Earth Science Section 1.3 Quiz

What is the name of the imaginary line on the globe that runs north and south?

• latitude

• equator

• longitude

• line

What is the name of the imaginary line that runs east and west on the globe

• latitude

• longitude

• line

• meridian

What is the name of the model used to represent the entire earth?

• basketball

• city map

• globe

• Mercator map

What type of map is made by wrapping a cone of paper around a globe at a particular line of latitude?

• Mercator Projection

• Conic projection

• Gnomonic projection

• Robinson projection

What is the name of longitude that is at zero degrees

• Prime Meridian

• The Equator

• Line of Latitude

• Line of Longitude

What year was the Mercator Projection map made

• 1969

• 1776

• 1232

• 1569

What is the name of the line of latitude that is zero degrees

• Line of Longitude

• The Prime Meridian

• The Equator

• Line of Latitude.

What type of map shows elevation on the Earth's surface?

• Geologic Maps

• city maps

• world maps

• topographic maps

What type of lines show elevation of the land on a map

• contour lines

• large lines

• map lines

• geologic lines

What type of technology helps us predict the weather around the world, and floats in space.

• GPS

• weather satellites

• whistles

• Very Long Baseline Interferonmetry (VLBI)