Earth Science Quiz 2 - Mapping Our World

A _____ explains what the symbols of a map represent.

• scale

• projection

• title

• legend

A _____ projection has parallel lines of longitude and latitude.

• topographic

• gnomonic

• conic

• Mercator

A __________ projection is made by projecting points and lines from a globe onto a piece of paper that touches the globe at one point.

• shadow

• conic

• Mercator

• gnomonic

According to the Table, which city is farthest north?

• Cape Town, South Africa

• Pontianak, Indonesia

• Stockholm, Sweden

• Wellington, New Zealand

How does a Landsat satellite differentiate between objects on Earth's surface?

• Landsat uses a single detector to measure the intensities of energy.

• Landsat satellites take pictures using visible light

• Features on Earth radiate warmth at different frequencies, which show up as different colors on Landsat images

• Landsat measures the longest frequencies of electromagnetic radiation from Earth

How does the satellite Topex/Poseidon (a Jason predecessor) map ocean features?

• visible light

• radar

• X rays

• ultraviolet rays

How many time zones are on Earth?

• 10

• 60

• 24

• 100

The boundaries of time zones correspond __________.

• roughly to lines of longitude

• exactly to lines of latitude

• roughly to lines of latitude

• exactly to lines of longitude

The equator circles Earth __________.

• halfway between the north and south poles

• at the same location as the International Date Line

• around Earth at 66 º N

• between the north and south poles

What does GPS stand for?

• Global Potential Satellite

• Geographic Positioning System

• Geodial Position Satellite

• Global Positioning System