Map Elements
The tool that tells the reader the subject or topic of a map?
What is the title?
The line of latitude at 66°33’S that marks the boundary of the southern polar zone?
What is the Antarctic Circle
an imaginary line that runs from the North Pole to the South Pole through the center of Earth that causes the spinning of the earth.
What is the axis?
the four main directions on a compass rose: north, south, east, and west
What are cardinal directions?
the area between Earth’s tropical zones and polar zones, where the climate is relatively mild
What is the temporate zone area?
What map tools measures the distance on a map compared to the distance on earth?
What is the map scale?
The line of latitude that circles Earth exactly midway between the North and South poles
What is the equator?
one complete trip by Earth around the sun
What is revolution?
the seven largest areas of land on Earth
What are continents?
area between the equator and the Tropic of Cancer and between the equator and the Tropic of Capricorn, where the climate is generally hot
What is the tropic zone?
What is the tool that tells direction on a map?
What is the compass rose?
The meridian of longitude located at 180º. By international agreement, the date is one day earlier to the east of this line.
What is the International Date Line?
the spinning motion of Earth around its axis
What is rotation?
a way of representing the spherical Earth on a flat surface
What is map projection?
the southernmost line of latitude where the sun’s rays ever beat straight down. This line marks the southern limit of the tropical zone.
What is the Tropic of Capricorn?
What is the tool that shows the symbols on the map and the meaning of each symbol?
What is the legend?
The line of latitude at 66°33’N that marks the boundary of the northern polar zone
What is the Arctic Circle?
The northern hemisphere tilts toward the sun
What is summer?
the directions on a compass rose, such as southeast, that are located between the cardinal directions
What are Intermediate directions?
the zones that recieves indirect sunlight
What is the Polar Zones?
What is the system of imaginary lines (called parallels of latitude and meridians of longitude) used to divide the surface of Earth on maps and globes?
What is the global grid?
the meridian of longitude labeled 0 degrees, from which all other degrees of longitude are measured.
What is the Prime Meridian?
Causes the seasons
What is the tilt of the earth?
where a place is located in relation to another place
What is relative location?
the northernmost line of latitude where the sun’s rays ever beat straight down. This line marks the northern limit of the tropical zone.
What is the Tropic of Cancer