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Scouting Navigation Quiz

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are the 2 ways to measure height? (Choose 2)

a)

Stick Method

b)

Felling Method

c)

Compass Method

d)

Rock Method

e)

Eye Method

2.

What are the 2 ways to measure width? (Choose 2)

a)

Stick Method

b)

Felling Method

c)

Compass Method

d)

Rock Method

e)

Map Method

3.

What does the color green represent mean on USGS maps?

a)

Forest and Woodlands

b)

Bridges that are overgrown

c)

Bodies of Water

d)

Hills or Mountains

4.

What does the color blue represent mean on USGS maps?

a)

Wetlands

b)

Buildings or works of humans

c)

Bodies of water

d)

Hills or Mountains

5.

What does a contour line represent?

a)

A specific elevation above sea level

b)

A specific elevation below sea level

c)

Always shows cliffs and big ledges

d)

To show roads and bridges

6.

What does it mean when contour lines are close together?

a)

A hill side is steep

b)

It's less steep

c)

It is flat

d)

It shows big depressions

7.

What is a legend?

a)

A box that explains what symbols and words mean on a map

b)

Absolute mad lad

c)

To show the steepness of hills and elevation

d)

Only shows what different colors mean

8.

Explain how to use a compass if you want to travel west. (You got 5 minutes)

4 lines
9.

What does the compass point to?

a)

Magnetic North

b)

True North

c)

Truth South

d)

Magnetic South

10.

What do the top of maps usually point to?

a)

True North

b)

Magnetic North

11.

What is longitude?

a)

Lines from the North Pole to the South pole

b)

Lines from East to West

12.

What is latitude?

a)

Lines from the North Pole to the South pole

b)

Lines from East to West

13.

Where can GPS receivers be found? (Choose 2)

a)

Smart Phones

b)

In-Car Navigation Systems

c)

On your compass

14.

What is declination?

a)

The difference of true north and magnetic north

b)

The lines on the map to show elevation

c)

To show the difference of longitude and latitude

d)

To show keys on a map