Maps Flashcards
If you use longitude and latitude then you can find the position of anywhere using???
Coordinates
How do lines of latitude run round the earth?
Horizontally
What do line sof latitude measure?
How far north or south of the equator something is
What way do lines of longitude run ?
Vertically
What do lines of longitude measure?
How Far East or west from the prime meridian something is from the prime meridian
What is the prime meridian?
A line of longitude running through Greenwich in London
What are longitude and latitude measured in?
Degrees
What does ‘walk before you climb’ refer to?
A grid reference always gives the number along the bottom first
What are the browny-orange lines shown on a map?
Contour lines
What do contour lines do?
They join points of equal height above sea level (altitude)
What do we call it whether the land is hilly, flat or steep?
Relief
What does it mean if contour lines get closer together?
The land is getting steeper
What is a spot height?
It is a dot giving the height of a particular place
What is a trigonomical point?
A trig point is a blue triangle plus a height value. They usually show the highest point in that area (in metres).
What do maps need? (5 things)
Title Frame around it Arrow to show north Scale Key
What do we call the straight line distance between two places?
As the crow flies
On an OS map, what does OS stand for?
Ordinance a Survey
On an OS map, what does 1 cm represent?
250 m or 500 m
How does population density vary in the UK?
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What is the difference between weather and climate?
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Describe the patterns of weather in the British Isles and give basic reasons
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What is the difference between the UK, British Isles, and Great Britain
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What do we call the average number of people per square kilometre?
Population density
Where is population density highest?
Around the main cities such as London, Birmingham, Manchester
