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What is a Geologist?
A person who studies the solid and liquid matter that makes up the earth and studies the changes to that geology over the course of history.
What does an Ecologist study?
Interactions among organisms and their environment.
Define Urban Planner.
A person who optimises the effectiveness of a community’s land use and infrastructure.
What is the role of a Volcanologist?
A person who studies the formation and activity of volcanoes.
What does an Oceanographer study?
A wide variety of topics such as marine life, ecosystems, ocean circulation, tectonic plates, chemical and physical properties of the ocean as well as the geology of the seafloor.
Who is a Demographer?
A person who conducts statistics about the composition, distribution and transition of the human population.
What does a Glaciologist analyze?
The formation, movement and effects of different types of glaciers.
Define Meteorologist.
A person who analyses data such as surface and upper air observations of temperature, wind, pressure, weather satellite data, radar data, lightning strikes, and data from weather models.
What is the Winkel Tripel Projection?
Most used projection that provides the best accurate representation of the world.
What is the primary use of the Mercator Projection?
Best suited for navigational purposes.
What does a Physical Map show?
Landforms, vegetation or climate regions.
What is a Historical Map?
Indicates the early settlements patterns of a country.
What does a Political Map depict?
Regions, cities, towns, boundaries.
What are Aerial photos?
Photos taken by a plane or helicopter.
What are Satellite Images?
Produced from data collected in space.
Define Topographical Map.
Landforms that are indicated by brown lines with a specific height numbering.
What does an Economic Map show?
Natural resources or wealth of a country.
What does a Population Map indicate?
The number of people.
What is a Map?
2D representation of the earth’s surface.
Define a Globe.
3D representation of the earth’s surface.
What is an Atlas?
Book containing maps, information, facts/statistics.
What does BOLTSS stand for in mapping requirements?
Border, Orientation, Legend, Title, Scale, Source.
What is the purpose of a Border on a map?
Separates the map from other information.
What is the function of a Compass Rose?
Helps find direction in terms of the ordinal points.
What does Longitude measure?
Distance from west to east; north, south and parallel to the equator.
What does Latitude measure?
Distance from north to south; west, east and parallel to the prime meridian.
What is the definition of a Legend on a map?
Provides information about the symbols and the colours being used.
What does the Title of a map indicate?
Helps us understand the content of the map.
What are the three types of scales on a map?
- Verbal scale
- Ratio scale
- Linear scale
How do you convert from a ratio scale?
Divide by 100,000.
How many time zones are there in the world?
24 time zones.
What is the angular measurement of each time zone?
15°.
What are the six time zones in Canada?
- Pacific
- Mountain
- Central
- Eastern
- Atlantic
- Newfoundland
What is the time difference in most Canadian time zones?
1 hour, except for Newfoundland which has a half-hour difference.
What is the beginning time for Daylight Savings Time in Canada?
2:00am on the second Sunday in March.
What is the capital of Canada?
Ottawa.
Name a major city in Alberta.
Calgary.
Fill in the blank: The Prime Meridian runs through _______.
Greenwich, England.
True or False: The International Dateline is located at 180°.
True.
