Maps-Carolyn

=**This is a revision page on Maps** = **By Carolyn**

If you need revision on maps, you have come to the right place. This is the page where you can revise for the coming exams. On this page you will revise on maps and coordinates. I hope this helps you in the upcoming exam.


 * Coordinate graphing **

When writing coordinates on a map, there are two things you must remember. The first step you must remember are the axes. You have two axes on a grid. The horizontal axis is called the x axis. The vertical you see is called the y axis.  The second thing you must remember is that you always write the x coordinate before the y coordinate eg. (x,y). The order you write it in is very important. If you write it the wrong way round it will be a different coordinate. Look at the two different coordinates. They have thhe smae number but different order.  To find out what it is, you see how many it goes across and then you see how many it goes up.

 You're ready to start. Find the coordinates for the following.    ** Answers ** <span style="color: #ffa100; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">a) (6,1) <span style="color: #ffa100; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">b) (0,0) <span style="color: #ffa100; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">c) (2,6)

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Here is a map of a flower garden bed. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Find the coordinates for the <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Pink flower <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Blue flower <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Orange flower

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">What can be found at (2,4)?

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;"> <span style="color: #ffa100; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">**Answers** <span style="color: #ffa100; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Pink-(4,5) <span style="color: #ffa100; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Blue-(1,2) <span style="color: #ffa100; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Orange-(6,1) <span style="color: #ffa100; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">At (2,4) you can find the purple flower

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Now, here is a map of a park. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">What can be found at <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">(5,2) <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">(1,1) <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">(2,5) <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">(6,6)

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<span style="color: #ffa100; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">**Answers** <span style="color: #ffa100; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">(5,2)-Sand pit <span style="color: #ffa100; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">(1,1)-Ice-cream stand <span style="color: #ffa100; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">(2,5)-Swings <span style="color: #ffa100; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">(6,6)-Slide

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Here is a map of a island. Write the coordinates of all the places and objects you see.

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<span style="color: #ffa100; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">**Answers** <span style="color: #ffa100; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Tent-(1,6) <span style="color: #ffa100; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Pond-(5,6) <span style="color: #ffa100; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Rock-(2,3) <span style="color: #ffa100; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Forest(7,2)

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Try it with a real map of Australia <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">What are the graph references for <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Darwin <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Melbourne <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Perth <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Brisbane <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;"> <span style="color: #ffa100; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">**Answers** <span style="color: #ffa100; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Darwin-(3,7) <span style="color: #ffa100; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Melbourne-(6,2) <span style="color: #ffa100; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Perth-(1,3) <span style="color: #ffa100; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Brisbane-(7,4)

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Now that you have got the hang of that we are going to start to work with maps.When you see something map there is usually a scale. A scale tells you the actual distance. It will have a distance on the peice of paper but then will tell you the actual distance. Sometimes it could look like this( 200m). <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Look at these sample questions, they might help you understand a bit more. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Here is a map. A bird flies from St Paul to Baker Playground. What is the approxitmate distance the bird flies? <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">The approximate distance is 600m. You work this out by looking at the scale. The scale tells you how far on the picture it is in real life. So all you do is see how many of the lines (bottom left corner) you can fit from St Pauls to Baker Playground. You can fit around 6, so 6 of the 100m is 600m. Now that you can do it try the following questions.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Try the next question using the same map above.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">If you were a flying animal of some sort and you were at home and going to school, How far would you have to go?

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">** Answer ** <span style="color: #ffa100; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">You will have to fly about 500m <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">For the next question, use the map below. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Bob and Fred are on a road trip, they are at the yellow dot and want to get to the blue dot. The petrol is so expensive so they want to know the shortest way there. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Which way is the shortest way to get there?

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<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">** Answer ** <span style="color: #ffa100; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">The quickest way to get there is to go from yellow, pink, green, blue

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Let's try something a little different now. Here is a map of. This map is called a contour map. It shows the different heights of different places. Look at the example below, it might help you understand a liitle better.

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<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">As you can see, there are numbers on there. That indicates how high it is. As you can see the orange part is 50m. The yellow is 100m, the skin colour is 150m and the grey is 200m.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Try the next few questions using the picture below.

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<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Bec, Claire and Julie are on a race to reach the top. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Which is the correct order from first to last? (Multiple Choice)

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Bec, Claire, Julie <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Julie, Bec Claire <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Claire, Bec Julie <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Bec, Julie, Claire

<span style="color: #ffa100; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">**Answer** <span style="color: #ffa100; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Claire, Bec, Julie

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Now, when drawing the map it is a little different. You draw the map from the side a if you were standing there. When you draw it is it is like a graph. Look at the example below.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">If you look at the lines going horizontally, the numbers there is the height of it. The vertical lines is the area of the place. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Try the question below.

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<span style="color: #ffa100; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">**Answer** <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">

<span style="color: #ffa100; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 140%;">**I really hope that this page will help you in the exams. Good Luck!** <span style="color: #ffa100; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 140%;"> <span style="color: #ffa100; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 140%;">**By Carolyn**