GEO TEST 1

Due to ---------- ------------, great circle routes mark the shortest travel distance between two points.

• Coriolis effect

• The size of the Earth

• The rotation of the Earth

• The curvature of the Earth

Map Projection

• a map created by projecting an image of the Earth onto a geometric plane

• a map created by projecting an image of the Earth onto a cylinder

• a mathematical formula used to represent the curved surface of the Earth on the flat surface of a map

• a map created by projecting an image of the Earth onto a cone placed over part of a model of the Earth

If you use other places to locate a place, this is

• Relative Location

• Absolute Location

• Dead Reckoning

• Terrain Association

Height of the Earth's surface above sea level

• Barometric height

• Altitude

• Elevation

• Relief scale

Relief is defined as the variation in cloud cover across an area of the earth

• TRUE

• FALSE

Observe the map closely. What type of map is this?

• Mental

• Thematic

• Internal

• Relief

GPS

• Geospatial Positioning System

• Geographic Positioning Satellite

• Global Positioning System

• Gerontological Phase Structure

Smaller rivers tend to be ------------ to larger ones.

• Feeders

• Tributaries

• Headwaters

• Flow lines

A large and powerful windstorm that forms over warm ocean waters

• Monsoon

• Typhoon

• Tsunami

• Hurricane

Fossil fuels are resources formed on Earth from the remains of plants and animals

• TRUE

• FALSE