Scale in Geography: Interactive Quizzes for Reception

Question 1

Which is bigger: a toy car or a school bus?

Accepted Answer

School bus

Answer

Toy car

Question 2

Which is smaller: an apple or an ant?

Accepted Answer

Ant

Answer

Apple

Question 3

Which would you use to find your way around a new city?

Accepted Answer

A street map

Answer

A compass

Question 4

Which is the best way to show the size of a country?

Accepted Answer

A map

Answer

A bar graph

Question 5

Which is the most detailed map?

Accepted Answer

A city map

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A country map

Question 6

Why is it important to understand scale?

Accepted Answer

To be able to compare places

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To find our way around

Question 7

Which is the smallest on a map of your school: your classroom, the school playground, the school field, or the whole school building?

Accepted Answer

Your classroom

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The school playground

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The school field

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The whole school building

Question 8

What do we call the process of making something look smaller or bigger on a map?

Accepted Answer

Scaling

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Measuring

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Drawing

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Mapping

Question 9

Which place is the largest?

Accepted Answer

A country

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A house

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A school

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A town

Question 10

Which of these is the biggest? A. A coin, B. A football, C. The Sun

Accepted Answer

C

Answer

A

Answer

B

Question 11

Which of these is the smallest? A. A house, B. A tree, C. A leaf

Accepted Answer

C

Answer

A

Answer

B

Question 12

Which of these vehicles is the smallest? A. A bus, B. A car, C. A bike

Accepted Answer

C

Answer

A

Answer

B

Question 13

Which map shows the most detail?

Accepted Answer

A map of London

Answer

A map of the world

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A map of Europe

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A map of the United Kingdom

Question 14

Which picture shows a bird's-eye view?

Accepted Answer

A picture taken from an airplane looking down

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A picture taken from the ground looking up

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A painting of a landscape

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A map of a city

Question 15

How can we make a map appear larger?

Accepted Answer

Use a larger piece of paper

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Draw the features very small

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Use different colors

Question 16

Which of these is TOO BIG to fit on a map?

Accepted Answer

A country

Answer

A house

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A car

Question 17

Which place is the smallest?

Accepted Answer

A house

Answer

A town

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A country

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A continent

Question 18

Which map shows the biggest area?

Accepted Answer

A map of the world

Answer

A map of a school

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A map of a city

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A map of a country

Question 19

Which of these is probably drawn on a big scale?

Accepted Answer

A map of a garden

Answer

A map of the world

Answer

A map of a continent

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A map of a street

Question 20

What information does the scale of a map give you?

Accepted Answer

How far apart places on the map are

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How big the map is

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How many places are on the map

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How small the map is

Question 21

What is a limitation of using a small-scale map?

Accepted Answer

You can see less detail.

Answer

You can see a smaller area.

Answer

You find it harder to follow your route.

Answer

The map is less exact.

Question 22

What information can you find out about distances on a map from its scale?

Accepted Answer

How far apart places are

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How close together places are

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How big places are

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How small places are

Question 23

Which place is the biggest?

Accepted Answer

A football pitch

Answer

A garden

Answer

A living room

Question 24

Which object is the smallest?

Accepted Answer

A toy car

Answer

A bus

Answer

A car

Question 25

Which animal is the biggest?

Accepted Answer

An elephant

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A cat

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A dog

Question 26

Which object is the biggest?

Accepted Answer

A tree

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A marble

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A ball

Question 27

Which animal is the smallest?

Accepted Answer

A mouse

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A rabbit

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A horse

Question 28

Which of these is the largest? The toy car, the real car, or the map of a car?

Accepted Answer

Real car

Answer

Toy car

Answer

Map of a car

Question 29

Which map is the most detailed? The map of the world, the map of a continent, or the map of a country?

Accepted Answer

Country map

Answer

World map

Answer

Continent map

Question 30

Which of these is a smaller scale? The map of a room or the map of a house?

Accepted Answer

Map of a room

Answer

Map of a house

Question 31

Which picture shows the largest area? The picture of a leaf or the picture of a tree?

Accepted Answer

Tree

Answer

Leaf

Question 32

Which map shows the greatest distance between two places? The map of a city or the map of a country?

Accepted Answer

Map of a country

Answer

Map of a city

Question 33

Which of these is a larger scale? The map of a continent or the map of the world?

Accepted Answer

Map of a continent

Answer

Map of the world

Question 34

Which picture shows a closer view? The picture of a person standing in front of a building or the picture of the same building from across the street?

Accepted Answer

Person in front of building

Answer

Building from across the street

Question 35

Which of these is the smallest place, like your tiny toy car?

Accepted Answer

Your room

Answer

Your town

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Your country

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The whole world

Question 36

If your house is like a small square on a map, what size square would show your town, like a big park?

Accepted Answer

A much bigger square

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A tiny square

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A slightly bigger square

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An enormous square

Question 37

What can you use to measure how long your favorite toy is?

Accepted Answer

A ruler

Answer

A spoon

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A book

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A shoe

Question 38

Which of these is like a model of a real thing, showing its size?

Accepted Answer

A toy car

Answer

A painting

Answer

A song

Answer

A flower

Question 39

Which map shows the most details about a small area?

Accepted Answer

A map of your street

Answer

A map of the whole world