CLIMATIC ZONES
MAP TYPES
GRAPHS
BIOMES
SYMBOLS
100
High rainfall, consistently high temperatures and humidty.
What is Tropical?
100
shows property boundaries, and sizes.
What is a Cadastral Map
100
I am shortened to this acronomy - Scale, axis, legend, title and source.
What is SALTS?
100
the term given to describe the eight biogeographical regions that world is divided into.
What is a biome?
100
This is used so that a person reading a map can identify the various symbols.
What is a key or legend?
200
Consistently low rainfall, and very large temperture flucatuations between night and day.
What is Arid?
200
show the physical and built features of an area such as mountains, rivers, forests, roads, settlements, builidings and mines.
What is a topographic map?
200
a simple graph that displays information using horizontal bars, usually to compare different sizes of data between different place or objects at a single point in time.
What is a bar graph?
200
this biome is know for its complex types of vegetation, and temperatures that are generally high with a great deal of humidty. More than 1000mm of rain falls in these regions on average each year.
What is a rainforest?
200
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What is an information centre?
300
Hot, dry summers, and cool wet winters.
What is Mediterranean?
300
shows countries and their boundaries, main cities, roads and railways - these maps are found in atlases.
What is a Political Map?
300
a series of different data points, to demonstrate a trend over time, these graphs often show imports and exports, food production, employment etc.
What is a line graph?
300
This biome is generally recognised due to the incredible heat and dryness of the land. Geographers generally define this area based on its rainfall which is less than 250mm of rain per year.
What is a desert?
300
a broken line with a person on it.
What is a walking track?
400
Fairly uniform rainfall patterns, and four distinct seasons. Summers are warm and winters cold with snowfalls.
What is Temperate?
400
shows where to find the streets of towns and suburbs
What is a street map?
400
A circular graph or sector graph that is divided into sections and is more commonly know as this.
What is a pie graph?
400
This area is flat and covered by marshy plains and is situated on the edges of the norther continents fo Europe, Asia and North America, between the coniferous forest belt and the Artic.
What is tundra?
400
a blue line.
What is a river?
500
Extremely long and cold winter months, with slightly warmer summers. Frequent snow.
What is Polar?
500
uses shading or colours to show density (concentration) ofa particular feature such as rainfall.
What is a choropleth map?
500
This graph shows the relationship between two variables or factores. These graphs are used to give a visual impression of the direction or strenth of a relaitonship between two variables.
What is a scatter graph?
500
This biome is characterised by flat treeless areas. This biome is considered a transition zone between forest regions and deserts.
What is Savanna?
500
a blue box with a white cross.
What is a hospital?
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