Chapter 4 Flashcards
What is a graph?
It shows how two or more things go together.
What is a flow chart?
Are used to show a process by which something works or occurs.
What is a line graph?
It shows trends over a period of time.
What is a map compass?
Tells direction on a map N S E W NE SE NW SW.
What is a map legend?
It contains symbols you see on a map.
What is a map scale?
Tells distance on a map.
What is a physical map ?
Shows the features of the earth surface.
What is a pictograph?
Uses pictures to show information. Each picture stands for an amount of something.
What is a political map?
It has lines that show political or government boundaries.
What is a weather map?
They tell information about the weather.
What is an organizational chart?
Are used to show how things are organized. Information is presented in boxes.
What is another name for a circle graph?
Pie graph.
What is another way to call the map legend?
Map key.
How are major highways identified?
Dark lines.
How are secondary roads identified?
Light lines.
In a bar graph, what are dots used for?
To show how much there is of something.
What are road maps?
Shows major highways and secondary roads.
What are tables?
Used to show facts that would be difficult to understand quickly and accurately if they were presented in written form.
What are two ways in which distance is presented in a map scale?
Mile or kilometers or both.
What is a bar graph?
It uses bars to show the relationship between sets of facts.
What is a circle graph?
It shows relationship between sets of facts.
What is a circle graph?
It shows relationship between the parts of something and the whole thing.
What is a diagram?
Drawings of an object or thing. It shows how the parts go together or how the object works.
