Direction (Leaving Cert Geography): Quizzes
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What are the four main cardinal points?
What are the four main cardinal points?
North, East, South, West
What are the points that fall between the cardinal points called?
What are the points that fall between the cardinal points called?
Intercardinal points
At what degree does bearing measurement start?
At what degree does bearing measurement start?
0° (North)
In which direction do compass bearings move around the compass?
In which direction do compass bearings move around the compass?
Clockwise
What bearing represents East?
What bearing represents East?
90°
What bearing represents South?
What bearing represents South?
180°
What bearing represents West?
What bearing represents West?
270°
What bearing represents North-East?
What bearing represents North-East?
45°
What bearing represents South-West?
What bearing represents South-West?
225°
What bearing represents North-West?
What bearing represents North-West?
315°
Where does True North point to?
Where does True North point to?
The geographic North Pole
Where is magnetic declination shown on OS maps?
Where is magnetic declination shown on OS maps?
In the legend
When using a protractor to measure bearings, where should the 0° mark align?
When using a protractor to measure bearings, where should the 0° mark align?
With north