Rural Enquiry Skills (Edexcel IGCSE Geography): Flashcards

Exam code: 4GE1

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  • Which graph is used to compare environmental quality scores at different sample sites?

    A bar graph.

  • Which type of bar graph is used to show traffic counts?

    A compound or divided bar graph.

  • Which diagram is used to show noise levels in a rural enquiry?

    A rose diagram.

  • A ______ circle map can be used to show traffic counts at different sample sites.

    A proportional circle map can be used to show traffic counts at different sample sites.

  • Which graph shows the relationship between proximity to land use change and environmental quality?

    A scattergraph.

  • State two sources of secondary data for a rural environment enquiry.

    Any two of: historical traffic counts, maps of the area, newspaper/website articles, aerial photographs or census data.

  • How can census data help when planning a rural questionnaire?

    It gives the population structure, so a fair sampling frame can be designed.

  • Are environmental quality survey and traffic count data quantitative or qualitative?

    Quantitative, so they are analysed using statistical methods.

  • Define the range of a data set.

    The difference between the highest and lowest values in the data set.

  • How do you calculate the range of environmental quality scores?

    Subtract the lowest score from the highest score.

  • True or False?

    Using photographs and field sketches is a quantitative analysis method.

    False.

    Using photographs and field sketches is qualitative analysis.

  • Give an example of an anomaly in rural fieldwork data.

    A sample site with a low traffic count but high levels of noise pollution.

  • Completing an environmental quality survey alone is ______; doing it in groups and taking the mode reduces this.

    Completing an environmental quality survey alone is subjective; doing it in groups and taking the mode reduces this.

  • What should the conclusion of a rural enquiry state?

    Whether the hypothesis has been proven or disproved.

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