This KS3 quiz will test you on geography skills. Geography is the subject that deals with the study of the Earth and its lands, features, inhabitants and phenomena. A literal translation would be 'to describe or write about the Earth'. The word geography comes from the Greek language - geo meaning Earth and graphia meaning description. When studying geography, a good working knowledge of maps is essential. But that's not all - charts, tables and diagrams are also important because geography involves a lot of statistics.
Many maps have a grid system of lines. These show the latitude and longitude and can be used to be very specific about the location of a geographical feature. There are plenty of other different kinds of map. Some, like the Ordnance Survey maps of Great Britain, can be used for navigation. A choropleth map would not be used for navigation, it is designed to show how something varies across a region e.g. population density or income per capita. Areas are shaded in proportion to the measurement of the data being shown.
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You can find more about this topic by visiting BBC Bitesize - Geographical skills
It's a Government department providing maps of Britain
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It does not have to go through all points on the graph
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On O.S. maps, north is at the top
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Useful for showing data for different areas
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Continuous data has no clear-cut breaks between the values e.g. temperature figures
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They show the height above mean sea level
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With experience, a 6 figure grid reference can pinpoint something to within a few metres of its actual position
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The British Isles cover approximately 10 degrees of latitude
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It is important to choose the correct type of graph otherwise the data will not be displayed correctly
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Ranges of equal size that do not overlap
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