Geography Humanities Yr 9

    Cards (19)

    • BOLTSS
      B - Border
      O - Orientation
      L - Legend
      T - Title
      S - Source
      S – Scale
    • Eastings = (x axis)
      Northings = (y axis)
    • 4-figure Grid References
      Contains 4 numbers
      e.g. if you are given the number 3442, the first 2 numbers are eastings, and the last 2 are northings
    • 6-figure Grid References
      Contains 6 number, making it a more precise location
      Inside each box, imagine 10 tick marks along the eastings and northings
      e.g. 132 312
    • Topographic Maps
      Show shapes and slopes of a landscape using contour lines
      When the lines are closer together, something is steeper, when they are further apart something is more flat
      Has numbers so you can see how steep a line is (usually in metres) above sea level.
    • Longitude/Latitude
      A coordinate system which determines or describes a position or location on the Earth
    • Latitude
      Runs in an east-west direction
      Measures the distance north of south of the equator
      They are parallel, meaning they never meet, also meaning they get shorter towards the poles
      0 degrees at the equator to 90 degrees at each pole, meaning there are 180 lines in total
    • Longitude
      Run in a north south direction
      Meet at the poles, and are furthest apart at the equator
      All lines are equal in length
      The prime meridian is 0 degrees, and the lines go up to 180 degrees to the east, and -180 degrees in the west, meaning there are 360 in total
    • Equator
      An imaginary line of latitude (0 degrees latitude) that separates the earth into the northern and southern hemispheres
    • Prime Meridian
      An imaginary line of longitude (0 degrees longitude) that separates the earth into the eastern and western hemispheres
    • Tropic of Cancer
      Area just above the equator (23 degrees north)
      (kids with cancer go up)
    • P - Pattern
      A general overview of any patterns you identify
    • Q - Quantify
      Add specific and accurate information to define and explain the patterns
    • E - Exceptions
      Identify anything that does not fit the pattern
    • Sentence starters:
      P - The pattern of this (type of map) is that…
      Q - The evidence to quantify this pattern is…
      E - The exception of this pattern is…
    • Pattern describing words:
      • Clustered - in little groups everywhere
      • Linear - straight line
      • Random – randomly placed
      • Dispersed – Random but more spread out
      • Radial – linear but with jutting out lines
    • Tropic of Capricorn
      Area just below the equator (23 degrees south)
      Capricorn is below (remember CORN grows from the ground)
    • Temperature Zones
      The space between the tropics and the equator is the tropic zone (relating to weather).
      The space between the tropics and the poles (north and south) are the temperate.
      The space on top of the temperate zones are the polar zones.
    • Compass Points: North, East, South, West, North East, South East, South West, North West