What term describes the difference in elevation between the highest and lowest parts of an area?
A. Topography B. Relief C. Plateau D. Landform
B. Relief
100
Asymmetric, Closed shape, Monochrome, Contains straight lines, Has no crossing lines. (Put on Board)
Determine what you would find if you drove to a location represented by this map symbol?
Camping/Outdoor Recreation
100
List the three main types of landforms.
1. Plains 2. Mountains 3. Plateaus
100
This __________is the imaginary line that circles Earth halfway between the poles.
Equator
100
Identify this landform:
A landform with high elevation and a level service
Plateau
200
One major difference between a coastal plain and an interior plain is in___?
A. Flatness B. Relief C. Elevation D. Slope
C. Elevation
200
Determine what landform lies along a seacoast and has low elevation and low relief.
Coastal Plains
200
List three different types of map projections.
1. Mercator 2. Conic 3. Equal-area
200
A map's _______ relates distance on a map to a distance on Earth's surface.
Scale
200
Identify the type of map that has line representing elevation, relief and slope connecting points of equal elevation.
Contour Map
300
A_________ is a list of all of a map's symbols.
A. Globe B. Scale C. Key D. Compass
C. Key
300
Determine what landform consists of a larger unit of mountain ranges and mountain systems in a long connected chain.
Mountain Belt
300
List two ways that computers have revolutionized map making.
Potential Answers: 1. mapmakers can store, process and display data electronically 2. mapmakers can digitize data, or convert locations of map points to numbers 3. automatically make maps which would take a person hours to draw 3. produce maps from many data sources such as satellites and GPS
300
A _____map shows the surface features of an area.
Topographic
300
Lines on a globe that run from East to West
Latitude Lines
400
The Prime Meridian runs through__________.
A. 180 Degrees West B. New Zealand C. Washington,DC D. Greenwich
D. Greenwich
400
What does GPS stand for when talking about using a network of satellites?
Global Positioning System
400
List four things found on a map
Possible Answers: Title, north arrow, scale, key and data
400
Satellite images of the Earth's surface are made up of tiny dots called_______.
Pixels
400
Identify the part of the map that you would use if you were traveling from Africa to Europe.
Directional Compass
500
If 1 cm on a map represents 10,000 cm on the ground, the scale is _________.
A. 1:1000 B. 1:1.0 C. 10000:1 D. 1:10,000
D. 1:10,000
500
Determine how topographic maps are used
Many uses in science and engineering and are used in city and town management and recreational use also.
500
List at least 5 ways to get a Gotcha.
Possible Answers: Arrive Early, Collect your materials, Enter Quietly, Don't distract others from their "Warm-Up", Silence Cell Phone and put it away, etc
500
A _____ _______ is a group of mountains closely related in shape, structure, and age.
Mountain Range
500
Identify the height above sea level of a point on Earths surface.