Coordinates & Direction
What two things do you need to give an exact location using coordinates?
What are latitude and longitude
What type of pressure system usually brings rain and wind?
What is a low pressure system
What is a grid reference used for?
What is locating a place on a map
What is the formula for gradient?
What is gradient = vertical rise ÷ horizontal distance
What two things are shown on a climate graph?
What are temperature and rainfall
What does latitude measure?
What is distance north or south of the Equator
What type of pressure system usually brings clear, calm weather?
What is a high pressure system
What is the contour interval?
What is the difference in height between contour lines
How is local relief calculated?
What is highest elevation − lowest elevation
Name one factor influencing human wellbeing.
What is income / education / healthcare / access to services
What does longitude measure?
What is distance east or west of the Prime Meridian
What are isobars?
What are lines joining places of equal air pressure
What is local relief?
What is the difference between the highest and lowest points
How is building density calculated?
What is number of buildings ÷ area (e.g. per km²)
Name one way to measure human wellbeing.
What is life expectancy / income (GDP) / education levels
When giving coordinates, which is written first: latitude or longitude?
What is latitude first
If isobars are close together, what does this tell you?
What is strong winds
What does it mean if contour lines are close together?
What is a steep slope
What information do you need to calculate gradient?
What is height difference and horizontal distance
Name one coastal management strategy.
What is seawalls / groynes / dune revegetation / beach nourishment
What unit are latitude and longitude measured in?
What are degrees (°)
Lower air pressure (around 1012 hPa) usually means what kind of weather?
What is wet or unsettled weather
What is the correct order when writing a grid reference?
What is eastings first, then northings (along then up)
The highest point on a map is 800 metres and the lowest point is 300 metres.
The horizontal distance between the two points is 2 cm on the map.
The map scale is 1:50,000.
What is the gradient (expressed as a ratio 1 : x)?
1: 2
For a coastal management question, what must you include to get high marks?
What is a judgement with positives AND negatives (evaluation)