Map skills
What is a map?
A map is a representation of the earth or a part of the earth drawn from a bird's-eye view.
Another way to write the scale 1: 100 000
1/100 000
What is the opposite of west?
What is the opposite of North East?
east
South West
How important is Geography?
It is used in everyday life.
The occupations that require the subject.
Helps us to better understand the way each of us interact and depend on the environment.
I am composed mainly of ice and dust. I grow tails when i approach the sun. What am I?
Comets
List the types of maps studied.
Relief/ Physical
Choropleth
Economic
weather
climate
Geological
political
List the qualities of a well drawn map.
a) Title/Caption
b) key/ legend
c) scale
d) border
e) compass direction
If Butler is travelling east and Cooper west, what would the angular bearings are?
Cooper
90 degrees and 270 degrees
List the 5 themes of Geography.
Location
Human Environment Interaction
Movement
Place
Regions
The process where by water vapour cools and forms clouds.
condensation
What is the importance of scales of a map?
Scales of a map shows the relationship between the size of the map and the actually ground it represents.
What colour is used to represent low land, water bodies, highland on a map?
green, blue, brown
Define Geography.
Geography is the study of the earth as man's home and how they make a living from it.
How many planets in the solar system?
8
What instrument do we use to measure the speed of the wind.
anemometer
Name the scales used on a map.
Line/ linear
Representative fraction/ ratio
Statement/ direct statement
How is a map different from a photograph?
A map shows symbols while a photograph shows everything as seen through the lens of the camera.
With a map you have the choice of showing only the important things while a photograph shows things whether or not they are important.
List the 3 main branches of Geography.
Physical
human
quantitative
________ is nearest to the sun.
Mercury
What unit is rainfall measured in?
mm/ inches
Using the scale 1cm:5km. How many KM would lopez travelled on the actual ground if the map distances are:
a) 5cm
b) 8 cm
c) 12 cm
a) 25 km
b) 40 km
c) 60 km
True or false.
a) Lines of latitude are also called parallels.
b) Lines of longitude runs from West to East.
c) A major line of Latitude is the Prime Meridian.
a) True
b) False
c) False
List 5 occupations that require a knowledge of Geography.
Teacher of Geography
pilot
meteorologist
environmental engineer
Geologist
_______ and ______ are too hot to sustain life.
Mercury and venus
What am I? I am used to measure the duration of sunshine.
Campbell-Stokes Sunshine Recorder