Lat/Long
This line is the starting point for latitude
What is the Equator?
Contour lines measure what?
What is elevation
Another name for gradient is what?
What is slope?
The Earth turns this many degrees every hour
What is 15 degrees?
This is the nickname for Polaris
What is the North Star?
This line is the starting point for longitude.
What is the Prime Meridian?
Contour lines that are close together show what?
What is steep slope.
Contour lines that are close together show this.
What are steep gradients?
Two locations that are 30 degrees longitude apart will have this many hours different.
What is 2 hours difference?
Which hemisphere can you not see Polaris in the night sky?
What is Southern?
If you are 34 degrees north for latitude, this will be the altitude of the North Star, Polaris
What is 34 degrees?
On an island, the first contour line should be written as this.
What is 0 (zero)?
Contour lines that are space far apart show this.
What is a gentle/flat slope?
If Location A is west of Location B, would A be earlier or later in the day compared to Location B?
What is earlier?
What would be the altitude of Polaris in the night sky if an observer was at 40 degrees North latitude?
What is 40 degrees above the horizon?
The International Date Line determines how days are divided and is ___________ degrees in longitude.
What is 180 degrees?
A contour line that has hatch marks shows this.
What is a depression?
The formula for gradient is what?
What is gradient = change in field value / distance
If it is noon at the Prime Meridian, what time is it at a location that is situated at 45 degrees East?
What is 3pm?
If an observer is at the North Pole, what would be the angle of altitude of Polaris?
What is 90 degrees / Straight above / at the Zenith
The Tropic of Capricorn is described to be this latitude.
What is 23.5 degrees South?
A contour line shows a "v" shape indicate this on a map
What is a river or stream?
What is the gradient between points A and B when the elevation of A is 200m, the elevation of B is 400m, and the distance between them is 4km?
What is 50m/km?
If it is 9pm at the Prime Meridian, what time would it be at a location with a longitude of 90 degrees East?
What is 3am the next day?
An observer is standing on the Tropic of Capricorn, what would be the altitude of Polaris in the night sky?
You can't see Polaris in the Southern Hemisphere