Geography Maps and Sun/Earth relations

What is the Azimuthal Projection used for?

• It's perfect for making maps of the North and South Poles. It's also used by pilots because it correctly shows the shortest flight paths from the center point.

• It's great for making maps of countries in the middle of the globe that are wide, like the United States or Russia. It keeps their shapes and sizes pretty accurate.

• It's famous for sailing because any straight line you draw on this map is a line of constant compass direction. It's also used for online maps like Google Maps because the grid makes it easy to zoom in and out.

• It is used for walking in the jungle and it can help find gold!

What is the Conical Projection used for?

• It's perfect for making maps of the North and South Poles. It's also used by pilots because it correctly shows the shortest flight paths from the center point.

• It's great for making maps of countries in the middle of the globe that are wide, like the United States or Russia. It keeps their shapes and sizes pretty accurate.

• It's famous for sailing because any straight line you draw on this map is a line of constant compass direction. It's also used for online maps like Google Maps because the grid makes it easy to zoom in and out.

• • Azimuthal Projection

  
  

  • Conical Projection

  
  

  • Cylindrical, Mercator Projection

What is the Cylindrical map projection used for?

• It's famous for sailing because any straight line you draw on this map is a line of constant compass direction. It's also used for online maps like Google Maps because the grid makes it easy to zoom in and out.

• It's great for making maps of countries in the middle of the globe that are wide, like the United States or Russia. It keeps their shapes and sizes pretty accurate.

• It's perfect for traveling through hemespheres.

• It's perfect for making maps of the North and South Poles. It's also used by pilots because it correctly shows the shortest flight paths from the center point.

Match the following

• Cylindrical: Mercator Projection

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• Goode-homolosine

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• Conical Projection

• 
• Azimuthal Projection

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What is a population Pyramid used for?

• It is used for analysing how many people die each year in a country.

• To analyze the weather.

• A population pyramid is used to visualize the age and sex distribution of a population,

• It is used for analysing how many people are born each year in a country.

Every where in the globe receives the same amount of solar energy.

• True

• False

Which region receives the most amount of solar energy?

• Middle Latitude

• The Equator, the Tropics

• High latitudes

• Polar regions

The ___________ receive the least amount of solar energy.

What is the name of the regions between the Polar and Tropical regions?

• Middle Latitudes

• High Latitudes

• Low Latitudes

• KFC

Reorder the following: more than, angled sun, heat the Earth, Direct sun rays, rays.

• heat the Earth

• angled sun

• rays.

• more than

• Direct sun rays