Math: Elementary School: Grades 3, 4 and 5 Quiz - Position 1 (Answers)
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Position is about the location of something, or which direction to take to get from A to B. To describe position we use words like horizontal and vertical lines, or clockwise and counterclockwise direction. Understanding what these words mean will help you to read maps and maybe stop you from getting lost!
Do you know North from South or horizontal from vertical lines? Take this quiz and discover what you know about position.
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North points up. The North Pole is at the top of a globe
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South points down. The South Pole is at the bottom of a globe
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The Sun always sets in the west
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To remember the compass points use a rhyme such as 'Never Eat Slimy Worms'
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Horizontal is left to right like the horizon
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The walls of most buildings are vertical
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Diagonal lines are straight, but neither vertical nor horizontal
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The vertical lines of squares are columns
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The Sun moves clockwise across the sky - unless you are in the Southern Hemisphere, in which case it move counterclockwise
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If the minute hand on a clock started at the 12 and moved one quarter turn to point at the 3, it would be quarter past the hour
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