WACE Geography Practice Questions
The 64 practice questions inside the WACE Geography Mastery Pack, grouped by area of study. Every question comes with a full worked solution.
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On a constructed 1:50 000 topographic map of the fictional Hallam Plateau, each grid square represents 1 km x 1 km. Lake Ferrow covers 3 complete grid squares and approximately half of each of 4 further grid squares. The summit of Hallam Bluff has a spot height of 412 m; the outlet of Lake Ferrow is at 172 m; the straight-line map distance between them is 6.0 cm.
(a) Calculate the approximate area of Lake Ferrow. (1 mark)
(b) Calculate the average gradient between the summit of Hallam Bluff and the lake outlet. Show your working. (2 marks)
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Answer: Worked solution
(b) Vertical interval (VI) = 412 m - 172 m = 240 m. Horizontal equivalent (HE) = 6.0 cm x 50 000 = 300 000 cm = 3 000 m. Gradient = VI : HE = 240 : 3 000 = 1:12.5 (a rise of 1 m for every 12.5 m horizontally).
Marking guide (3 marks). (a) 1 mark: 5 km² (accept 4.5–5.5 km² if partial squares are estimated slightly differently, provided units are km²). (b) 1 mark: correct VI (240 m) and HE (3 000 m) in the same units; 1 mark: gradient correctly expressed and simplified as 1:12.5 (accept 1:12 or 1:13 if rounded with working shown). No mark for a ratio with mixed units or an inverted ratio (12.5:1). Common errors: counting partial squares as full squares or treating each grid square as something other than 1 km², using the summit height instead of the difference, and leaving HE in centimetres.
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