Unit 2.1

Question 1

What is relief?

Answer 1

Relief is the height and steepness of land

Question 2

What are the three ways to show relief on the map?

Answer 2

The three ways include colouring, contouring and conventional signs

Question 3

Explain how we can use colouring to show the relief of a map

Answer 3

We use colours to show the relief and brown usually represents the Highlands and green usually represents the lowlands

Question 4

Explain how we use contouring to show the relief of a place

Answer 4

We use contour lines to join the places with the same height

Question 5

Explain how we use conventional signs to show the relief of a place

Answer 5

We use conventional signs of trigonometric stations and spot heights to show the exact height of a place

Question 6

What is a vertical interval?

Answer 6

The vertical interval is the difference in height between two consecutive contour lines