SKILLS Flashcards
Large scale map
Large Detail over a small area
Small Scale
Small Detail over a large area
High-pressure system
Isobars get higher, anticlockwise, air sinks
Low pressure System
Isobars get lower, clockwise, air rises
Lines on weather maps that indicate equal air pressure
Isobars
Isobar are close
More windy
Isobars are further apart
Less windy
Weather map - other name
Synoptic chart
Vertical Aerial shot
Vertical image
Taken From an aircraft
Looking straight down on the subject
Ground level
Ground level image
Looking horizontal to the subject of the image
oblique Aerial
Taken from an aircraft on an angle
Gives the idea of height of the subject
Satellite
Taken from space
Using a satellite
latitude
Across the earth, Horizontal
Never meet
Middle is the equator
Longitude
Vertical
Connect at the poles
Middle prime meridian
Related to time zone