Mapwork Keywords *G12

Question 1

Scale

Answer 1

Relation between map distance and actual ground distance

Question 2

Contour

Answer 2

Line joining all places of the same height or depth

Question 3

Cross section

Answer 3

Side profile of a landscape

Question 4

Bearings

Answer 4

Horizontal angles measured clockwise from a known direction

Question 5

True north

Answer 5

Earths most northerly point

Question 6

Magnetic North Pole

Answer 6

Point which magnetic compass points

Question 7

Magnetic declination

Answer 7

Angle between true north and magnetic north

Question 8

Grid referencing

Answer 8

Numbering of degree squares formed by intersecting parallels and meridians

Question 9

Grid reference

Answer 9

Location of a place on a map expressed by its position on a numbered grid

Question 10

Coordinate *2

Answer 10

*1 of 2 reference numbers on a map
*they pinpoint a spot as grid reference

Question 11

UTC

Answer 11

Coordinated Universal Time
Used worldwide for clocks

Question 12

🦎Extreme

Answer 12

Going to the greatest lengths

Question 13

🦎Range

Answer 13

Distance between the smallest and the greatest

Question 14

🦎Mild

Answer 14

Gentle, moderate

Question 15

🦎Trend

Answer 15

General direction a process is going, tendency

Question 16

Arithmetical mean

Answer 16

Number representing the average value of a set of numbers