OS Map Skills: Relief

Multiple Choice

If the scale on a map is 1:25,000, what is 1 cm equivalent to?

• 25,000 cm

• 25,000 km

• 25,000 m

Multiple Choice

What are eastings?

• Vertical lines down a map

• Horizontal lines across a map

• Diagonal lines on a map

Multiple Choice

When giving a grid reference, which should be given first?

• Eastings

• Northings

• It does not matter

Multiple Choice

On an ordnance survey map, what does a single "P" in black lettering mean?

• Parking

• Public Phone

• Post office

• Public house

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is a way of showing height of land on maps?

• Contour lines

• Grid lines

• Scale lines

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Multiple Choice

What symbol would you find in 8347?

• telephone

• caravan/campsite

• postbox

• place of worship

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Multiple Choice

Standing at Strete (8347), what direction would you be travelling to go to Stoke Fleming (8648)?

• SE

• SW

• NE

• NW