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Height above sea level – practice for Year 5

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Subject
Social studies
Year
Year 5
Curriculum area
The place where we live

Question types: Working with heights

Rule: Height above sea level

Height above sea level tells you how many metres a place is above the sea. To compare two places, subtract.

The air gets colder by about 6 °C for every 1000 m you go up, so by 3 °C for every 500 m.

Example: A village at 400 m, a summit at 1400 m: the summit is 1000 m higher, so it is about 6 °C colder.

Watch out: Take the smaller height from the larger: 1400 − 400. And it is colder higher up, not warmer.

Sample questions

  1. Question 1 Easy

    A village is 500 m above sea level. The top of a nearby hill is 600 m above sea level. How many metres higher than the village is the top?

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    Answer: 100 m

    How it works: 600 − 500 = 100 m

  2. Question 2 Normal

    A village is 490 m above sea level. The top of a nearby hill is 650 m above sea level. How many metres higher than the village is the top?

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    Answer: 160 m

    How it works: 650 − 490 = 160 m

  3. Question 3 Hard

    The air gets colder by about 6 °C for every 1000 m you go up. In a village 500 m above sea level it is 8 °C. How warm is it at the same time on a summit 1000 m above sea level?

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    Answer: 5 °C

    How it works: The summit is 500 m higher, so it is 3 °C colder: 8 − 3 = 5 °C.

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