End Of Year Exam Flashcards
What is the water cycle
A system of processes by which water liquid gets heated by the sun and evaporates into water vapour in the air this water vapour will eventually condense and fall to the ground as rain snow or hail this is called precipitation some of this water then flows down stream in rivers back to a lake or sea
What is evaporation
When the sun heats water liquid into a gas called water vapour
What is condensation
When the water vapour cools in the sky and turns back into a water liquid
What is it called when some water is used by plants and they let out their water vapour back into the sky from their leaves
It is called transpiration
What is ground water
It is when some water sinks into rocks underground
What is it called when the sun heats water liquid and turns it into water vapour
Evaporation
What is it called when the water droplets become bigger and heavier and fall to the ground as snow and rain
This is called precipitation
What is surface water
When water hits the land some flows into rivers
What is it called when leaves catch some rain as it falls
Interception
What is infiltration
When the rain soaks into the ground
How many stages are there in the journey of the river from source to mouth
3
True or false… The erosion doesn’t change throughout the rivers journey
False
Which erosion takes place in the upper course
Vertical erosion
What erosion happens in the middle and lower course
Lateral erosion
What do you need to make a good maps
A scale a label accuracy climate key border compass rose and contour lines
What is another name for the water cycle
The hydrological cycle
What does a four figure grid reference show
It shows a square on a map
What does six figure grid reference show
It shows a particular point of a square on a map
What is the rule for remembering how to do four figure grid references
The L plate rule
How many points are there on a compass
16
What is the third point on a compass
NE
What is the sixth point of a compass
ESE
What is the ninth point on a compass
S
What is the twelfth point of a compass
WSW
What is the fifteenth compass point
NW
What is the symbol for a Town Hall
TH
What is the symbol for a church with spire
A cross with a mini circle underneath
What is another name for a straight line distances
As a crow flys
What colour are spot heights and what is around them
Black and a blue triangle around the dot
What is another name for layer colouring
Layer shading
What are the two colours and what are they used for in layer colouring
Brown for higher ground green for lower
What colour are contour lines normally
Brown
What is height given in on contour lines
Metres
How many continents are there
7
How many types of erosion are there
4
How many types of transportation are there
4
What does a four figure grid reference show
It shows a square on a map
What does six figure grid reference show
It shows a particular point of a square on a map
What is the rule for remembering how to do four figure grid references
The L plate rule
How many points are there on a compass
16
What is the third point on a compass
NE
What is the sixth point of a compass
ESE
What is the ninth point on a compass
S
What is the twelfth point of a compass
WSW
What is the fifteenth compass point
NW
What is the symbol for a Town Hall
TH
What is the symbol for a church with spire
A cross with a mini circle underneath
What is another name for a straight line distances
As a crow flys
What colour are spot heights and what is around them
Black and a blue triangle around the dot
What is another name for layer colouring
Layer shading
What are the two colours and what are they used for
Brown for higher ground green for lower
What colour are contour lines normally
Brown
What is height given in on contour lines
Metres
How many continents are there
7
How many types of erosion are there
4
How many types of transportation are there
4
What provides the energy that drives the water cycle
The sun
What is the source
The area at which a river begins
What is the mouth
Where a river ends its journey flowing into a river of a lake
What is a tributary
A smaller river that joins a larger river
What is confluence
The point at which two rivers join
What is a watershed
The boundary between two drainage basins marked by a high ridge of land
What is a drainage basin
The area which is drained by a river and its tributaries
What is drainage density
The total length of all the streams in the basin divided by the total area of the basin
Name five types of maps
Atlas underground map satnav road map and treasure map
Why is the symbol for the post office
A Capitol black P
What is the symbol for a light house
A long post with a circle on top and two lights coming out each side
What is this a symbol of a black H in a circle
A heliport
How many triangle spikes are there on a viewpoint
5
