ESS - 2020Fa - Types of Maps

What is is the science of mapmaking?

• Cartography
• Geography
• Meteorology
• Oceanography

What helps separate the Earth into Northern and Southern hemispheres?

• Equator
• International Date Line
• Polaris
• Prime Meridian

What helps separate the Earth into Eastern and Western hemispheres?

• Equator
• International Date Line
• Polaris
• Prime Meridian

What circles the Earth halfway between the North and South Poles

• Equator
• International Date Line
• Polaris
• Prime Meridian

Latitude is the distance in degrees north or south of the what?

• Equator
• International Date Line
• Polaris
• Prime Meridian

Each degree of latitude is equal to what distance?

• 69.1 miles
• 111 kilometers
• 69.1 kilometers
• 111 miles

Lines of latitude run parallel to the equator.

• true
• false

Each degree of latitude breaks down into sixty smaller units called what?

• Decimal degrees
• Hours
• Minutes
• Seconds

Each minute of latitude breaks down into sixty smaller units called what?

• Decimal degrees
• Hours
• Minutes
• Seconds

Longitude is the distance in degrees east or west of the what?

• Equator
• International Date Line
• Polaris
• Prime Meridian