Earth is considered a closed system because of this.
What is matter cannot enter or leave?
100
A map scale expresses distance through the use of this.
What is ratio of map distance to actual distance?
100
When contour lines form a closed circle indicating this.
What is a hill on Earth's surface?
100
Generates remote-sensing information.
What are satellites orbiting Earth?
100
Is a ratio that is used to measure the distance from one location to another on a map.
What is map scale?
200
Scientists use satellite photos to track changes in plant life is an example of this Earth system.
What is biosphere?
200
Two locations, one at 10N, 20 E and another at 10 N, 20 W are both positioned in this Hemisphere.
What is Northern?
200
The elevation of an area can be represented by this.
What are contour lines?
200
Layers of the geosphere include these.
What are inner core, outer core, mantle and crust?
200
The type of Contour Lines used to represent gradually sloping sides.
What are wide spaced lines.
300
This is the most abundant gas in Earth's atmosphere.
What is nitrogen?
300
Although Mercator maps distort Earth's surface at the poles, they are very useful for mapping here.
What is regions around the equator?
300
Contour lines show these three things.
What are elevation, slope and relief?
300
This is what the term GIS stands for.
What is Geographic Information Systems.
300
The difference in elevation from one contour line to the next on a topographic map.
What is contour interval?
400
When warm ocean water may provide energy that creates large tropical storms, such as hurricanes is an example of how the hydrosphere may effect this Earth system.
What is atmosphere?
400
This map shows the United States with the least amount of distortion.
What are conic porjections?
400
The change in elevation from one contour line to the next.
What is contour interval?
400
Pictures in which Earth's natural colors are changed to artifical ones that better highlight damage or change to Earth's features.
What is false-color image.
400
The darker contour lines on a topographic map which are represented by numbers on the line.
What is Index Contour Line.
500
Energy and matter can enter or leave Earth.
What is open system?
500
A chart that explains the meaning of each symbol used on a map.
What is map legend?
500
How contour lines can tell you the elevation of a mountain.
What is numbers on a line?
500
Why scientists would use pictures or information from topographic maps.
What is to make future decisions?
500
The two points that are represented by enclosed cirecles on a topographic map.