this slide tells you all you need to know about map skills

1. Map Skills

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Maps
Compass Directions
Scale
Grid References
Height (Contour Lines)
Symbols
Measuring distance.

3.  A map is an image of a place
showing its features.

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A compass direction is pointing at four main
directions North ,South ,East ,West.

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A map scale shows the distance between two
places that are too big to put on paper so
people use a scale
e.g. 1kilometre in real life might be 5 cm on
paper.

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Measuring distance has 50% got to do with a
scale you need a scale to measure distance .
When you measure distance put it between
the two dots and mark it you use a strip of
paper ,string or a ruler and put it on a scale
and it will tell you the real life distance. You
must also be accurate .

7. A grid reference is made of lines of longtitude
and latitude which is which?
 In harry potter Neville longbottom was tall so
longtitude is a line that goes from north to L
O
south.
N
G
 Lines of latutude lat=flat rhymes
T
I
So the line of latitude goes east to
T
West.
U
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D
E

8. Ok know you know the lines on a map it will
look like this
 Can you spot
The green square
The green square
Is at 1322 walk
Straight then up.
Remember
First come first serve? That’s how it works.
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On a map you can’t display the height .It will
be impossible . Geographers use line called
contour lines to tell the height. This image
clearly shows how it works
When lines are close
together that means
it will be very steep
when they are more
spread that means more space.

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Symbols are small images that take over the
original image on a map .Geographers use it
because it would be easier to put in on a map.
Here is a legend.

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