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=** ​ QUESTIONS TO BE COMPLETED BY VIRTUAL TEAMS**= 1. Create a table to list 10 different types of maps and write a brief outline or description about the purpose of each type of map.


 * TOPOGRAPHIC MAPS || A topographic map shows relief or height using contours. They also show physical features such as roads, railways and settlements. This type of map is useful when bushwalking, planning roads and checking the steepness of slopes. ||
 * POLITICAL MAPS || The political maps show different regions in different colors and their borders. The most common political map is the world map. ||
 * MUD MAPS || Mud maps are also known as mental maps or sketch maps, these are rough maps often drawn quickly to explain how to find a particular feature. They are often sketched on a piece of paper or drawn in the dirt and do not show the correct scale. Mud map typically show the streets to take to reach a particular location. ||
 * PHYSICAL MAPS || Physical maps show the landforms of a region, including patterns on mountain ranges, rivers and other physical features. Political boundaries are often shown on physical maps. Variations of colour and shading are used to show height. ||
 * TOURIST MAPS || Tourists’ maps show settlements, tourist attractions, road distance, street names and often accommodation and service stations. ||
 * CHOROPLETH MAPS || Choropleth maps use dark and light shades of the same colour to show a pattern. The darker shades show the most of features such as populations the lighter shades show the least. ||
 * SATELLITE IMAGES || These are not strictly maps, but they serve the same purpose. False colors are used to highlight particular features on the images relayed to the Earth from satellites. Satellite images are particularly useful for showing surface temperatures, cloud patterns, smoke and ash from bushfires and volcanoes, large-scale flooding, vegetation patterns and geological and settlement patterns. ||
 * THEME MAPS || A wide range of themes can be shown in map form for example, historical sites or events, invasions and empires are themes that can be explored in this way. Vegetation maps, Olympic sites and resources amps are all examples if theme maps. ||
 * SYNOPTIC CHARTS || Synoptic charts, or weather maps, are seen daily on our television screens and in our newspapers. These maps use isobars and other symbols to show the movement of weather systems and patterns of temperature, rainfall and wind. They are also used to predict rainfall temperature for the near future by tracking approaching weather systems. ||
 * FLOW MAPS || Flow maps show the pattern of movement of things such as traffic, trade and people(migration). Different-sized lines are often used to how amount or volume. ||

2. In which state of Australia is Carnavon? Western Australia 3. Distinguish between the terms Latitude and Longitude. Latitude are the imaginary lines that go east to west and longitude are imaginary lines that go north to south. 4. What are the names of the three most important lines of latitude and what do they define? The most important lines of latitude is the equator, Northern Hemisphere and the Southern Hemisphere. These lines of latitude divide the earth into to halves!! 5. When giving a reference to pinpoint an exact location on the earth, which reference do we give first? To help pinpoint a particular location, then each degree of longitude and latitude can be further divided into small sections which are referred to as minutes. 6. Find the International Date line and fill in the gaps to the following passage: The International Date Line is a line of longitude. Unlike other lines of longitude, it is not necessary to have either E or W after it because the line is both 180°E and 180°W of the Prime Meridian. The International Date Line does not pass through any land. In fact, the line is deliberately “moved” so it passes through sea. If you travel a cross the International Date Line, you must change not only the time but also the day and date. To the //east// of the line is one day behind areas to the //west// of the line. So if it is Thursday in New Zealand, it will be Wednesday in Argentina. Kiribati, USA and the Cook Islands lie to the east of the International Date Line; China and New Zealand are to the west. Australia is also west of the line. 7. How long does it take the earth to rotate 45 degrees. Explain clearly 8. Explain how it is possible to gain one day and also give an example of how it is possible to arrive at a destination before your actual departure time. 9. What does a topographic map show and who would possibly use this type of map? A topographic map allows geographers to see the height and the shape of the land by using contour lines. 10. Why are colours important, and how are they used effectively on a topographic map? Topographic maps use conventional signs and symbols to show water, rivers, vegetation, roads, railway and buildings. Different colours are used on topographic maps to indicate certain features. 11. Why are area references similar to lines of latitude and longitude used in an atlas? Because you have to use longitude and latitude for the letter and the number to find the exact place. 12. What is an aerial oblique view? 13. How does a contour map indicate the height of the terrain? Contour maps show the height of the terrain by showing numbers of the contour lines. 14. What do the terms "eastings" and "northings" mean? 15. What is the purpose of drawing a cross-section view of a topographical map? The purpose is to show the shape of a feature from the side, as if it had been sliced with a knife. 16. What does the term "spot height" mean and how could it be used? Spot height are given to how the actual height of particular locations on a map. The highest point’s of a region are usually shown with a spot height. 17. How high does Uluru rise above the surrounding landscape and how high is the monolith above sea level? 18. What is an isobar, where would you find it and what are the main types? Isobars and other symbols are used to show the movement of weather systems.(Pressure cells, fronts, winds.) 19. Why is the Prime Meridian important and where would I find it? The prime meridian is the most important line of the longitude because this line divides the earth in half. It runs through the Greenwich Observatory in London. 20. Which city is located at 36.46S 144.17E and what does this code mean? The city is Bendigo and this is the code of the index of an atlas 21. When and who created time zones? They were created in 1883 by US railroad officials 22. Explain the following terms: legend, grid and contour. The legend is the symbols. The grids are lines that pass through the page vertically and horizontally. Contours show the height, shape and locations of hills and mountains. 23. What is a contour interval? The contour interval is the difference in height between one contour line and the next which makes it always the same. 24. Describe the slope of the land as you approach Blue Lake (Mount Gambia) from the south. Also state the height of the land around the lake. 25. Explain how vertical exaggeration occurs.