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GCSE Geography · key term
An instrument used to measure the angle of a slope.
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Specification 1.2 · Component 3
An instrument used to measure an angle of slope, usually in degrees.
Revise: Collecting Primary and Secondary EvidenceA clinometer measures an angle of slope in degrees. This is useful when investigating how steepness varies between locations, or how slope might influence runoff and erosion.
Specification 1.2, Table A · Component 1, Component 2, Component 3
An instrument used to measure an angle of slope, usually in degrees.
Revise: Collecting Primary and Secondary EvidenceA clinometer measures an angle of slope in degrees. It can help investigate how steepness changes along a hillside or beach profile.
An instrument used to measure an angle of slope.
A hand-held instrument used to measure the angle of a slope.
Explain how a precaution improves the result: matching the height of the clinometer and target prevents differences in their height from distorting the slope reading.
Repeating a measurement does not remove a consistent error, such as sighting the wrong height with a clinometer.
For clinometer measurements, sight between marks at the same height above the ground. Different heights would distort the measured slope angle.
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