Compass Parts
The direction the red needle of a compass points.
What is Magnetic North?
Green areas on a map.
What is a forested area?
Lines that show elevation.
What are contour lines?
Shows what different symbols and colors on the map mean.
What is a map key/legend?
A contour line pattern that is a "V" pointing uphill.
What is a stream?
The number of degrees on a compass.
What is three hundred sixty degrees?
The black symbols on a map.
What is a manmade stucture?
Contour lines that are close together.
What is a steep slope?
Shows directions (north, east, south, west) on a map.
What is a compass rose?
2 steps
What is a pace?
The term used to describe the difference between Magnetic North and True North.
What is Declination?
The white parts of a map.
What is an area of vegetation below 6 feet area?
Contour lines in concentric circles.
What is the contour line pattern for a a summit?
The part of the map that is used to determine distances.
What is the scale?
The current declination in Bethel, Maine.
What is 14.6º
The name of the line where you read the bearing
What is the index line?
A red line going across the map.
What is a road?
Shows the difference in elevation between each contour line.
What is a contour interval?
The coordinates along the sides of the maps that show the maps angular position North or South from the Equator
What is Latitude?
The name of the North Star.
What is polaris?
The part of a compass the needle is located within.
What is the compass housing?
A line with many small lines crossing it.
What is a railroad track?
The direction of declination we have in Bethel, Maine.
What is a Westerly Declination?
What a topographic map produced by the USGS is called.
What is a quadrangle?
The scale of the USGS topo maps that we have been using.
What is 1:24,000