What is meant by name the feature in the diagram?

Answer 1

When trying to understand a phrase or instruction, break it down into the definitions of each word.

• (to) name in this context means to identify
• the feature means "A distinctive attribute or aspect of something"
• (in the) diagram means "A simplified drawing showing the appearance, structure, or workings of something; a schematic representation"

So, "name the feature in the diagram" means to identity something (specific) that is shown in a photograph, drawing, sketch, or other image used as a tool of visual representation, such as a Venn diagram. Often, an arrow or line points to the feature you are supposed to identify.

Let's say you were shown a diagram (drawing)

• of a hillside with a sudden drop-off. The "feature" would be called a cliff.
• of a flap that exists between the upper and lower chambers of the heart. That would be called a heart valve (and each valve has a different name, such as a mitral valve).
• of the back of a hand with bluish looking puffy "lines" going up into the arm. Those are called veins.
• of a car tire with an arrow pointing to the part that hits the roadway as the tire turns. That would be "the tread".
• of a car with an arrow to a panel sitting on the top of the very front, and this panel can open and close. That feature would be "the hood".

The fun thing about diagrams is that you can draw nearly anything to make a picture of it, and draw lines to label the parts of it. It's a game you can even do at home just to practice labeling the parts of things.

Carefully read what you are supposed to label with its name, then, name it!