World Wise Quiz Fieldwork Round 2007 Sponsored by the Field Studies Council

Instructions There are 10 multiple choice questions all somehow connected to fieldwork. Answer each question in turn – consulting with other members of the team. The questions get harder as you progress…starting easy and then becoming increasingly difficult. GOOD LUCK!

Question 1 Q: What might a climatologist use this piece of equipment for? a. Checking the angle of the sun in the sky c. Generating electricity as the cups turn b. Monitoring the amount of received UV radiation d. Measuring the wind speed

Question 2 Q: What is the most likely environment that these students are studying ? c. Coastal salt marshd. A coastal ecosystem b. A residential area a. Coastal shingle ridge

Question 3 Q: What might you use this piece of fieldwork equipment for? a. Measures the speed of water flow in a river c. Measuring the direction and speed of ice flow d. Estimating the volume of water in a stream catchment b. Measures the speed of water flow down a slope

Question 4 Q The scatter graph shows data for number of species against distance from the high water mark. Which of the following statements best describes an interpretation of the data in the graph? a. Inappropriate, strong d. Strong, positive b. Positive, weak c. Negative, moderately strong

Question 5 Q: On a field visit to a coastal and dune you have been asked to estimate the steepest slope you may encounter. What will your answer be? a. > 70 degrees c degreesd. 0-1 degree b. <15 degrees

Question 6 Q: Four geography students have been asked to research the term ‘pilot survey’, in preparation forthcoming field visit. Which would you say is the best interpretation ? a. A question that is asked at the beginning of a geographical enquiry c. The modification of results to suit the question being asked b. A ‘geographical hunch’ that is tested in a survey d. A ‘pre-test’ of a survey technique to check its suitability before collecting more data

Question 7 Q: A student has dropped their fieldwork project on the floor so all the pages have got muddled up. You can just make out five page headings (above). Which order should they be put back in? a. Hypothesis, Bibliography, Sampling, Dispersion, Evaluation c. Sampling, Hypothesis, Dispersion, Bibliography, Evaluation d. Dispersion, Sampling, Hypothesis, Evaluation, bibliography b. Hypothesis, Sampling, Dispersion, Evaluation, Bibliography HYPOTHESIS BIBLIOGRAPHY DISPERSION DIAGRAM EVALUATION SAMPLING

Question 8 Q: As part of your fieldwork investigation you investigate noise levels from traffic. You record a car as having an average noise level of 70dB, and a lorry at 90dB. How many times ‘noisier’ is the lorry than the car? a times louder c. 100 times louderd. 1000% louder b. Twice as loud

Question 9 Q: This diagram involves the use of proportional circles to show vehicle movements. Approximately how many cars (in total) are moving from west to east along Airport Way a. 650 c. 850d. 760 b

Question 10 Q: A geography student is mapping a piece of woodland, shown in the OS grid square above. Estimate the area of this woodland. a. 10,000cm 2 c. 4600m 2 d. 195 hectares b. 0.25km Clearing Woodland 1km

Question no.Answer 1d 2a 3a 4b 5c 6d 7b 8c 9a 10b