Maps and Scales

Question 1

What are parallel arcs?

Answer 1

Curved lines that go around a sphere and never cross.

Question 2

What are meridians?

Answer 2

Another word for lines of longitude.

Question 3

True or False
The line of Latitude go around the world from east to west.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

True or False
The lines of Longitude go around the world from north to south.

Answer 4

True

Question 5

What is the other name for lines of latitude?

Answer 5

Paralell arcs.

Question 6

Give another name for equator

Answer 6

0 Degree line

Question 7

What poles do the lines of longitude pass through?

Answer 7

North pole & South pole

Question 8

True or False
“Lines of longitude are sometimes called meridians”

Answer 8

True

Question 9

What is the most important line of longitude?

Answer 9

Greenwich meridian

Question 10

What is the most important line of longitude?

Answer 10

Greenwich meridian

Question 11

What are the other two names for the Greenwich Meridian?

Answer 11

~ The 0 degree line of longitude
~ Prime meridian

Question 12

What do the lines latitude and longitude do?

Answer 12

Make it easier to find places on a map.

Question 13

How many km does a line of longitude cover?

Answer 13

111 km

Question 14

How many min. are in between the lines of longitude?

Answer 14

60 min

Question 15

One min. of longitude at the equator is about…long

Answer 15

1,85 km

Question 16

What are coordinates?

Answer 16

the point where longatude and latatude lines cross

Question 17

What is a ratio scale?

Answer 17

a scale that compares map distance and ground distance in the same unit of measurment

Question 18

What is a word scale?

Answer 18

Uses a statement in words to discribe the scale of a map.

Question 19

What is a line scale?

Answer 19

Showing scale of a map by drawing a line

Question 20

What is a ratio scale?

Answer 20

Represent a scale as a unit of measurement

Question 21

What are the the four hemisperes?

Answer 21

~North
~East
~South
~West

Question 22

How many hours does it take for one Earth rotation?

Answer 22

24

Question 23

How does the Earth rotate?

Answer 23

From East to West

Question 24

Where does the Earths axsis pass through?

Answer 24

North and South pole

Question 25

What is a time zone?

Answer 25

One of the 24 divisions of Earth which have the same time.

Question 26

What do we measure time against?

Answer 26

The position of the sun.

Question 27

The worlds time zones change...

Answer 27

One hour every 15 degrees of longitude

Question 28

Why does the government decide to have only one time per country?

Answer 28

To fit borders of a country To fit around internal borders

Question 29

Where is the international date line?

Answer 29

On the other side of the world to the Greenwich Meridian.It follows the 180 degree line of longitude for most of its length.

Question 30

What does the international date line do?

Answer 30

It divides the world into the eastern and western hemisphere.

Question 31

What is the South African Standard time?

Answer 31

The time every place in SA uses.

Question 32

How many degrees does the Earths axsis tilt?

Answer 32

23 and a half degrees away from prependicular.

Question 33

What is a prependicular?

Answer 33

forming a right angle with the horizontal.

Question 34

What is the differance between revolve and revolution?

Answer 34

Revolve is a circular movement around an object. Revolution is one complete circular movement around an object.