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Models and mapping
earth science regents review
Question | Answer |
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profile | the side view of an areas landscape |
profiles are created using | contour maps |
latitude | angular distance north or south of the equator |
in the northern hemisphere latitude can be found using | polaris |
lines of latitude are also called... | parallels |
latitudes run ____ to ______, but measure ___ and ____ | east, west, north, south |
23.5 degrees north | tropic of cancer |
23.5 degrees south | tropic of Capricorn |
66.5 degrees north | arctic circle |
66.5 degrees south | Antarctic circle |
Polaris is also called the | north star |
if polaris is 30 your latiude is | 30 |
if polaris is at 60 your latitude is | 60 |
field map | a region of space with a measurable quantity at every point |
isolines | lines that connect points of equal value |
isotherms | lines connecting equal points of temperature |
isobars | lines connecting equal points of pressure |
contours | lines connecting equal points of elevation |
longitude | measurement of angular distance east or west of the prime meridian |
international date line longitude | 180 |
prime meridian longitude | 0 |
lines of longitude are also called | meridians |
earth spins | counter clockwise |
too find longitude, know... | time difference between place and prime meridian |
1 hour later than prime meridian | 15 degrees east |
relationship between time and longitude | west earlier, east later |
degrees between time zones | 15 |
hours between time zones | 1 |
# of time zones | 24 |
maps of elevation fields | topographic maps |
elevation | distance above sea level |
index contour line | heavy numbered contour |
depression contour lines are | special contour lines used to show a hole or crater |
depression contour lines are represented with | hachure marks on the line |
closer contour lines____ slope | steeper |
on a stream the bends in the contour lines point | up stream |