Types of map and scale (Edexcel GCSE Geography A): Quizzes
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What are satellite images particularly valuable for monitoring?
What are satellite images particularly valuable for monitoring?
Weather patterns & natural disasters
What do political maps focus on showing?
What do political maps focus on showing?
Human-made boundaries & divisions
What is another name for distribution maps?
What is another name for distribution maps?
Thematic maps
What do relief maps use to represent different elevation levels?
What do relief maps use to represent different elevation levels?
Colour coding or shading
What does population density mean?
What does population density mean?
People per square kilometre
On a 1:25000 OS map, what does 1 cm represent in reality?
On a 1:25000 OS map, what does 1 cm represent in reality?
250 metres
On a 1:50000 OS map, what does 1 cm represent in reality?
On a 1:50000 OS map, what does 1 cm represent in reality?
500 metres
Which OS map scale shows more detail?
Which OS map scale shows more detail?
1:25000
What does 'iso' mean in the word isoline?
What does 'iso' mean in the word isoline?
Equal
What do contour lines connect on a map?
What do contour lines connect on a map?
Points of equal height above sea level
What do bathymetric maps show?
What do bathymetric maps show?
Ocean depth below sea level
What do contour lines that are close together indicate?
What do contour lines that are close together indicate?
Steep land