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Mapping Study Guide
Study guide for Chapter 1 Mapping Earth's Surface Test
| What term describes the difference in elevation between the highest and lowest parts of an area? | relief |
| A landform that has high elevation and a more or less level surface is a | plateau |
| One major difference between a coastal plain and an interior plane is in | elevation |
| If you were in a submersible and landed on the ocean floor, you would be touching down on Earth's | lithosphere |
| The 'sphere' that extends into each of the other spheres is the | biosphere |
| If one centimeter on a map represents 25,000 centimeters on the ground, the scale of the map is | 1:25,000 |
| The point on Earth's surface having zero degrees latitude and zero degrees longitude would be located in | where the equator crosses the prime meridian |
| New Orleans, Louisiana, and Cairo, Eygpt, are nearly the same distance north of the equator. This means that the two cities have almost the same | latitude |
| If you were to take the shortest route from 25*S 30*E to 25*N 30*W, in which direction would you travel? | Northwest |
| A satellite image is made up of thousands of tiny dots called | pixels |
| Computer mapmakers digitize map data so that they can | display the data on a computer screen |
| A topographic map differes from a road map in that the topographic map shows | elevation, relief, slope |
| Topographic maps are usually large-scale maps that show | a close-up view of part of Earth's surface |
| Elevation, relief, and slope on a topographic map are shown using symbols called | contour lines |
| What kind of slope do closely spaced contour lines indicate? | steep |
| To find the latitude, longitude, and elevation of points on Earth's surface, the Global Positioning System uses | a network of satellites |
| For the GPS to work, at any given time there must be | at least 3 GPS satellites above the horizon |
| The Bitterroot Mountains in Idaho are an example of a | mountain range |
| It would be easy to walk up a slope represented by contour lines that | are far apart |
| V-shaped contour lines pointing uphill indicate a | valley |
| The contour lines that represent the top of a hill form | a closed loop |
| 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 |
| Plateaus, plains, and mountains are all part of which of Earth's spheres? | lithosphere |
| A map projection in which the lines of latitude and longitude are all straight, parallel lines that form a rectangle is the | Mercator projection |
| In which 'sphere' are rivers included? | hydrosphere |
| The distance in degrees east or west of the Prime Meridian is called | longitude |
| If Lima, Peru is located at about 12*S 77*W, then Lima is in what hemispheres? | Southern and Western hemispheres |
| On a Mercator projection, Greenland appears larger than South America because | Mercator Projections enlarge areas near the poles |
| Elevation, relief, and landforms are factors that determine an area's | topography |
| Features of topography, such as the Columbia Plateau and Mount Hood, are called | landforms |
| A coastal plain is an area with low elevation and ____________relief. | low |
| A landform with high elevation and a more or less level surface | Plateau |
| Nitrogen and oxygen are the most abundant gases in which of Earth's spheres? | Atmosphere |
| Mapmakers use a framework of lines to represent Earth's curved surface on a flat map | map projection |
| Lake Superior, the Atlantic Ocean, and the Nile River are part of the sphere known as | hydrosphere |
| 90*N indicates the North Pole's ____________ | latitude |
| A spherical model of Earth's entire surface is called a | globe |
| Longitude is a measurement of distance east or west of the | Prime Meridian |
| To convert the location of points on a map, computer mapmakers use the process of | digitizing |
| A satellite-based system that can precisely determine latitude and longitude for points on Earth's surface | Global Positioning System |
| Maps that use contour lines to show the elevation, relief, and slope of an area | Topographic Maps |
| The difference in elevation between two contour lines that are side by side | contour interval |
| 1:24,000 on a Topographic map refers to the map's _____________ | scale |
| On a topographic map, points of equal elevation are connected by | contour lines |
| The dots in a satellite image contains information about the color and brightness of a small area, the dots are called | pixels |
| What type of map projection would correctly show the relative sizes of Earth's landmasses. | equal-area projection |
| A large area of land wher the topography is similar is called a | landform region |
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