Chapter 1, Key issue 1 VOCAB test

Question 1

Map

Answer 1

Flat scale model of a surface or portion of it.

Question 2

Map Scale

Answer 2

The relationship between the size of an object on a map and the size of the actual feature on Earths surface.

Question 3

GI SCIENCE

Answer 3

The development and data about earth acquired through satellite and other electronic technologies.

Question 4

Volunteer Geographic Information (VGI)

Answer 4

Creation and dissemination of geographic data contributed voluntarily and for free by indivuduals

Question 5

Projection

Answer 5

The scientific method of transferring locations on earth surface to a flat map.

Question 6

Cartography

Answer 6

The process of making maps

Question 7

Meridan

Answer 7

Lines drawn between the North and South poles on a map or globe.

Question 8

Citizen Science

Answer 8

Scientific research by amateur scientists

Question 9

Latitude

Answer 9

The numbering system to indicate the location of each parallel. Parallel lines go from left to right across the globe.

Question 10

Longitude

Answer 10

The numbering system to indicate the location of each meridian line. Meridian lines go top to bottom on the globe.

Question 11

Prime Meridian

Answer 11

The meridian that passes through Greenwich, England at a 0-degree longitude.

Question 12

Greenwich Mean Time

Answer 12

0 degree longitude, it is the point from which all other time zones are set.;

Question 13

Place

Answer 13

A specific point on Earth that something occupies. Place describes the human and physical characteristics of a location.

Question 14

International Date Line

Answer 14

International dateline is 180 degrees longitude. When you cross it heading east towards America you turn clock back 24 hours. When you cross it heading west away from America, you turn clock ahead 24 hours.

Question 15

Geographic Information System (G.I.S.)

Answer 15

Geographical information system is a computer system that stores, organizes, analyzes, and displays information about a location in layers.

Question 16

Remote Sensing

Answer 16

Involves satellites that scan the Earth’s surface from space, and transmit these images to a receiving station on Earth.

Question 17

Global Positioning System (GPS)

Answer 17

Using multiple satellites in space, global positioning system can accurately determine the precise position of something on Earth.

Question 18

Region

Answer 18

An area distinguished by a unique combination of trends, or features.

Question 19

Space

Answer 19

The physical gap or interval between two objects.

Question 20

Connection

Answer 20

Are relationships between people and objects across the barrier of space.

Question 21

Geotagging

Answer 21

Identification and storage of a piece of information by its precise latitude and longitude coordinates.

Question 22

Mashup

Answer 22

A map that overlays data from one source on top of a map provided by a mapping service.

Question 23

Mental/Cognitive Map

Answer 23

A representation of a portion of earth’s surface based on what an individual knows about a place

Question 24

Participating GIS (PGIS)

Answer 24

Community based mapping representing local knowledge and information.

Question 25

Parallel

Answer 25

Is a series of circles drawn around the globe parallel to the equator.