tiffany's geo

Question 1

how many time zones are there in canada?

Answer 1

6

Question 2

what’s different about Newfoundland time?

Answer 2

half an hour difference (instead of an hour)

Question 3

how many hours difference is there between Canada’s most easterly and most westerly time zones?

Answer 3

4 and a half hours

Question 4

time zones are an interval of __ degrees apart?

Answer 4

15 degrees (360/24=15)

Question 5

example of a direct statement scale

Answer 5

1cm = 100km

Question 6

example of a representative fraction (ratio) scale

Answer 6

1 : 500 000

Question 7

latitude

Answer 7

horizontal

Question 8

longitude

Answer 8

vertical

Question 9

prime meridian

Answer 9

0° E/W

Question 10

international date line

Answer 10

180° E/W

Question 11

north pole

Answer 11

90° N

Question 12

arctic circle

Answer 12

75° N

Question 13

tropic of cancer

Answer 13

45° N

Question 14

equator

Answer 14

0° N/S

Question 15

tropic of capricorn

Answer 15

45° S

Question 16

antarctic circle

Answer 16

75° S

Question 17

south pole

Answer 17

90° S

Question 18

military grid

Answer 18

eastings first, then northings

Question 19

how many digits are there in a military grid reading?

Answer 19

6

Question 20

contour lines create what pattern when crossing a valley?

Answer 20

V (that always points uphill)

Question 21

what are closed depressions?

Answer 21

holes? basically below 0

Question 22

closed depressions are marked with

Answer 22

hatch marks

Question 23

index contours indicate

Answer 23

a specific or important interval

Question 24

who came up with the idea that there should be a standard time zone system worldwide?

Answer 24

Sir Stanford Fleming (Canadian)

Question 25

when did the standard time zone system become official?

Answer 25

1884