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Maps & Data
Science Unit 4 Lesson 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What does a map need to be useful? | Enough information |
| What are the parts of a map? | Symbols, legend, compass rose |
| What is a symbol? | small pictures, letters, lines, or colors that appear on a map |
| What are small pictures, letters, lines, or colors that appear on a map? | Symbols |
| What is a legend? | Key that tells what map symbols stand for |
| What is the “key” that tells what map symbols stand for? | Legend |
| What is a “key” | Tells what symbols stand for |
| What is a compass rose? | Shows the directions on a map |
| What shows the directions on a map? | Compass rose |
| What direction is a compass rose always pointed? | North |
| What are the directions on a map? | North East South West |
| What is a map scale? | Shoes the distance a map covers |
| What shows the distance a map covers? | Map Scale |
| What is a physical map? | Shows an area’s natural features like hills, valleys, lakes, waterfalls & bays |
| What are some of Earth’s physical features? | hills, valleys, lakes, rivers, mountains….. |
| How does a physical map show different features of the Earth? | Using different colors |
| What is a feature? | a characteristic or part of something |
| What is a characteristic or part of something? | Feature |
| How can you tell if land is higher on a physical map? | It is shown with darker green |
| How can you tell if land is low/flat on a physical map? | It is shown with lighter green |
| How can you tell where water is on a physical map? | It is shown with blue |
| What is a political map? | Shows countries, states, and cities |
| What map shows countries, states and cities | A political map |
| How are capital cities marked on a map? | With a star |
| When do road maps need to be changed? | When new roads are built or old ones are closed |
| How is information gathered to make a map? | GPS |
| What does GPS stand for? | Global Positioning System |
| How does a GPS work? | Sends signals to a device to pinpoint an exact location |
| What does a topographic map show? | How steep land is |
| What map shows how steep land is? | Topographic map |
| What does a topographic map use to show how steep something is? | Contour lines |
| What are contour lines? | Show how steep land is |
| If there are many contour lines on a topographic map, what does that mean? | The land is hilly |
| What does a satellite map show? | A picture of the region |
| What is a resource map? | Shows what can be produced or taken from an area |
| What map shows what can be produced or taken from an area? | A resource map |
| What are examples of resources? | forests, animals, plants, coal, silver, gold (these are just a few examples) |
| Forests, animals, plants, coal, silver, gold, etc… are all examples of what? | Resources |
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