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Earth Science Test November 2009

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What term describes the difference between the highest and lowest parts of an area relief
A landform that has high elevation and more or less level surface is a what? mountain system
One major difference between a coastal plain and an entire plain is a what? Elevation
If one centimeter on a map represents 25,000 centimeters on the ground the scale of the map is 1ccm : 2.5 KM ****
If you were to take the shortest route from 25 degrees S and 30 degree E to 25 degrees to North and 30 W in what direction would you travel? Northwest
Computer maps makers digitalize maps data so that they can what? find latitude and longitude *****
Elevation, relief, and slope are a typographic map are shown using symbols? Contour lines
What kind of slope do closely spaced Contour indicate? Steep
To find the latitude, longitude and elevation of points on Earth's surface, the GPS uses what? Networks of satellites
For the GPS to work at any given time there must beat least how any satellites to work? 3
Which of these terms includes all the others? Mountain, mountain system, mountain belt, mountain range? mountain system?
A "V-shaped" counter line pointing up hill indicates what? Valley
A contour line that forms a close loop and has small dashes pointing to the inside of a loop represents what? depression in the ground
Plateaus, mountains, plains are the three major types of what? landforms
A map projection in which the lines of longitude and latitude are all straight, parallel lines that form a rectangle is the what? Mercator projection
Which of the locations listed below is Longitude
The feature of a map that relates a distance on the map to a distance on Earth's surface is called a what? Scale
On a Mercator projection, Greenland appears larger than South America because of what? Mercator projection enlarge areas near the poles
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