Measuring distance
This can help you find a distance between two places on a map.
What is a scale?
Latitude lines go this direction around the earth
what is East to west or horizontal?
How many time zones are there on the globe
24
This type of map show natural features of the land.
What is a physical map?
True or False. Parallels of latitude are parallel to each other.
True.
Is Arizona north, south, east, or west of California?
East
Meridian is an imaginary line that runs this direction around the earth
What is North and south or vertical?
If it is 1pm in central time what time would it be in the eastern time zone
What is 2 p.m.?
This is a drawing or picture of a specific place or area on Earth's surface that shows different features.
What is a map?
What happens to the temperature as you move from a lower number of degrees of latitude to a higher number of degrees?
It gets lower.
A map scale looks like this object
What is a ruler?
What is the Equator?
How many minutes are in one degree?
60
You would find mountains, valleys, and lakes on this type of map.
What is a physical map?
Where would 20 degrees S latitude be in relationship to the equator.
What is south?
If a map scale shows one inch equals 5 miles, two inches equal how many miles?
10 miles
Imaginary line that runs North to South through Greenwich England; 0 degrees longitude
Prime Meridian
Ferdinand Magellan's crew found that their trip had taken one more day helps explain this
International date line
Another word for the height of a place?
What is Elevation?
An object or picture that stands for something else?
What is a symbol?
This part of a map shows North, South, East, and West.
GPS stands for
What is Global Positioning System
A person crosses the international date line when they travel from?
What is the western hemisphere to the eastern hemisphere?
Physical maps use this to show differences in elevation
What is lines or color?
This lets you pinpoint your location on a map.
What are map coordinates.