Landforms
Considered the tallest mountain above sea level.
What is Mount Everest?
When it is 3PM in Boston it is this time in Los Angeles.
What is 8 AM?
Tool used to show direction.
What is a compass?
The globe is divided in to square like parcels with these.
What are lines of longitude and latitude?
This type of map makes more accurate maps of small areas.
What is a Conic Projection?
Area where plains are found.
What are interior regions of continents?
Time zones are divided based on this concept.
What is the number of hours in a day?
Early explorers previously traveled around this continent to reach trade routes in the East.
What is Africa?
Coordinates associated with the North Pole.
What is 0 degrees?
This set of numbers allows you to pin point a specific location on a map.
What are coordinates?
Name the mountain chain that was formed between 480-25 MYA.
What is Appalachian Mountains?
The transition line for the calendar day.
What is the International Date Line?
Mount Everest is located in this mountain chain.
What is the Himalaya mountains?
Name the types of maps we discussed in class.
What are topographic maps, mercator Robinson projections, and Mercator projection?
This type of map indicates age of rocks based on location.
What is a Geologic map?
Force of nature that carved out the Grand Canyon.
What is erosion?
Each time zone is separated by this many degrees.
What is 15?
These three letters are short for the technical name:
GPS
What is Global Positioning System?
This feature provides a relative distance in relation to an actual location.
What is a map scale?
This type of map is most commonly used by sea travelers.
What is a mercator map?
This major US landform is home to the Grand Canyon.
What is Colorado Plateau?
Time zones vary based on the locations relative position the these lines.
What are lines of Longitude?
In order to get an accurate location via satellite you must receive date from a minimum of this many satellites.
What is 4?
Each of these lines on the map represent changes in the surface elevation of an area.
What are contour lines?
The map that should be used when trying to view the poles.
What is a Robinson Projection?