Chapter 22 -Maps

Question 1

What can you look for on a map to indicate height?

Answer 1

• Colour
• Contour lines
• Spot heights
• Triangulation pillar

Question 2

What six things must you remember when drawing a sketch map?

Answer 2

1) Draw frame shape size as map
2) Title
3) Draw direction arrow indicating North
4) Only include asked features
5) Include legend

Question 3

Hill

Answer 3

Steep area of land (200m-400m)

Question 4

What are the three ways of talking about scale?

Answer 4

• Linear scale
• Statement of scale
• Representative fraction

Question 5

Mountain

Answer 5

Steep landform (above 400m)

Question 6

Ridge

Answer 6

Long narrow region in upland area. Steep sides

Question 7

Lowland

Answer 7

Area under 200m

Question 8

Plain

Answer 8

Large area of flat lowland

Question 9

Gap

Answer 9

Lowland area between two areas of upland

Question 10

Cirque

Answer 10

Armchair shaped hollow in upland glaciated valleys

Question 11

Arête

Answer 11

Sharp ridge separating two cirques

Question 12

U-shaped valley

Answer 12

Flat, wide valley with steep sides

Question 13

Hanging valley

Answer 13

Small tributary glaciated valley that hangs above the main valley

Question 14

Drumlins

Answer 14

Usually appear as a group of hills

Question 15

Esker

Answer 15

Long, winding hill of deposited sand and gravel

Question 16

Ribbon lake

Answer 16

Long narrow lake on floor of glaciated valley

Question 17

Fjord

Answer 17

Drowned glaciated u-shaped valley

Question 18

Dendritic drainage

Answer 18

Developed when river channel follows slope of land

Question 19

Radial drainage

Answer 19

Developes when streams flow in different directions

Question 20

Trellis drainage

Answer 20

Develops when hard and soft rock lie parallel to each other