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Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 13mins
What do you use on a map to measure the distance between places?
Key
Scale line
Contours
Grid references
What do you use to find the height of the land on a map?
Grid references
Scale line
Contour lines
Key
What do we use grid references on a map for?
to show the climate of an area
to find / show the location of a place
to find the distance between two places
to show the meaning of symbols on a map.
We use grid references to (a) places on a map.
What do we use to show direction on a map?
Legend
Scale line
Contour line
Compass / Compass Rose
A3D4 is a 4 - figure grid reference?
True
False
Which is the BEST example of a 4 - figure grid reference?
2367
2,3,6,7
2-3-6-7
23,67
If 1 centimetre = 3 kilometres
How many kilometres does 4 centimetres show?
12km
12m
1.2m
12cm
If contour lines are close together it means that the land / hillside is:
Shallow
Steep
Gentle
Wet
Which of the following is the BEST example of writing a 6 - figure reference?
23,34,42
233442
2,3,3,4,4,2
233-442
Which is the 4 - figure grid reference for North Woods?
1100
0209
0011
0210
Hadley Lake's 4 - figure grid reference is (a)
What is the SIX FIGURE grid reference of the church?
015085
031112
024094
014094
What is the SIX FIGURE grid reference of the road bridge over the river ( to the south of the map)?
021092
025083
036102
005105
A compass tells us...
Direction
Distance
Temperture
Weight
Which of these is appropriate for remembering the points on a compass?
Never Wear Silly Neckties
Never Spit Watermelon Ever
Never Eat Shredded Wheat
Never Eat Soggy Eggs
What does this mean?
Flaps its wings quickly from one place to another
Flies in a zig zag line from one place to another
Flies in a circle and goes nowhere
Flies in a straight line from one place to another
A scale line shows
1 centimetre on map = 100 metres on the ground.
What measurement would 300 metres (on ground) be, on a map?
3 metres
3 millimetres
3 centimetres
3 kilometres
