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WorksheetsCh 2 Review - Mapping Earth
Total questions: 65
Worksheet time: 34mins
You will review the locations of continents, oceans, important seas, and North American Landforms, correct?
Yes
No
Latitude Lines and Longitude Lines are always ___ each other
perpendicular to - at right angles
parallel to
touching
North is always ___ South
opposite
in the same direction as
perpendicular to
East is always ___ West
opposite
in the same direction as
perpendicular to
North is always ___ East.
South is always ___ East.
South is always ___ West.
perpendicular to
parallel to
in the same direction as
opposite
A coastal plain has ___ elevation and ___ relief
low, low
low, high
high, low
high, high
Mountains have ___ elevation and ___ relief.
high, high
low, high
high, low
low, low
Plateaus have ___ elevation and ___ relief
high, low
low, high
high, high
low, low
Interior plains have ___ relief and ___ elevation.
low, low
low, high
low, varying
We are within a 4 hour drive of
Rocky Mountains
Adirondack Mountains
Coastal Cascade Mountains
Sierra Nevada Mountains
We live close to the ___ ocean
Atlantic
Pacific
Indian
Arctic
California, Oregon, and Washington all border the ___ ocean
Atlantic
Pacific
Indian
Arctic
The Great Plains are located in
Central Africa
The American and Canadian midwest
France and Germany
China and Mongolia
The Gulf of Mexico is next to
The Caribbean Sea
The Bering Sea
The Red Sea
The Mediterranean Sea
The highest (and tallest) American mountain is in
Alaska
Colorado
Hawai'i
Virginia
The HEIGHT (how "tall") of a mountain is measured from ___ to ___.
base to peak
sea level to peak
The ELEVATION of a mountain peak is measured from ___ to ___.
base to peak
sea level to peak
The ___ mountain the world is Mt McKinley in Alaska even though its elevation is only about 20,000 feet. Mt Everest is NOT the tallest - it has the highest ___ at 30,000 feet.
tallest, elevation
tallest, tallest
highest, tallest
A scientific model
must be beautiful and thin
can be a visual representation of a process
can be a visual representation of something gigantic or really teeny tiny
everything but the "beautiful and thin" answer
is often a 3D model that shows internal as well as external features.
A globe is
a model of Earth
the real Earth
A globe is best.
BUT a map is useful because
It is portable and can fit in your pocket
It fits on a page in a book
it can be shown on your school issued ipad or projected on a wall
it is a good enough representation for most purposes
all of these answers
A map is ___ and a globe is ___
flat, spherical
spherical, flat
flat, flat
spherical, spherical
Any map is a ___ representation of the spherical globe
faithful
distorted
The map of a smaller region, such as map of Allegheny County, has ___ distortion than a world map.
less
more
the same
A map distorts reality since the sherical globe has to be
flattened
cut off
___ is a line of latitude
Equator
Prime Meridian
The Tropic of Cancer, the Tropic of Capricorn, the Arctic Circle, and the Antarctic Circle are all lines that are ___ to the Equator and lines of ___.
parallel, longitude
parallel, latitude
perpendicular, longitude
perpendicular, latitude
While climbing the Earth Ladder you are climbing lines of ___
latitude
longitude
either latitude or longitude
The Tropic of Cancer, the Tropic of Capricorn, the Arctic Circle, and the Antarctic Circle are all line ___ to the Prime Meridian.
parallel
perpendicular
90 degrees north latitude is also known as
the prime meridian
the north pole
The arctic circle
the tropic of cancer
I remember that the Tropic of Cancer is in the North and that the Tropic of Capricorn is in the South because
Alphabetically Cancer comes before Capricorn North to South
I ain't got no system and I already forgetted
___ is tilted 23.5 degrees from its orbit
Sun
Moon
Earth
Jupiter
In the tropics, ___ is overhead at least one day a year.
Sun
Earth
Jupiter
North Star
In both the Arctic and Antarctic regions, there is at least one day where the sun never sets (and one day where the sun never rises.
true
false
At the North Pole and South Poles the sun rises and sets ___ a year
once
365 times
The Tropic of Cancer is ___ North of Equator.
The Tropic of Capricorn is ___ South of Equator.
The Arctic Circle ___ from the North Pole.
The Antarctic Circle is ___ from the South Pole
all different answers
30 degrees
23.5 degrees
60 degrees
90 degrees
The equator is
A
B
C
D
E
The Prime Meridian is
A
B
C
D
E
The Tropic of Cancer is
B
C
D
E
F
The Tropic of Capricorn is
B
C
D
E
F
The Arctic Circle is
B
C
D
E
F
The Antarctic Circle is
B
C
D
E
F
The Arctic is ___ of B
north
south
The Antarctic Region is ___ of F
north
south
The Tropics are between ___ and ___
CD
BC
DE
CE
CF
Any angle "East Longitude" is to the ___ of the Prime Meridian
left
right
north
south
Any angle "West Longitude" is to the ___ of the Prime Meridian
left
right
north
south
A cylindrical projection of the Globe onto a map (such as a Mercator Projection) looks like this
A conical projection of the Globe onto a map looks like this
An equal area projection of the Globe onto a map looks like this
A cylindrical - Mercator - projection is best for
Navigation: north-south is perpendicular to east-west
minimal size distortion of the whole world
minimal size distortion of a continent or large country like the USA
A conical projection is best for
Navigation: north-south is perpendicular to east-west
minimal size distortion of the whole world
minimal size distortion of a continent or large country like the USA
An equal area projection is best for
Navigation: north-south is perpendicular to east-west
minimal size distortion of the whole world
minimal size distortion of a continent or large country like the USA
The disadvantage of a cylindrical - Mercator - projection is that it (a) the size and shape of objects near the poles
The disadvantage of a conical projection is that the latitude and longitude lines are not (a) and it's just not good for NAVIGATION
A disadvantage of an equal area projection is that it (a) the shape of objects toward the edges of the map.
What is the elevation of Point A?
(a)
What is the elevation of point C?
(a)
Walk from point A to point C on this map. Your trip
is all down hill
is all up hill
is down hill then up hill
is up hill then down hill
What is the contour interval on this map?
(a)
What is the contour interval on this map?
(a)
Where is the steepest slope?
A
B
C
D
E
Where is the flattest area?
A
B
C
D
E
There is an index contour line every (a) contour lines on a standard topographic map.
Explain the features you see on this map and their locations.
