2.1 Exploring Earths Surface
When you observe changes in the shape of the land, you are seeing what?
What is Topography
What is a Map?
A flat model of all or part of Earth’s surface, as seen from above.
What is Latitude?
Latitude is the distance in degrees north or south of the equator.
Topographic maps are usually large-scale maps, which means that they show what?
A close-up view of part of the Earth’s surface.
Where is the Eiffel Tower located?
Paris, France.
The topography map can show us what
elevation, relief, and landforms, mountains
What is a Globe?
A sphere that represents the Earth’s entire surface.
What is Longitude
The distance in degrees east and west of the prime meridian is called longitude.
Mapmakers use symbols to represent what?
places and land features on a map.
How many legs does a spider have?
8
What is elevation?
The height above sea level of a point on the Earth’s surface
Shapes and pictures called?
Symbols
Used to stand for features on the Earth’s surface.
With computers, mapmakers can do what?
store, process and display map data electronically.
Mapmakers use what lines to represent elevation, relief, and slope on topographic maps.
contour lines
What is the color of an emerald?
Green
What is a landform?
A feature of topography, such as a hill or a valley, is formed by processes that shape the Earth’s surface.
Degrees are used to measure what?
The distance around a circle. A degree (°), is 1/360 of the distance around a circle.
A satellite image is made up of thousands of tiny dots called?
Pixels
To read a topographic map, you must what?
familiarize yourself with the map’s scale and symbols, and interpret the map’s contour lines.
What colors are the stars on the American flag?
White
What is a Plateaus?
A landform that has a high elevation, and a fairly level surface on top
What is The Prime Meridian
is the imaginary line that runs through the North and South poles, dividing the Earth into easrtern and western hemispheres.
The Data From the Global Positioning System stands for what?
GPS
The closer contour lines are, the what is the slope
Steeper
How many planets are in our solar system?
Eight