Atmosphere
The layer that Humans live in
What is the Troposphere
The landmass that forms as tectonic plates interact with each other
What is a Mountain?
Artificial waterway
What is a canal?
Cartographer/ The person who makes the map
What is an Author?
Tells what the map is about
What is Title?
A state of balance
What is Equilibrium?
Mound of sand formed by the wind
What is a Dune?
Broad, flat-topped landform with steep sides
What is a Mesa?
An object or person's position in relation to true north
What is Orientation?
The time the map was made or the date of the information on the map
What is Date?
The layer of the atmosphere that meteorites burn up in.
What is the Mesosphere?
Depression in Earth between hills
What is Valley?
A narrow, gently sloping strip of land that lies along the edge of an ocean, lake, or river
What is a Beach?
Explanation of symbols and abbreviations used on a map, also known as a key
What is a Legend?
Type of map projection is best used to navigate the arctic
What is Planar
GIS
What is Geographic Information Systems
The flat, low-lying plain that sometimes forms at the mouth of a river
Deep, narrow valley with steep sides
What is a Canyon?
Relationship between distances shown on a map and actual distances
What is Scale?
Type of map projection is most accurate in-between the poles and the equator
What is Conical
5 layers of the Atmosphere
What is Troposphere, Stratosphere, Mesosphere, Thermosphere, Exosphere
Single Hill or rock formation that rises sharply from a flat landscape
What is a butte?
A dip or depression in the surface of the land or ocean floor
What is a Basin?
An arrangement of material in a specific type of order, usually alphabetic or numeric
What is an Index?
Type of map projection is most accurate around the equator and stretches (distorts) around the poles of the Earth
What is Cylindrical?