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1
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What is a contour map

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Represents the rise and fall of the land

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2
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How is spot heights represented

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Black dot with the height next to it

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3
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How is bench marks represented

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An arrow next to roads or railways

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How are trig beacons represented

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Triangle with beacon number to the right and height underneath

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What is a contour line

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Imaginary lines drawn on a map joining places of equal height above sea level

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6
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What are the contour lines printed in bold called

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Index contours

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7
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What is a contour interval

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The difference between index contours

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What is a uniform slope

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Contour lines are all equal spread out

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What is a gentle slope

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Contour lines are far apart

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What is a steep slope

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Contour lines are close together

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What is a terraced slope

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Contour lines are close then far then close then far etc

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What is a convex slope

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Bottom contours are close together and the top ones are far apart

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What is a concave slope

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Contours are far apart at the bottom and close at the top

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14
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What is a vertical slope

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Contours overlap

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15
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What is the difference between a spur and valley

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Spur - the top of the V points to lower ground

Valley - tip of the V points to higher ground

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16
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What is a watershed

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A dotted line that crosses over mountain tops to divide rivers

17
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What is the difference between waterfalls and rapids

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Rapids - contour lines are close together on a river

Waterfalls - contour lines merge on a river

18
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What is a saddle compared to a pass or a gap

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Saddle - few contour lines between mountain tops

Pass - lots of contour lines between mountain tops

Gap - river between mountain tops

19
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What is map scale

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Represents the relationship between the side of the map and the size of the actual land which is represented on the map

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