Maps, Water Cycle, and Groundwater

The science of making maps is:

• demography.
• cartography.
• topography.
• geography.

Scale is:

• the ratio of the largest to smallest areas on a map.
• the system used to transfer locations from a globe to a map.
• the relationship between the length of an object on a map and that feature on the landscape.
• the extent of spread of a phenomenon over a given area.

Which map would have the smallest scale?

• city
• state
• continent
• world

Every map projection distorts the surface of Earth in some way.

• True
• False

The line of longitude 180 East or 180 West of the Prime Meridian is known as the _____________ ____ ____.

• Equator
• Latitude
• International Date Line
• International Hot Line

North, south, east, and west are called

• Compass Rose
• Intermediate Direction
• Cardinal Directions
• Directions to my house

There are a total of ______ time zones on Earth.

• 12
• 6
• 48
• 24

The lines on the globe that appear horizontal on your maps and go North or South of the equator are line of ___________

• latitude
• longitude
• prime meridian
• meridians

Lines that appear vertical on your maps and show East of West of the Prime Meridian are known as lines of  _________

• contour intervals
• latitude
• longitude
• parallels

Earth’s Shape is known as an _________ __________ polar flattening and equatorial bulge, caused by rotation

• Sphere
• Circle
• Cylindrical circle
• Oblate Spheroid