This relates the distance on a map to an actual distance on Earth.
What is a map scale.
100
Tornados, hurricanes, and the wind is part of this earth system.
What is the atmosphere.
100
Deep sea vehicles are used to study this.
What is the hydrosphere.
100
This gives the meanings of the symbols on a map.
What is a map lengend.
100
This is a flat map that represents Earth's curved surface.
What is a projection.
200
This is a mixture of gases that surround and protect our Earth.
What is atmosphere.
200
These are the four layers of the geosphere.
What is crust, mantle, outer core and inner core.
200
This is used by engineers to locate the best building site in an area.
What is Geographical Information System.
200
This type of maps shows mountains, plateaus, and plains.
What is a relief map.
200
What is another name for the cylindrical projection.
What is Mercator.
300
This is the natural or human-made features of the land.
What is topography.
300
There are the open systems that make up Earth.
What is atmosphere, geosphere, hydrosphere and biosphere.
300
This uses artificial colors to replace the natural colors of Earth and helps to study changes over time.
What is fasle-color imaging.
300
Which direction is latitude and which is longitude if given 10 N, 35 W.
Latitude is North, Longitude is West
300
What two projections are used for navigating the air and ocean.
What is planar and cylindrical (Mercator).
400
This is the distance in degrees north or south of the equator.
What is latitude.
400
Give one way the hydrosphere can interact with the geosphere.
What is the hydrosphere can carve out paths into the geosphere.
400
Global Positioning Systems calculate what three things?
What is latitude, longitude and elevation.
400
What is an index contour line and how would you use this line to help find the highest elevation.
What is a darker line that tells the elevation at a certain point and use this with contour interval to calculate the highest elevation.
400
What area does the conic projection represent best.
What is the middle latitudes.
500
This is the definition of sensor.
What is a mechanical or electrical device that receives and responds to signals.
500
This is the contents of the crust.
What is a thin, rocky shell, including the continents and the sea floor.
500
Sensors collect information from different types of ________ and sends it to ___________ on Earth.
What is energy and computers.
500
What three things are shown on a topography map and how?
What is elevation, slope, and relief. Elevation shown by numbers, slope is shown by how close or far apart the lines are, and relief is the differene between a high and low point.
500
What area does each projection distort.
What is Mercator distorts poles, conic distorts areas away from middle latitudes, and planar distorts areas away from center point.