Information from atlases Flashcards
1
Q
What is an atlas and what information does it give
A
- Contains maps of different countries and places
- Other information
- show Physical relief
- transport routes, countries, provinces
2
Q
Find the Greenwich meridian on a globe atlas list the countries from the north pole to the south pole where the Greenwich Meridian passes through
A
- England,
- France,
- Spain,
- Algeria,
- Mali,
- Burkina Faso,
- Togo,
- Ghana and Antarctica.
3
Q
A
1cm on a map represents 50km in real life
4
Q
A
a)Length 12,5 x 420= 5250km b) Width 12 x 420 = 5250km
5
Q
Give the meaning of longitude
A
- The distance of a place east or west of the Greenwich meridian,
- usually expressed in degrees and minutes.
6
Q
Give the meaning of Latitude
A
- The distance of a place north or south of the earth’s equator,
- , usually expressed in degrees and minutes.
7
Q
What does equator mean
A
- a line drawn on the earth dividing the earth into northern and southern hemisphere
- and the parallel of latitude 0°.
8
Q
What is the Greenwich meridian
A
- the prime meridian, which passes through the Royal Observatory at Greenwich in London.
- It was adopted internationally as the zero of longitude in 1884.
- Deviding earh into Eastern and Western Hemispheres
- East or West of the Greenwich Meridian
9
Q
What is the south pole
A
10
Q
Define what a hemisphere is
A
a half of the earth, usually as divided into northern and southern halves by the equator, or into western and eastern halves by an imaginary line passing through the poles. (Greenwich Meridian)
11
Q
A
a) b) c)
