Key Terms
Understanding Ideas
Bonus
Scientific Notation
Metric
100
The direction along the earth's surface towards the geographic north pole.
What is true north
100
A point whose latitude is 0 degrees is located on this line.
What is the equator
100
0.000023 in scientific notation
2.3 x 10^-5
100
3,400 in scientific notation.
3.4 x 10^3
100
1000 mg = ____ g
1 g
200
The place where all compasses on earth point.
What is magnetic north.
200
The distance in degrees east or west of the prime meridian is this.
What is longitude
200
0.010 in scientific notation
1.0x 10^-2
200
101,000 in scientific notation
1.01 x 10^5
200
109 g = ____ kg?
0.109 kg
300
Equidistant horizontal lines that go around the globe. They are measured in degrees N or S
What is latitude
300
Closely spaced contour lines indicate this.
What is a cliff (or a steep slope)
300
0.00671 in scientific notation
6.71 x 10^-3
300
45.01 in scientific notation
4.501 x 10^1
300
250 m = ____ km
0.250 km
400
Vertical lines that run from north pole to south pole. They are measured in degrees E or W
What is longitude
400
This is the height of an object above sea level.
What is elevation
400
1.901 x 10^-7
0.000000901
400
4.50 in scientific notation
4.50 x 10^0
400
160 cm = ____ mm
1600 mm
500
The imaginary line running from north to south that splits the earth into eastern and western hemispheres.
What is the prime meridian
500
These types of maps represent elevation with contour lines.
What are topographic maps.
500
7.4 x 10^-5
0.000074
500
1,000,000 in scientific notation
1.0 x 10^6
500
14 km = ____ m
14,000 m
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