Vocab MHE Science C1L1

1. This shows an object as if you were looking at it from the side.

• time zone

• profile view

• map legend

• longitude

The distance measured in degrees, north or south of the equator is called (a)  

____________ relates distances on a map to actual distances.

• time zone

• latitude

• map scale

• prime

What is the key that explains the symbols on a map?

• slope

• time zone

• longitude

• map legend

The longitude line 180 degrees east or west of the prime meridian

• International Date Line

• time zone

• latitude

• prime

The first in rank is known as

• last

• relief

• prime

• slope

The distance, measured in degrees, east or west of the prime meridian

• profile view

• longitude

• prime

• time zone

This shows the Earth's surface from above

• profile view

• cross section

• map view

• International Date Line

An area on Earth where people use the same time

• map scale

• time zone

• season

The equator splits the Earth into these two hemispheres

• right and left

• northern and southern

• eastern and western

• top and bottom