1 TEACHER’S COMMENT NAME : TEACHER PARENT’S COMMENT CLASS MARK PARENT’S SIGNATURE PERCENTAGE HERZLIA MIDDLE SCHOOL GRADE 9 GEOGRAPHY CYCLE TEST 14 February 2012 TIME: 50 Minutes MARKS: 50 This paper consists of 8 pages and a Topographical Map. Answer all questions. It is in your own interest to write legibly and to present your work neatly. Please note that the map extract of Marquard attached is of scale 1: 50 000 2 QUESTION 1 Define the following term: 1.1 Contour line (1) ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ 1.1 Topographical Map (1) ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ 1.2 Latitude (1) ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ 1.4 Scale (1) ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ 1.5 Magnetic North (1) ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ 3 Question 2 Draw the conventional signs that represent the following: 2.1 Embankment Mine Dump ___________________ ____________________ (2) What do the following symbols represent? 2.2 ______________________ ______________________ (2) Question 3 3.1 What is the vertical interval of the map extract of Marquard.? (1) ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ 3.2 List four characteristics of contour lines. (4) ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ 4 Question 4 (9) Give the bearing and direction from Bethesda (280 35I 47II S; 270 26I 58II E) to: Bearing Direction Optima ____________ _____________ Karreedam ____________ _____________ Jacob ____________ ______________ Question 5 5.1 Give the most Southern line of latitude and the most Easterly line of Longitude of the map extract of Marquard. (2) South ______________________________________________________________ East ______________________________________________________________ 5.2 Give the coordinates of the following places on the map. Police station in Marquard (6) _______________________________ _______________________________ Optima _______________________________ _______________________________ Karreedam _______________________________ _______________________________ 5 Question 6 6.1 Measure the distance of the railway line on the map extract of Marquard. Give your answer in Km. (3) ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ 6.2 What is the distance in reality of the main road from the Junction (280 40I 15II S; 270 25I00II E) to Dad Gratia (280 35I 40II S ; 270 26I 55IIE) Give your answer in meters. (3) ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ 6 Question 7 In the space below draw a landuse map of the area south of latitude 280 38I S. Remember to have a well labelled key. (8) 7 Question 8 Using the contour map extract below draw a cross section along the line A–B. Use a vertical scale of 1cm : 500m. (5) 8 Draw your cross section on this page.