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Map Skills

100

This is the part of the map that lets the viewer know what colors and symbols stand for. 

What is the KEY or LEGEND?

200

These are the names of INTERMEDIATE directions. 

Northwest

Northeast

Southwest

Southeast

300

The name of the lines found at 0 degrees latitude and 0 degrees longitude. 

What are the Equator and the Prime Meridian? 

400

The names of the 4 oceans. 

What are: 

Pacific Ocean

Atlantic Ocean

Indian Ocean

Arctic Ocean

500

These are the names given of the three different latitude zones. 

What are: 

Lower--> Tropical Zone/Tropics

Middle-->Temperate Zones

High--> Polar Zones--Arctic (Circle) Zones

Projections

100

This projection is one of the most common ones used today.  It is especially accurate for directions which is why it's basic principles are part of Google Maps. 

What is the Mercator? 

200

This projection is known for having equal size/area of the different landmasses, however, the shape is not accurate. 

What is the Peter's Projection? 

300

All 2-D Projections of the globe/Earth on a flat surface have this. 

What is distortion? 

400

On this type of map, the latitude and longitude lines run perpendicular to each other. 

What is the Mercator Projection? 

Or

What is the Peters Projection? 

500

This type of map is great in terms of accuracy of size and shape but not helpful for calculating accurate distances. 

What is an Interrupted Projection? 

R&R

100

Earth's orbit around the sun is also known as this:

What is the REVOLUTION of the Earth around the sun? 

What is revolves around the sun?

200

While it is winter in Brazil, it is this season in Europe. 

What is summer? 

300

This is the reason we have different seasons.  

What is the Earth's tilt on its axis? 

400

This is responsible for Earth having night and day times. 

Earth's ROTATION on its axis. 

500

All countries in the Western Hemisphere experience summer at the same time because they receive light from the sun at the same time. 

What is false? 

CD

100

The name of the supercontinent from millions of years ago where all landmasses were connected. 

What is Pangea? 

200

This type of boundary is when tectonic plates are moving away from each other.

What is a DIVERGENT boundary? 

300

This type of boundary is when plates are sliding against each other. As a result of this sliding together, this area is prone to earthquakes.  

What are TRANSFORM boundaries? 

400

This type of boundary is where mountains are formed.  

What is CONVERGENT boundaries? 

500

These are the two parts that make up the outermost layer of the Earth. 

What are 

Continental Crust

Oceanic Crust

?

Anything Goes

100

This type of map shows specific data related to elevation or how high or low different areas are. 

What are topographic maps? 

AKA

Contour Maps

200

A climate graph shows these two basic elements of weather over a period of time. 

What are the average 

Temperature

and 

Precipitation? 

300

These 2 "special" lines of latitude mark the beginning of the temperate zones and are found at 23.5 degrees North and 23.5 degrees south. 

What is the 

Tropic of Cancer  --> 23.5 N

Tropic of Capricorn --> 23.5 S

400

These are 4 different types of PRECIPITATION. 

What are rain, snow, sleet, hail, freezing rain?  

5 listed in answer--only 4 needed for points. 

500

This is what is being described below: 

The weather in southern India tends to be warm year round but rain is strongest in the summer months. 

What is climate?