MAPS AND SUCH
The distance North and South of the equator.
What is latitude?
What is the maximum longitude measurement?
180
15 degrees
What is a name for a line on a topographic map?
Contour Line
What contour line may be darkened/bolded for easier reading?
Index Contour
What is at the 180 degree longitude?
International Date Line
What is north, south, east, and west in degrees?
90, 180, 270, 0/360
How many time zones are there around the globe?
24
rHow can you tell that on a topographic maps the slope(gradient) is steep or gentle?
Steeper = lines are closer
Gentle = lines are farther apart
When you take two index contours and subtract them, then you count the spaces, and divide, you are finding the ________.
Contour Interval
What is the degrees of the North Pole? South Pole?
90 degrees
What does a compass needle point to?
North
When going east or west of the International Date Line what happens to time?
You either gain a day (hours) or lose one day (hours)
What do you know when you have two places on the same contour line?
They are the same elevation.
What are latitude and longitude measured in?
Degrees
Each degree latitude equals _____ km.
What is 111 km?
What do we use to measure distance on a map?
Map Scale
What happens when you travel west from Texas regarding time?
West = Gain Time (2 hours) Texas time 8:00 am / CA time 6 am
What do contour lines never do on a map?
Cross
Elevation is measured based upon the distance above ________.
Sea Level
What major city in England does the Prime Meridian run through?
Greenwich, England
The hospital is which general direction from TVS?
East or Northeast
How many degrees does the Earth rotate every day?
360 degrees
What happens on a topographic map when a contour line crosses a river?
The contour line makes a V-Shape and points towards the higher elevation (opposite direction of the flow of water)
If you see two index contours on a map labeled 250 ft and 500 ft and they are separated by 5 spaces, what is the contour interval?
50 ft.