Aerial Photographs (Junior Cert Geography): Quizzes
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15 questions from this quiz
What are aerial photographs?
What are aerial photographs?
Images of land surface taken from above
How is the camera positioned when taking vertical photographs?
How is the camera positioned when taking vertical photographs?
Pointing directly down at the area below
What advantage do vertical photographs provide for mapping?
What advantage do vertical photographs provide for mapping?
True scale image for accurate mapping
How many sections is a vertical photograph divided into when using a grid?
How many sections is a vertical photograph divided into when using a grid?
9 sections in a 3x3 grid
How is the camera positioned when taking oblique photographs?
How is the camera positioned when taking oblique photographs?
Looking down and across at an angle
What are the three horizontal sections in oblique photographs?
What are the three horizontal sections in oblique photographs?
Foreground, middleground, background
How do features appear in the foreground of oblique photos compared to the background?
How do features appear in the foreground of oblique photos compared to the background?
Larger than those in the background
What colour does pastureland appear in aerial photographs?
What colour does pastureland appear in aerial photographs?
Green
What colour are ripe cereals or hay in aerial photographs?
What colour are ripe cereals or hay in aerial photographs?
Yellowish or golden
Which clue indicates summer in aerial photographs?
Which clue indicates summer in aerial photographs?
Trees fully covered in foliage
Where is the Central Business District (CBD) usually located?
Where is the Central Business District (CBD) usually located?
In the town centre
What do primary economic activities involve?
What do primary economic activities involve?
Extracting natural resources
Where does traffic congestion often occur in urban areas?
Where does traffic congestion often occur in urban areas?
Main shopping streets and junctions
Which traffic solution diverts traffic around the town centre?
Which traffic solution diverts traffic around the town centre?
By-pass or ring roads
What advantage do maps have over aerial photographs?
What advantage do maps have over aerial photographs?
Show features to scale with distances