Based on your knowledge of compass roses and geographic orientation, try the list of exercises below. In it, you will find 10 exercises, 5 of which are objective questions and 5 are essay questions, and all of them are accompanied by an answer sheet.
If you still have questions, don't worry, at the end of the article you will find some links that can help you study more about the subject.
Question 1
Which of the following statements about the compass rose is correct?
a) The wind rose has only 4 main directions: north, south, east and west.
b) The northwest is located between the north and the west on the wind rose.
c) The southeast is closer to the south than to the east on the wind rose.
d) The wind rose is used to measure wind speed.
e) The compass rose was invented to replace GPS.
Right answer:
b) The northwest is located between the north and the west on the wind rose.Explanation:
Choice B is correct because northwest is in fact located between north and west on the compass rose. Choice A is incorrect because the compass rose has more directions than the 4 main directions, including northeast, southeast, southwest, and northwest.Question 2
Which of the following correctly indicates the four intermediate directions (side points) on the compass rose?
a) North, South, East, West
b) Northeast, Southwest, Northwest, Southeast
c) North, Southeast, South, Northwest
d) East, West, Northwest, Southwest
e) South, North, Southwest, Southeast
Right answer:
b) Northeast, Southwest, Northwest, Southeast
Explanation:
Option B is correct because Northeast, Southwest, Northwest and Southeast are the four intermediate directions on the wind rose. The other alternatives contain incorrect combinations of directions.
Question 3
The compass rose is a graphic representation used in cartography and navigation to indicate directions. Considering your knowledge of the compass rose, which of the alternatives below correctly describes the relative location of some directions?
a) The Southeast is located between the South and the West.
b) The Northwest is closer to the North than the East.
c) The Northeast is located between the North and the East.
d) The Southwest is located between the South and the East.
e) The Northeast is closer to the South than the West.
Right answer:
c) The Northeast is located between the North and the East.Explanation:
Option C is correct because the Northeast is in fact located between the North and the East on the wind rose. The other alternatives are incorrect because they incorrectly describe the relative location of the directions on the compass rose.Question 4
If a person looks at the direction of the Sun while it is at its point, which direction will be on their back?
North
North East
South
East
West
Right answer:
d) East.
Explanation:
As the Sun sets in the West, when looking in this direction, the person's back will be facing the opposite side, that is, East.
Question 5
If you are walking north in town and turn right at the corner, then the next right again, which direction will you be heading?
North
South
East
Southeast
West
Right answer:
b) South.
Explanation:
As you walk north and turn right, you will now be looking east. If you turn right again, you will now be looking south.
Question 6
Write all the directions (cardinal points and side points) that we can find on the compass rose.
Cardinal points: North, South, East and West.
Collateral points: Northeast, Northwest, Southeast and Southwest.
Question 7
What is the main use of the compass rose?
Apparently, the wind rose was invented in Ancient Greece and, since then, it has been used mainly for navigation, but can also be used to locate in places where there are no other modern forms of orientation, such as forests, mountains and deserts.
Question 8
Why do we sometimes find the compass rose indicated with the letters N, S, W and E?
In the past, it was common to find instruments that adopted English writing, that is, North (N), South (S), East (E) and West (W). In Portuguese, West means West, while East means East.
Question 9
What is the difference between the compass rose and the compass?
The compass rose is a representation that has been used for hundreds, if not thousands of years and is used to show the location points, requiring the user to identify one of the points in order to discover the too much. The compass, in turn, constantly points north, so that the user can almost automatically discover other directions around them.
Question 10
What other forms of location besides the compass rose?
We can mention forms also used in the past, such as the position of the sun and stars in the sky. However, we currently have much more modern and precise ways to locate ourselves, such as maps and the GPS system.
To find out more, visit:
- wind rose
- Cardinal, collateral and subcollateral points
- Cardinal points
- Geographic coordinates: how to read and locate
- Elements of a map: what they are and how to interpret them
- Compass
- Latitude and longitude
- What is Cartography: concept, importance and history
MARQUES, Vinícius. Exercises on compass rose (with template).All Matter, [n.d.]. Available in: https://www.todamateria.com.br/exercicios-sobre-rosa-dos-ventos/. Access at:
See too
- wind rose
- Cardinal points
- Compass
- What is Cartography: concept, importance and history
- Geographic coordinates: how to read and locate
- Latitude and longitude
- Uniform Movement - Exercises
- Cardinal, collateral and subcollateral points