Modeling Earth

What does GPS stand for?

• Global Point System

• Guided Point System

• Global Positioning System

• Guided Placement System

You are planning a road trip with friends, and you want to find the fastest route that avoids high-traffic roads. Which tool would be the most useful?

• Topographic map

• GPS

• Compass

• Sextant

Which TWO reference points are necessary to determine an exact location?

Select TWO answers.

• Altitude

• elevation

• longitude

• latitude

Zero degrees longitude represents which location?

• Equator

• Prime Meridian

• International Date Line

• North Pole

Why is remote sensing technology necessary for studying features on Earth's surface?

• Some changes in surface features occur because of processes that happen deep within Earth's interior.

• Scientists require rock samples to better understand processes that form Earth's surface features.

• Some characteristics of Earth's large surface features are most clearly viewed from a distance.

Which question can best be answered using remote sensing image data?

• How much of the Amazon river basin has been deforested?

• How many frog species have become extinct as a result of deforestation?

• How can biodiversity be restored on deforested lands?

A large tornado has just passed. What type of map would be most useful to a surveyor to assess the damage of an area?

• Satellite map

• Political/geographic map

• Topographic map

• Street map

What type of map is most useful for a person hiking along the Appalachian trail?

• Topographic map

• Satellite map

• Political/Geographic map

• Road map

Which of the following indicates the elevation on a topographic map?

• Contour Line

• Contour Interval

• Meridian

• Scale

Zero degrees latitude represents which location?

• Equator

• Prime Meridian

• International Date Line

• North Pole