Vocabulary
What is Astronomy?
what is the branch of science which deals with celestial objects, space, and the physical universe as a whole.
What is a map legend?
Wha is a key, that explains what the map symbols mean?
What is a topographic map?
What is a map shows the shape and elevation of the land surface?
What is metric system?
What is he decimal measuring system based on the meter, liter, and gram as units of length, capacity, and weight or mass.?
What is geology?
What is the science that deals with the earth's physical structure and substance, its history, and the processes that act on it.
What is a compassions rose?
What shows four major points of direction: northeast, southeast, southwest, and northwest?
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what is a contour line?
What is a line on a map that connects all points of equal elevation ?
This is geologist?
What is an expert in or student of geology?
What is meteorology?
What is the branch of science concerned with the processes and phenomena of the atmosphere, especially as a means of forecasting the weather.?
What is a map scale?
What is a comparison between the distance on a map and the actual distance the earth?
What do contour line show?
What shows shape and elevation?
What is an astronomer?
what is an expert in or student of astronomy?
What is Oceanography?
What is the branch of science that deals with the physical and biological properties and phenomena of the sea.
What does these initials stand for on a compass rose? N,S,E,W?
What is North, South, East, West?
What is contour interval?
What is the up and down distance between the contour lines?
What is a map?
What is a diagrammatic representation of an area of land or sea showing physical features, cities, roads, etc.
What is Earth Science?
What is the branch of science dealing with the physical constitution of the earth and its atmosphere?
What are three types of map scales?
What is a bar scale, equivalence scale, ratio scale?
On most topographic maps, every fifth contour line is labeled with what?
What is the elevation value. ?
What is submersible?
What is designed to be completely submerged or to operate while submerged?