Map Skills
What does a key do?
Tells you what things are on a map.
What are the names of the 2 high schools in Kirkby?
What are the 7 continents?
Europe, Asia, Africa, Antarctica, North America, South America and Oceania/Australasia.
What is erosion?
The wearing away of land.
What is the capital of England?
London
What is the metaphor we use to remember how to find grid references?
Along the bottom and up the stairs
What borough is Kirkby in?
Knowsley
What continent is Brazil in?
South America?
What are the two types of rock?
Hard and soft.
What country is in the North of the UK?
Scotland
What are the compass points?
North, East, South, West.
What city is Kirkby in?
Liverpool
What are the names of the 5 oceans?
The Arctic Ocean, The Southern Ocean, The Indian Ocean, The Atlantic Ocean, The Pacific Ocean.
Which type of rock erodes faster?
Soft rock.
What is the capital of Scotland?
Edinburgh
What is the map symbol for a nature reserve?
Duck
What is the name of the river that runs through Kirkby?
What is the smallest country in the world?
Vatican City
What is a rock groyne an example of?
A coastal defence.
What are the 4 countries in the UK?
England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
If contour lines are close together it means the land is...
steep.
What is the name of the large park in Kirkby?
The Chad/Millennium Green
What country has the largest population?
China
What is the fastest eroding coastline in Europe?
The Holderness Coast
What continent is the UK in?
Europe