Mapskills Flashcards
1
Q
What are the eight main points on a compass?
A
North, West, East, South, Northeast, Northwest, Southwest, Southeast
2
Q
What are the two tropics?
A
Cancer and Capricorn
3
Q
In a grid reference what comes first? East or north?
A
East: e before n
4
Q
The further apart the contour lines are the ……… the slope.
A
Gentler
5
Q
What is relief?
A
Relief refers to the shape of the land
6
Q
What are contour lines?
A
Lines in a map that joint places of the same height.
7
Q
How do you calculate 4 fig grid references?
A
Find the number along the base (east) and then the number on the side (north)
8
Q
How to calculate 6 fig grid references?
A
The same as 4 fig but going into another lot of 10x10
