Ch.2 Vocab Hard Ones Flashcards
1
Q
Changes in elevation for a given region
A
Topography
2
Q
Difference in height of landforms in a region
A
Relief
3
Q
map projection made by projecting onto a flat paper from just one spot on the Earth
A
Gnomonic map
4
Q
map projection created using a cylinder wrapped around the Earth
A
Mercator projection
5
Q
a special type of map that shows the elevations of different geologic features of a region
A
Topographic map
6
Q
height of a land feature measured relative to sea level
A
Elevation
7
Q
a way to represent a three-dimensional surface in two dimensions
A
Projection
