🗺️ CARTOGRAPHY
These imaginary lines measure distance east and west of the Prime Meridian.
👉 What are lines of longitude?
These lines connect points of equal elevation.
👉 What are contour lines?
This astronomer refined the geocentric model with epicycles.
👉 Who is Claudius Ptolemy?
This model places the Sun at the center of the solar system.
👉 What is the heliocentric model?
This instrument allows astronomers to observe distant objects in space.
👉 What is a telescope?
This type of map shows natural features like mountains and rivers.
👉 What is a physical map?
A circular pattern of contour lines with increasing elevation indicates this landform.
👉 What is a hill (or mountain)?
This Earth-centered theory dominated for nearly 1,500 years.
👉 What is the geocentric model?
This Polish astronomer proposed the Sun-centered model.
👉 Who is Nicolaus Copernicus?
This Dutch eyeglass maker is credited with inventing the first practical telescope.
👉 Who is Hans Lippershey?
This map element explains symbols used on a map.
👉 What is a legend (map key)?
The difference in elevation between two contour lines is called this.
👉 What is contour interval
These circular motions were used to explain retrograde motion.
👉 What are epicycles?
This 1543 book introduced heliocentrism, written by Copernicus.
👉 What is De revolutionibus orbium coelestium?
This scientist improved Lippershey’s invention for astronomical use.
👉 Who is Galileo Galilei?
This projection preserves shape but distorts size near the poles.
👉 What is the Mercator projection?
Widely spaced contour lines indicate this type of slope.
👉 What is a gentle slope?
This book by Claudius Ptolemy explained the geocentric universe.
👉 What is the Almagest?
This Italian astronomer supported heliocentrism with telescopic observations.
👉 Who is Galileo Galilei?
These four moons orbiting Jupiter were discovered by Galileo.
👉 What are Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto?
This imaginary line at 0° longitude passes through Greenwich, England.
👉 What is the Prime Meridian?
This system of satellites helps determine precise location on Earth.
👉 What is GPS (Global Positioning System)?
This observed backward motion of planets puzzled ancient astronomers.
👉 What is retrograde motion?
This scientist used mathematics to improve Copernicus’s circular orbits into elliptical ones.
👉 Who is Johannes Kepler?
These dark spots observed by Galileo showed that the Sun was not perfect.
👉 What are sunspots?