SQA Higher Geography Application of Geographical Skills overview quiz quiz

Eastings first, then northings

Northings first, then eastings

Top to bottom, then left to right

It does not matter which way

It names a much larger area of the map than a four-figure reference can ever do

It divides each kilometre square into tenths to pinpoint a spot within it

It gives the exact height of the land above sea level at that point

It shows the scale that the whole map has been drawn to throughout

100 metres

5 kilometres

1 kilometre

50 kilometres

The land is completely flat with no change in height at all

The land in that area lies below the level of the sea

There is a river flowing through that part of the map

The slope is steep, with a steep gradient

Primary data are collected first-hand in the field; secondary data already exist and were produced by someone else

Primary data are always more accurate and reliable than secondary data in absolutely every geographical investigation

Secondary data are the figures that you collect first-hand yourself out in the field during your own fieldwork

There is no real difference between the two and the terms can be used to mean the same thing

Reading the published census figures online from home

Measuring a river's width, depth and velocity

Downloading a finished weather report from a website

Looking up a population figure in a printed textbook

By using a table of random numbers to choose each reading point

Only at the points where the investigator personally decides to take them

At regular intervals, such as every 10 metres or every fifth person

In direct proportion to the make-up of the area being studied

The value that occurs most commonly in the whole set

The middle value once they are placed in size order

The highest value with the lowest value subtracted from it

The total of all values divided by the number of values

A line graph

A pie chart

A bar graph

A scatter graph

50 percent

25 percent

20 percent

12.5 percent

Only the title that has been written at the top of the graph, copied out word for word and nothing else

A guess about what might happen in the future with no figures quoted at all

The overall trend, quoted figures, and any anomalies, leading to a conclusion the data support

Only the single highest value that appears anywhere on the graph

Evidence is entirely optional in this paper and you can simply state your decisions without any support from the map or resources

Only your personal opinions are marked in this question, so figures and map features are never needed at all

Evidence only really matters in the Physical Environments section and not in the skills question itself

The skills paper rewards using the map and resources, so each decision should cite a grid reference, map feature or figure