Earth Geography
Which Ocean is off the eastern coast of North America?
Atlantic Ocean
The equator divides the earth into which hemispheres?
North and South
What do physical maps show?
A system of mark or numbers that show the size of or amount of something?
Scale
What Continent do we live in?
A. South America
B. North America
North America
Which Ocean is off the Western coast of North America?
Pacific Ocean
South America and Australia are in which hemisphere?
Southern Hemisphere
What type of maps show weather patterns?
A. Political B. Physical
C. Climate D. Resource
Climate Maps (There will be a picture you have to identify on the test)
Which map shows smaller areas in more detail?
Large scale
A comparison of two numbers often expressed as a fraction is called what?
Ratio
Largest Continent by land mass is?
Asia
Which body of water covers most of the earth?
A. Rivers B. Lakes
C. Oceans D. Seas
Oceans
Which Continent has a cold desert?
Antarctica
A map shows a large area with more detail is called what?
Small Scale
What is the most common way to show map scale on a map?
Representative Fraction or RF
What is the smallest continent in the world?
Australia
What imaginary line runs through Greenwich England?
Prime Meridian
What does a map scale of 1:10,000 mean?
a. Every foot on the map
b. Every inch on the map represents 10,000 inches in real life.
c. Every mile on the map represents 10,000 miles in real life.
d. Every centimeter on the map represents 10,000 centiments in real life.
Every inch on the map represents 10,000 inches in real life.
What type of map scale uses words to describe the relationship between the map and the real world?
What ocean is off the coast of India?
Indian Ocean
What is the smallest Ocean?
Artic
What is the imaginary line that runs through the Northern and Southern Hemisphere?
Equator
What is one way Maps use color?
The show how high or how low the land is.
What is the most common way to show map scale on a map?
Representation Fraction or RF
T/F
Latitude lines go North and South and Longitude lines go East and west?
False