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Exploring Earth's Surface
Models of Earth
Models of Earth
Topographic Maps 1
Topographic Maps 2
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This term describes the difference in elevation between the highest and lowest parts of an area
What is relief
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If one cm on a map represents 25,000 cm on the ground, the scale of the map is ....
1:25,000
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0 degrees longitude
What is the Prime Meridian
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How does a topographic map differ from a road map?
The topographic map shows elevation, relief, and slope
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Topographic maps are usually large-scale maps that show what?
a close up view of part of Earth's surface
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A landform that has high elevation and a more or less level surface is a ...
plateau
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The point on Earth's surface having zero degrees latitude and zero degrees longitude wold be located at ...
where the equator crosses the prime meridian
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180 degrees longitude
What is the International Dateline?
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What symbols on a topographic map are used to show elevation, relief, and slope?
contour lines
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Topographic maps have many uses in which field? science and engineering? business and government? everyday life? all of the above?
All of the above
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Plateaus, plains, and mountains are the three types of ...
landforms
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A system of mountains over an unbroken span
What is mountain range or mountain chain?
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0 degree heading on a compass.
What is due north?
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What kind of slope do closely spaced contour lines indicate?
Steep slope
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An area's topography is determined by the area's elevation, relief, and ...
landforms
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One major difference between a coastal plain and an interior plain is ...
elevation
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A bar scale
What type of map shows distance graphically?
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180 degree heading with a compass
due South
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If you wanted to walk up a slope represented by contour lines, it is best to have the lines ...
far apart
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A contour line that forms a closed loop and has small dashes pointing to the inside of the loop represents ...
a depression in the ground
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New Orleans, LA and Cairo, Egypt are nearly the same distance north of the equator. This means that the two cities have almost the same
latitude
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On a Mercator projection, Greenland appears larger than South America because
Mercator projections enlarge areas near the poles
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Hold the compass flat in your hand, note the needle direction, turn the dial to match it, then note travel arrow heading
reading travel heading on land
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V-shaped contour lines pointing uphill indicate a
valley, streambed, or stream
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