Geography test grade 9 term 1

Lines of latitude are __________ lines, lying north and south of the _______ . They are also called _________. - answerHorizontal; equator; parallels Lines of longitude are vertical lines lying ____ & ____ of the _________ meridian. They join the north and south poles and are also called _________. - answerEast; west; Greenwich; meridians. How do you calculate seconds? - answer1. Measure length of block 2. Measure distance from the top to the point 3. Make fraction with distances 4. Divide the numerator by the denominator 5. Multiply by 60, convert to seconds. Is latitude or longitude given first - answerLatitude. How do we measure coordinates - answerDegrees, minutes, seconds. How many maps is a degree block divided into to get a map index? - answer4 What is 28 in the example: 28 31 CD - answerThe line of latitude What is 31 in the example: 28 31 CD - answerThe line of longitude What are C and D in the example: 28 31 CD - answerC: big block D: small block What is scale? - answerScale tells us how much smaller the map is than reality or how many units on the ground are represented by 1 unit on the map. How to convert cm to km for distance - answerMultiply the distance in cm by 0,5 (if the scale is 1: 50 000). Give the time, distance and speed rule(s) - answerTime=distance/speed Speed=distance/time Distance=time x speed How do you change degrees to minutes/ minutes to seconds - answerMultiply by 60. What is direction given using - answerDirection is given using the cardinal points or compass points. What is bearing - answerBearing is the angular distance measured in a clockwise direction from 0 degrees at true north. Name all the colours of conventional symbols - answerBlue, brown, green, black, red and purple. What do all the conventional colours represent? (Blue, brown, black, red, purple. - answerBlue: perennial and non perennial water Brown: topography, contour lines Green: vegetation and cultivated land Black: man made things Red: important Purple: anything new added What are contour lines - answerContour lines are lines on a map, joining all points of the