part of the ArcGIS desktop environment used to add data and make maps?
11.
In GIS data storage, which format represents objects in the form of a cell or grid?
12.
Which geometry type is used to express zero-dimensional features like wells or schools?
13.
One-dimensional features like roads and rivers are expressed as:
14.
Features that cover a particular area, such as lakes or national parks, are represented by:
15.
Which GIS data format is excellent for capturing and storing spatial details?
16.
What refers to the shape, size, location, and orientation of a geographical feature?
17.
Which tool in ArcMap allows a user to expand the map view to the full geographical extent of the data?
18.
The resolution of a raster data set is defined by its:
19.
Which view in ArcMap allows working with map elements like titles, north arrows, and scale bars?
20.
What is used for GIS data management tasks like creating or deleting shapefiles?
21.
Which geometry type can measure distance?
22.
Which geometry type can measure perimeter and area?
23.
How are mountains higher than hills represented by contours?
24.
A long and narrow hillside with two or more peaks shown by an elliptical contour is a:
25.
Contours with "U or V" shapes with downward bending and values increasing upward represent:
26.
Which tool measures distance in specified units from one location to another?
27.
Spatial data can be acquired using which system?
28.
Which file format stores data consisting of a single feature geometry type?
29.
What is the term for the collection of feature classes within a geodatabase sharing a common coordinate system?
30.
Which tool is used to query an active data theme?
