Showing height and relief on OS maps | Geography | Quizalize & Oak National Academy

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Match each category of geography to what it studies.
- physical geography
  
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  the Earth's natural features and processes ✓
- human geography
  
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  how societies, cultures and economies differ around the world ✓
- environmental geography
  
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  the relationships between people and the environment ✓
What does the 'OS' stand for when referring to OS maps?
- 'Ordnance Survey' ✓
The scale of a map refers to ...
- the distance things are on the map relative to the ground. ✓
- the symbols that can be found on the map.
- the system we use to find a place on a map.
A lake on a map is shown by ...
- the word 'lake'.
- a symbol showing a green area.
- a symbol showing a blue area. ✓
If a map scale is 1:25 000, then 1 centimetre on the map will equate to ...
- 1 centimetre on the ground.
- 25 000 centimetres on the ground. ✓
- 25 000 metres on the ground.
- 25 000 kilometres on the ground.
Put these map scales in order, from small scale to large scale.
- 1
  
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  1:250 000
- 2
  
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  1:50 000
- 3
  
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  1:25 000
- 4
  
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  1:10 000

Contours on a map show areas of equal ______.
- 'height' ✓
Spot heights ...
- are always found at the top of hills and mountains.
- show the exact height of a place in metres. ✓
- give a grid reference of where a place is.
- are usually found on top of a hill or mountain. ✓
- are sometimes found not on top of a hill or mountain. ✓
A ring contour is likely to be found ...
- near to the sea.
- far from the sea.
- at the bottom of a hill.
- at the top of a hill. ✓
What is meant by the relief of the land?
- the human features of the land
- the height of the land
- the shape of the land ✓
- the size of the land
On a map, steep land is shown by contours that are ______ together.
- 'close' ✓
On a map, a river valley is shown by ...
- contours that are close together.
- contours that are far apart.
- v-shaped contours that point uphill.
- v-shaped contours that point downhill. ✓

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Contours are only used to show hills and mountains.

Contours are used to show the height of the land at 10 metre intervals above sea level.

Sea level - The average level of the world’s oceans, which we use as a baseline to measure the height of the land.
Contours - Lines on an OS map that show areas of equal height.
Spur - Elongated ridges that extend downwards from a hill or mountain.
Valleys - Lower-lying areas of land between two higher areas of land.