Map Skills Flashcards
1
Q
What’s latitude
A
The distance of a place north or south of the earth’s equator,
2
Q
What’s longitude
A
The distance of a place east or west of the Greenwich meridian,
3
Q
What r the 3 ways to show height on a map
A
Countour lines , colour shading, spot height
4
Q
What’s spot height
A
an exact point on a map with an elevation recorded beside it that represents its height above a given datum.
5
Q
What are contour lines
A
the faint red-brown lines drawn on a map connecting points of equal elevation above sea level
6
Q
What’s colour shading
A
The higher the ground rises, the darker the colour gets
7
Q
Grid reference
How to remember how to do it
A
Along the corridor up the stairs
