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Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
In which hemisphere is location L found?
Northern
Southern
Eastern
African
In which direction would you travel going from point H to point J?
Northeast
Southeast
Southwest
East
What is the approximate longitude of point I?
45°W 105°N
45°S 105°W
45°N 105°E
45°N 105°W
Time Zone boundaries are based on...
lines of latitude
lines of longitude
the Equator
lines of chronology
What is one of the disadvantages of this type of map projections?
Mercator maps distort land sizes near the poles
Robinson maps distort land sizes near the poles
Conic maps are only good for small areas
Polar projections are good for plotting air traffic routes
Lowland of Virginia east of the fall line are known as the Tidewater and are what type of general landform?
Interior plains
Plateau
Coastal Plains
Mountains
The Appalachian mountains in the Valley and Ridge of Virginia are an example of ___ mountains formed when great earth forces pushed on the rock from either side.
upwarped
folded
volcanic
fault block
The reference line for measuring latitude (0°) is the...
Prime meridian
International date line (IDL)
Equator
North Pole
If a plane travels along 30°N latitude from A to B, how many of degrees of longitude does it fly through?
120°
60°
90°
180°
The best model of the Earth is...
a Mercator projection map
a Conic projection map
a Polar projection map
a Globe
Which profile is the best representation of the topography from St. Paul’s Church straight west to Rt. 603?
What is a contour interval?
the distance between lines
the change in elevation between two adjacent contour lines
the change in elevation between two adjacent index contour lines
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