Modeling Earth

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What type of map is most useful for assessing damage after a tornado?

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Satellite map

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What question can be answered using remote sensing image data?

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How much of the Amazon river basin has been deforested?

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What indicates elevation on a topographic map?

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Contour Line

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Why is remote sensing technology important for studying Earth's surface features?

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Some characteristics of Earth's large surface features are most clearly viewed from a distance.

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What does zero degrees latitude represent?

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Equator

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What is remote sensing?

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The acquisition of information about an object or phenomenon without making physical contact.

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What is a topographic map?

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A map that represents the Earth's surface in three dimensions, showing elevation and terrain.

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What is the purpose of contour lines on a map?

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To represent elevation and the shape of the terrain.

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What is the Prime Meridian?

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The line of 0 degrees longitude that divides the Eastern and Western Hemispheres.

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What is the significance of the International Date Line?

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It is an imaginary line that runs from the North Pole to the South Pole, marking the change of one calendar day to the next.