Chapters 4-1 Student Unit Grown

Maps are typically aligned to?

• Equatorial north
• True north
• Magnetic north
• Stellar north

What features does a planimetric map omit?

• Lines of communication
• Town and city names
• Terrain and landforms
• Political boundaries

Elevations and contours are normally measured from?

• Sea level
• Mean altitude
• Geographic reference altitude
• Ground level

Topographic maps portray what?

• Terrain and landforms as contours
• Population estimates
• Tropical subareas
• Political boundaries

Which of these is not a map coordinate system?

• UTM
• Geographic Coordinate System
• GEOREF
• GMT

Meridians of longitude are oriented how?

• Parallel to the magnetic poles
• Parallel to the Equator
• North-south to the true poles
• East-west

The Prime Meridian has what value of Longitude?

• 90 degrees
• 180 degrees
• 270 degrees
• 0 degrees

The Prime Meridian runs through where?

• Washington DC, USA
• Berlin, Germany
• Reykjavik, Iceland
• Greenwich, England

The difference between true and magnetic poles is called?

• Magnetic correction
• True difference angle
• True variation
• Magnetic variation

The Equator is what degrees of Latitude?

• 90 degrees
• 0 degrees
• 270 degrees
• 180 degrees