WorksheetsModeling Earth
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 6mins
What does GPS stand for?
Global Point System
Guided Point System
Global Positioning System
Guided Placement System
You are planning a road trip with friends, and you want to find the fastest route that avoids high-traffic roads. Which tool would be the most useful?
Topographic map
GPS
Compass
Sextant
Which TWO reference points are necessary to determine an exact location?
Select TWO answers.
Altitude
elevation
longitude
latitude
Zero degrees longitude represents which location?
Equator
Prime Meridian
International Date Line
North Pole
Why is remote sensing technology necessary for studying features on Earth's surface?
Some changes in surface features occur because of processes that happen deep within Earth's interior.
Scientists require rock samples to better understand processes that form Earth's surface features.
Some characteristics of Earth's large surface features are most clearly viewed from a distance.
Which question can best be answered using remote sensing image data?
How much of the Amazon river basin has been deforested?
How many frog species have become extinct as a result of deforestation?
How can biodiversity be restored on deforested lands?
A large tornado has just passed. What type of map would be most useful to a surveyor to assess the damage of an area?
Satellite map
Political/geographic map
Topographic map
Street map
What type of map is most useful for a person hiking along the Appalachian trail?
Topographic map
Satellite map
Political/Geographic map
Road map
Which of the following indicates the elevation on a topographic map?
Contour Line
Contour Interval
Meridian
Scale
Zero degrees latitude represents which location?
Equator
Prime Meridian
International Date Line
North Pole
