GIS (Geographic Information System)

Question 1

What is GIS?

Answer 1

Geographic Information System

Question 2

Components of GIS

Answer 2

A computer
A GIS program
A suitable map
Data to be displayed on the map

Question 3

Key points about GIS

Answer 3

Save collected data in files on computers

Select a suitable map and then open data files

Link each piece of data with the latitude and longitude of the place where the data was collected

Each data type is in different layer on the map

Question 4

What is longitude?

Answer 4

The lines that go across the earth vertically and tell the time and location

Question 5

What is latitude?

Answer 5

The lines that go across the earth horizontally and tells the location

Question 6

Where is the prime meridian located?

Answer 6

Longitude 0º is called the Prime Meridian and is located in Greenwich SE London

Question 7

What is the equator?

Answer 7

An imaginary line around the middle of a planet

Question 8

How many minutes does it take to complete 1º longitude?

Answer 8

4 minutes