PHOTOGRAPHY READING AND INTERPRETATION QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
1. Explain the meaning of the following terms
i. Photograph
ii. Photography
iii. Camera
iv. Horizon
v. Dead ground
2. Oliva is a good photographer, one day when she was spending a holiday at her home place she decided to take a photograph of the area around their houses while standing on the roof of the tallest house
a. Which type of photograph was taken? Give reason
b. Give the meaning of the type of photograph taken in (a) above
c. Mention four characteristics of the type of photograph taken in (a) above
d. Is the type of photograph taken in (a) above used for map making? Give reason.
3. Mwl chigange is a geography teacher at Kassa charity secondary school; he gave form three students a photograph showing cotton plantation taken at an elevated angle of 650 toward the plantation. Then students were required to answer the following question related to the topic.
i. Which type of photograph was given to students?
ii. Is the type of photograph provided used for map making? Give reason
iii. Give three characteristics of type of photograph provided
iv. Mention four differences between the type of photograph provided by Mwl Chigange and vertical photograph
4. Photographs taken horizontally are better than those taken vertically. Justify this statement with five points
5. Describe the uses of aerial photographs over ground level photograph
6. Before starting any task we always prepare ourselves. Suppose you are a photographer residing in Mwanza and you need to take photographs of different parts of Dar es Salaam for different uses. Briefly elaborate five (5) things to be considered by a photographer before starting his/her work.
7. The quality of photographs varies and this is caused by different factors. With six points describe the reasons for this variation
8. Photograph reading and interpretation is one of the topics which is most interested by many students. Anisia is a form three student at Kagu secondary school who is interested more with this topic, one day Anisia was talking to her mother on the importance of this topic, her mother rejected that the topic is useless in our daily life and it is wastage of time and money. With five (5) points argue against Anisia’s mother view.
9. Describe five differences between photographs and maps
10. Vertical photograph are more useful than other types of photograph. With example describe worthiness of vertical photographs
11. Briefly explain five disadvantages of photograph taken at 90o .
12. Suppose you are invited to elaborate the concept of photograph to form three students at Lwemo Secondary School. Briefly describe three indicators that can enable students when interpreting climate on the photograph.
13. Suppose you are a geography teacher at Nyawilimilwa Secondary School and you are preparing lesson notes that will be used for teaching students on interpretation of economic activities like Lumbering, fishing, trade, agriculture and tourism. Briefly give evidences from each activity to support its presence when shown on a photograph.
14. Briefly explain three types of photograph
15. Photographs and maps resemble. With six points justify this statement.
16. The government under the ministry of home affair and ministry of defense and national service proposed and agreed to take a photograph of the whole country so that they can use it for different purposes.
a. Which type of photograph will be taken? Give reason
b. Mention three features of the type of photograph in (a) above
c. Mention four limitations of using type of photograph in (a) above.
d. Mention four purposes of using the photograph in (a) above
1. Explain the meaning of the following terms
i. Photograph
ii. Photography
iii. Camera
iv. Horizon
v. Dead ground
2. Oliva is a good photographer, one day when she was spending a holiday at her home place she decided to take a photograph of the area around their houses while standing on the roof of the tallest house
a. Which type of photograph was taken? Give reason
b. Give the meaning of the type of photograph taken in (a) above
c. Mention four characteristics of the type of photograph taken in (a) above
d. Is the type of photograph taken in (a) above used for map making? Give reason.
3. Mwl chigange is a geography teacher at Kassa charity secondary school; he gave form three students a photograph showing cotton plantation taken at an elevated angle of 650 toward the plantation. Then students were required to answer the following question related to the topic.
i. Which type of photograph was given to students?
ii. Is the type of photograph provided used for map making? Give reason
iii. Give three characteristics of type of photograph provided
iv. Mention four differences between the type of photograph provided by Mwl Chigange and vertical photograph
4. Photographs taken horizontally are better than those taken vertically. Justify this statement with five points
5. Describe the uses of aerial photographs over ground level photograph
6. Before starting any task we always prepare ourselves. Suppose you are a photographer residing in Mwanza and you need to take photographs of different parts of Dar es Salaam for different uses. Briefly elaborate five (5) things to be considered by a photographer before starting his/her work.
7. The quality of photographs varies and this is caused by different factors. With six points describe the reasons for this variation
8. Photograph reading and interpretation is one of the topics which is most interested by many students. Anisia is a form three student at Kagu secondary school who is interested more with this topic, one day Anisia was talking to her mother on the importance of this topic, her mother rejected that the topic is useless in our daily life and it is wastage of time and money. With five (5) points argue against Anisia’s mother view.
9. Describe five differences between photographs and maps
10. Vertical photograph are more useful than other types of photograph. With example describe worthiness of vertical photographs
11. Briefly explain five disadvantages of photograph taken at 90o .
12. Suppose you are invited to elaborate the concept of photograph to form three students at Lwemo Secondary School. Briefly describe three indicators that can enable students when interpreting climate on the photograph.
13. Suppose you are a geography teacher at Nyawilimilwa Secondary School and you are preparing lesson notes that will be used for teaching students on interpretation of economic activities like Lumbering, fishing, trade, agriculture and tourism. Briefly give evidences from each activity to support its presence when shown on a photograph.
14. Briefly explain three types of photograph
15. Photographs and maps resemble. With six points justify this statement.
16. The government under the ministry of home affair and ministry of defense and national service proposed and agreed to take a photograph of the whole country so that they can use it for different purposes.
a. Which type of photograph will be taken? Give reason
b. Mention three features of the type of photograph in (a) above
c. Mention four limitations of using type of photograph in (a) above.
d. Mention four purposes of using the photograph in (a) above