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OS Map Skills Quiz
OS Map Skills Quiz
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A quiz to check the retention of knowledge from Ordnance Survey Maps.
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1
What symbol is this?
Battlefield
Public House
Fencing Club
Bathing Site
2
What is the 4 figure grid reference for location A?
1731
3413
1434
1334
3
What symbol is this?
Artillery Gun
Steep Hill
Service station
Lighthouse
4
What is the most common use for a map?
To learn map symbols.
To help you find how to get to somewhere.
For strategic planning.
To make cool paper planes.
5
In what area of this island is the steepest slope?
South-West
South-East
Easr
All the same
6
What symbol is this?
Youth Hostel
Railway station
Railway line with level crossing
Bus or Coach station
7
What direction is the castle from the church?
north
west
south
east
8
What symbol is this?
Triangulation Post
Triangulation Pillar
Triangulation Zone
Triangulation Symbol
9
Where can you find what the symbols mean on a map?
The key
The lock
The quay
The back
10
What are is the name of the pale orange lines on OS maps showing height above sea level?
Height lines
Layer lines
Metres above sea level
Contour lines
11
What direction does the B road head that runs past the castle towards the A23
north west
north east
south east
south west
12
Which type of grid reference makes it easier to find an exact location.
6 figure grid reference.
4 figure grid reference.
13
What is the 6 figure grid reference for location C?
176323
176333
135345
134310
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What is height measured?
north east
meters above sea level
meters below sea level
south east
