Review for Orienteering quiz Flashcards
The Directions Are
North, South, East, West
Step VS a Pace
pace = 2 steps, 1 step = half of a pace
Bearing
A direction or thing that you can use to find your direction
and find safety
A Nor’Easter is a
winter storm
Jet Stream
A Westerly Air Current encircling several miles above the earth
how to make a map
you draw an outline of something so you can direct yourself around an area better
when you get lost
don’t panic, stay calm and be focused on surviving
when hikers get lost in the woods
they turn to the dominate hand while lost in the wood and they use landmarks, there orienteering skills and there compass
scale
is the ratio of a size drawn down to proportion
compass rose
the 4 directions north, south, east, west
key
it is the information that the map gives you to unlock some of the information that is not clearly explained enough
topographic map
large scale map that uses contour lines
contour lines
a line on a map joining points of equal height above or below sea level.
LATITUDE
lines that run east to west
longitude
lines that run north to south
degrees
the distance in a certain direction
minutes
60 minutes in a degree
seconds
60 seconds in a minute 360 seconds in a degree
compass basics
put red in the shed and follow fred
magnetic north
the compass needle points toward magnetic north because the needle is magnetic and it goes through earths magnetic fields
the compass use is
so you can go in the directions you need to go to and to help direct yourself
We use Stop when
we get lost
STOP stands for
STOP, THINK, OBSERVE, PLAN.
Stop
just stop and don’t panic
think
think about what you are going to do
observe
observe your surroundings and find places that might be helpful to find where you need to get to
plan
to come up with a plan the would be helpful to helping getting you out of this situation
