Name Class Date Instructions Answer ALL the questions on the test. Answer the questions in the spaces provided. Ask for additional paper if you need more space to write your answers. Information The total number of marks for this end of topic assessment is 40. You have 40 minutes to complete this assessment. The marks for each question are shown in brackets. Advice Read each question carefully before you start to answer it. Try to answer every question. Use the number of marks a question is worth as a guide to estimate how much time you should spend on it. For each mark you should spend approximately 1 minute so, for example, a twomark question should take around 2 minutes to answer. Check your answers if you have time at the end. Pearson Education Ltd 2016. Copying permitted for purchasing institution only. This material is not copyright free. 1
1. Match the sentence beginnings with the correct ending. One has been completed for you. [6] Word Africa is Physical geography is The capital of Spain is China is... Human geography is Global means... London is Definition a country. a city. about rivers, coasts and volcanoes. about farming, settlement and population.... a continent. Madrid. relating to the whole world. 2. Study the map below. Crown copyright 2016, OS 100030901; map supplied by courtesy of Maps International. (a) What is the four figure grid reference for the church correct answer. [1] in Sherborne St John? Circle the 63 55 55 62 62 55 (b) What is the direction of Vyne Lodge Farm from Sherborne St John? [1] (c) On this map 2 cm equals 1 km. How far is it between the church in Sherborne St John and Manor Farm church (61 55)? Circle the correct answer. [1] 1.5 km 3 km 15 km (d) Give the six-figure grid reference for the telephone in Monk Sherborne. [1] 2 Pearson Education Ltd 2016. Copying permitted for purchasing institution only. This material is not copyright free.
(e) Why do you think this area would be popular with tourists? Give a reason for your answer. [2] (f) Is Monk Sherborne as town or a village? Explain your answer. [2] 3. Look at these two photographs of tropical rainforest. Shutterstock.com: szefei Alamy Images: Lee Dalton (a) Describe the change that has occurred between the two pictures. [1] (b) What do you think the impacts of these changes might be? [2] Pearson Education Ltd 2016. Copying permitted for purchasing institution only. This material is not copyright free. 3
Number of people Geography KS3 baseline assessment 4. Study the graph below. It shows the number of people over 90 years old in the UK. 600000 500000 400000 300000 200000 100000 0 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 Year Source: Office of National Statistics Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. (a) In 2014, there were 550,810 people aged over 90. Plot this data on the graph. [2] (b) What is happening to the number of people over 90? [1] (c) Explain why you think this is happening [2] 5. Read this paragraph about India. India is a large country covering over 3 million square kilometres. Over one and a quarter billion people live there. There are 22 official languages. Around three-quarters of people can read and write, about 6 in every 10 people are farmers. About 10% of the population do not have access to clean drinking water. India can have droughts, floods, cyclones and earthquakes. (a) Is India a rich country or a poor country? Give a reason for your answer. [2] 4 Pearson Education Ltd 2016. Copying permitted for purchasing institution only. This material is not copyright free.
(b) Show how Britain is different from India. [3] 6. A group of students carried out some field work at two points along a stream. This is the data they collected at two sites. Willow Woods Sheep Farm Width 30 cm 45 cm Depth in middle of channel 5 cm 7 cm Time for ping pong ball to travel 10 m attempt 1 Time for ping pong ball to travel 10 m attempt 2 Average time taken 20 seconds 10 seconds 40 seconds 20 seconds 30 seconds a) Work out the average time taken for the ping pong ball to travel 10 m at Sheep Farm. Write your answer in the grey box. [1] b) Name two pieces of equipment they might have needed to carry out this fieldwork. [2] c) State which of the two sites you think is furthest downstream? Give a reason for your answer. [2] Pearson Education Ltd 2016. Copying permitted for purchasing institution only. This material is not copyright free. 5
7. Study the diagram below. The planners have to decide where to put 20 new houses. They can choose location A by the river, B in the forest, C on an old factory site, D on the edge of an existing town or E on farm land. (a) Which location would you choose? [5] I have chosen to put the houses in location because (b) For one of the locations you rejected, explain why it would not be a good idea to put houses there. [3] I rejected location because 6 Pearson Education Ltd 2016. Copying permitted for purchasing institution only. This material is not copyright free.