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Who Am I?
 
Identity                                 
A sense of who you are - including your personality, race, beliefs and opinions.
 
Place                                    
A specific location ranging from the small scale (e.g. a room) to the large scale (e.g. continents).
 
Local                                     
The area close to you, such as your street or town.
 
Global                                   
Involving the entire earth.
 
Sustainable Development                          
Development which considers the impact on future generations.
                    
 
Geographical Enquiry                      
Using questions to think about all aspects of a place.
                                                 
 
 
Map Skills
 
Birds Eye View                   
How something looks from directly above.
 
Ordnance Survey              
The people who make maps in Great Britain.
 
Direction                              
The way to go. Shown on maps using the points of the compass.
 
Compass                             
Instrument used to measure direction.
 
Symbol                                 
A very simple picture used to represent something on a map.
 
Height                                   
Distance above sea level given in metres.
 
Spot Height                         
A specific height shown on a map using a dot with the height in metres written beside.
 
Contour                                
A brown line on a map which joins points of equal height.
 
Grid Reference                   
A figure which gives the specific location of something on a map.
 
Eastings                               
The vertical lines on a map.
 
Northings                             
The horizontal lines on a map.
 
 
Wicked Weather
 
Temperature                      
A measure of how hot it is.
 
Precipitation                       
Rain, hail, snow and sleet.
 
Thermometer                     
The instrument used to measure temperature.
 
Wind vane                           
The instrument used to measure wind direction.
 
Rain gauge                          
The instrument used to measure precipitation.
 
Satellite image                   
A picture taken using satellites that shows weather systems and is used to make weather forecasts.
 
 
Earthquakes and Volcanoes
 
Crust                                     
The surface of the earth.
 
Mantle                                  
The layer of molten rock beneath the crust.
 
Tectonic plate                    
A section of the earth’s crust.
 
Richter scale                      
The measure of how strong an earthquake is.
 
Seismograph                      
An instrument used to measure the strength of an earthquake.
 
Eruption                               
The explosion of a volcano, releasing steam, gases, ash and sometimes lava.
 
Magma                                
Molten rock in the mantle.
 
Lava                                      
The name given to magma when it reaches the surface.

 

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