Maps

Question 1

If you use longitude and latitude then you can find the position of anywhere using???

Answer 1

Coordinates

Question 2

How do lines of latitude run round the earth?

Answer 2

Horizontally

Question 3

What do line sof latitude measure?

Answer 3

How far north or south of the equator something is

Question 4

What way do lines of longitude run ?

Answer 4

Vertically

Question 5

What do lines of longitude measure?

Answer 5

How Far East or west from the prime meridian something is from the prime meridian

Question 6

What is the prime meridian?

Answer 6

A line of longitude running through Greenwich in London

Question 7

What are longitude and latitude measured in?

Answer 7

Degrees

Question 8

What does ‘walk before you climb’ refer to?

Answer 8

A grid reference always gives the number along the bottom first

Question 9

What are the browny-orange lines shown on a map?

Answer 9

Contour lines

Question 10

What do contour lines do?

Answer 10

They join points of equal height above sea level (altitude)

Question 11

What do we call it whether the land is hilly, flat or steep?

Answer 11

Relief

Question 12

What does it mean if contour lines get closer together?

Answer 12

The land is getting steeper

Question 13

What is a spot height?

Answer 13

It is a dot giving the height of a particular place

Question 14

What is a trigonomical point?

Answer 14

A trig point is a blue triangle plus a height value. They usually show the highest point in that area (in metres).

Question 15

What do maps need? (5 things)

Answer 15

Title
Frame around it
Arrow to show north
Scale
Key

Question 16

What do we call the straight line distance between two places?

Answer 16

As the crow flies

Question 17

On an OS map, what does OS stand for?

Answer 17

Ordinance a Survey

Question 18

On an OS map, what does 1 cm represent?

Answer 18

250 m or 500 m

Question 19

How does population density vary in the UK?

Answer 19

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Question 20

What is the difference between weather and climate?

Answer 20

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Question 21

Describe the patterns of weather in the British Isles and give basic reasons

Answer 21

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Question 22

What is the difference between the UK, British Isles, and Great Britain

Answer 22

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Question 23

What do we call the average number of people per square kilometre?

Answer 23

Population density

Question 24

Where is population density highest?

Answer 24

Around the main cities such as London, Birmingham, Manchester

Question 25

Where is the uk population density lowest?

Answer 25

In the country side, Wales, Scotland and on the coast

Question 26

What are the UKs largest 5 cities?

Answer 26

London
Birmingham 
Leeds
Glasgow 
Sheffield