Properties of Euler Class

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I am reading Milnor & Stasheff's Characteristic classes (page 98 to be precise). After defining the Euler class, they state two basic properties claiming that the proofs are obvious:

1.(Naturality). If $f: B \to B'$ is covered by an orientation preserving bundle map $\xi\to\xi'$, then $e(\xi)=f^*e(\xi')$

2.If the orientation of $\xi$ is reversed, then the Euler class $e(\xi)$ changes sign.

I think for the first one we need to check the definition for $e(\xi)$ is staistied for $f^*e(\xi')$. But I'm not sure how to proceed. In the second I don't know how to reverse orientation for a bundle.

Kindly Help!!

Any kind of Hint will be really helpful.

Regards