Chapter 2
the science of mapmaking.
What is Cartography?
This is 180 degrees meridian and serves as the transition line for calendar days.
What is the International Date Line?
These connects points of equal elevation.
What are Contour Lines?
The process of gathering data about Earth using instruments mounted on satellites, airplanes, or ships.
What is remote sensing?
This college football program has the most national championships recognized by the NCAA.
What is Yale?
This horizontally circles Earth halfway between the North and South poles.
What is the Equator?
A type of map that has parallels on a map; landmasses near the poles are exaggerated.
What is a Mercator Projection?
Shows the difference in elevation between two side-by-side contour lines.
What are Contour Intervals?
This records reflected wavelengths of energy from Earth’s surface.
What is a Landsat Satellite?
the longest winning streak in college football history, and this team holds the record
What is 47 games, and who is the University of Oklahoma?
The distance in degrees east or west of the prime meridian.
What is Longitude?
This type of map is made by projecting points and lines from a globe onto a paper cone.
What is a Conic Projection?
A map used to show the distribution, arrangement, and type of rocks located below the soil.
What is a Geologic Map?
This is the use of sound waves to detect and measure objects underwater.
What is Sonar?
Who is Frank Sinkwich (1942) University of Georgia?
The lines on a map running parallel to the equator.
What is Latitude?
This map is made by projecting points and lines from a globe onto a piece of paper that touches the globe at a single point.
What is Gnomonic Projection?
This explains the symbols on the map?
What is a Map Legend?
A satellite navigation system that allows users to locate their approximate position on Earth.
What is GPS?
This SEC quarterback holds the record for the most career passing yards in the conference.
Who is Aaron Murray? University of Georgia 13,166 yards
This represents 0 degrees longitude.
What is the Prime Meridian?
A detailed map showing the hills and valleys of an area.
What is a topographic map?
The ratio between distances on a map and actual distance on the surface of Earth.
What is a Map Scale?
This combines many of the traditional types and styles of mapping.
What is GIS?
The longest-tenured head coach in SEC history
Who is Vince Dooley? University of Georgia from 1964 to 1988