Landforms
What term describes a feature of topography, such as a hill or valley, formed by processes that shape Earth’s surface?
What is landform?
What term means height above sea level?
elevation
What term describes the distance in degrees north or south of the equator?
Latitude
In which map projection are lines straight, but areas near the poles appear distorted?
mercator projection
What half of Earth is located north of the equator?
northern hemisphere
What are the three main types of landforms?
Mountains, plateaus, and plains
What term describes the shape of the land, including its elevation, relief, and landforms?
topography
What unit represents 1/360 of the distance around a circle?
degree
What is the process of collecting information for a map using instruments and geometry?
surveying
What half of Earth is located south of the equator?
southern hemisphere
What are plains located along a seacoast called?
coastal plains
What landform has both high elevation and high relief?
mountain
What imaginary line is located at 0° latitude?
equator
What two types of technology revolutionized modern mapmaking?
Computers and satellites
What half of Earth is located east of the Prime Meridian?
Eastern hemisphere
What landform has a high elevation and a level surface?
plataeu
What term means the difference in elevation between the lowest and highest points of an area?
relief
What imaginary line connects the North and South Poles and divides Earth into the Eastern and Western Hemispheres?
Prime Meridian
What satellite-based system determines a person’s exact location on Earth?
Global Positioning System, or GPS
What half of Earth is located west of the Prime Meridian?
Western hemisphere
What do we call several different mountain ranges located in the same region?
Mountain system
What are the lines on a map that connect points of equal elevation?
contour lines
What are the two baselines used to measure locations and distances on Earth?
equator and prime meridian
On a topographic map, what do contour lines that are very close together indicate?
steep slope
What map symbol shows the cardinal directions north, south, east, and west?
Directional compass or compass rose