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If you're planning a trip, you might use two different road maps because.....
different maps provide different information
What can help you find the distance between two towns on a map?
the map scale
If a map's scale shows that one inch on the map equals five miles in real life, how many inches on the map would stand for ten miles?
two inches
On a map, what is the name of the symbol with four arrows pointing in different directions?
Compass rose
What do we call the lines on a map that run from east to west?
Parallels
Ferdinand Magellan's crew found that their trip had taken one more day than their own careful records showed. This helps explain why today we have...
an international date line
What do we call the line that runs around the middle of the Earth?
The equator
How many time zones are there on the globe?
24
How many minutes are in one degree?
60
How far is it from one point to another?
Distance
Meridians meet at the North and South Poles.
Where would 10 degrees latitude be in relationship to the equator?
south of the equator
What do map coordinated do?
The let you pinpoint a location on the map
What kind of map would show the natural features of the land?
A physical map.
a drawing or picture of a specific place or area of Earth's surface that shows different features is called a...
map
What do we call the imaginary line we cross that changes the day?
International Date Line
In general, what happens to the temperature as you move from a lower number of degrees of latitude to a higher number of degrees of latitude?
It gets higher (hotter)
What is another word for the height of a place?
Elevation
Electronic equipment that uses radio waves from satellites to give precise information about location and direction is called
Global positioning system (GPS)
an object or picture that stands for something else is a...
symbol
Describe what a map scale looks like.
A box with symbols
Which statement is true? Parallels of latitude sometimes meet or Parallels of latitude are parallel to each other.
Parallels of latitude are parallel to each other.
If you were in the Central Time Zone and your watch said 1:00 p.m., what time would it be in the Eastern Time Zone?
2:00 p.m.
What do most physical maps use to show differences in elevation?
lines or color (shading a possible answer)
Where a person or object is facing or moving toward
direction