Map Projections
Vocabulary
Map Lines
Calculations
Toss Up
100
This projection uses a cone.
What is conic projection?
100
This imaginary line runs around the middle of the earth and separates the northern and southern hemispheres
What is the equator?
100
These show equal points of elevation on a map.
What are contour lines?
100
The difference between a city at 1,000 ft elevation and 500 ft elevation.
What is 500 ft?
100
This is what GPS stands for
What is Global Positioning System?
200
This projection uses a cylinder.
What is cylindrical projection?
200
This line at zero-degrees longitude
What is the prime meridian?
200
These are darker, heavier contour lines
What is index contour?
200
The difference between a city at 2,000 ft above sea level and a city at 1,948 ft above sea level.
What is 52 ft?
200
This is what GIS stands for.
What is Geographic Information System?
300
This projection uses a flat plane.
What is azimuthal projection?
300
This is the geographic North Pole
What is true north?
300
These show the difference in elevation from one contour line to the next
What is contour interval?
300
City A is at 3,250 ft elevation, City B is at 4,720 ft elevation. The difference in elevation is
What is 1,470 ft?
300
Blue lines on a map legend usually represent these
What are rivers?
400
This type of projection is the best to use when measuring distance
What is equal-area projection?
400
This is the distance between the magnetic North Pole and the geographic North Pole.
What is magnetic declination?
400
These run north and south from the equator
What are lines of latitude?
400
The scale on a map is 1 inch = 2 miles. Point A is 7 inches from Point B.
What is 14 miles?
400
This part of the map shows north, south, east, west.
What is the compass rose?
500
Moving map features from a round surface to a cylindrical, conic, or flat surface results in this.
What is distortion?
500
This type of mapping allows information to be gathered without actually being there.
What is remote sensing?
500
These run east and west from the prime meridian
What are lines of longitude?
500
The map scale is 2 inches = 3.5 miles. Point C is 12 inches from Point D.
What is 21 miles?
500
This type of cylindrical projection is named after a man
What is Mercator projection?
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