Mapping Skills
Draw and label a compass with the four cardinal directions.
North, South, East, West (labelled correctly)
What is erosion?
Wearing away landscapes and landforms by wind and water.
What are landscapes?
Distinct areas of the land that are made up of multiple landforms.
The aesthetic value of landscapes refers to...
Beauty
Which is the tallest mountain in the world?
Mount Everest
Contour lines that are very close together indicate a ________ slope.
Steep
What is deposition?
Sediments being depositied to a new location that have been eroded away.
What landscape is characterised by its lack of preciptiation?
A desert
The recreational value of landscape refers to...
a landscape that facilitates physical activities and restitution.
What heats water in a hot spring?
Magma
What type of map reference is this? '4357'
Four figure area reference
How does the Earth's lithosphere create landforms?
Tectonic activity/tectonic plates
What are landforms?
Visible features of the land shaped by physical changes over millions of years
The 7 sisters creation story refers to what type of value in landscapes?
Cultural AND spiritual
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What type of reference is this? '435678'
6 figure grid reference
What is the term for the breaking down of rocks by the weather and the rainfall?
Weathering
A butte is a ________ landform, formed by...
Desert
The physical weathering of rock and erosion from wind and rain.
Extension:
The softer rock in a mesa is worn away by the processes of weathering, leaving the butte. The leftover rock material is further eroded into other desert landforms, like dunes.
Landscapes that have been classified as 'outstanding universal value' are known as...
World Heritage Sites
What is the largest desert in the world?
Antarctica
Scale:
What is the conversion for 1:100,000
M -
KM -
M - 1000
KM - 1
What is longshore drift?
The movement of sediments along the beach by the swash and backwash of the waves, which can create a zig zag pattern along the beach.
A sea stack is a ________ landform, created by...
Coastal
The processes of physical weathering and erosion.
Extension:
Sea arches continue to be eroded by the actions of wind and waves until the rock becomes too weak to support the roof of the sea arch and collapses into the sea. The remaining pillar of rock is known as a sea stack.
Tourism is an example of the ___________ value of landscapes.
Economic
What is the largest island in the world?
Greenland