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What coordinate system do you put first? Latitude or Longitude?
It doesn't matter
latitude
Longitude
2
What is the true shape of the Earth
round
oblate spheroid
square
oval
3
What is the highest number that a latitude line can go up to?
90 degrees
180 degrees
360 degrees
4
Which side of the map is a gentle slope?
North
East
South
West
5
What city is at 0 degrees longitude?
Greenwich
NYC
Chicago
Paris
6
What direction do latitude lines measure?
South and West
North and East
North and South
West and East
7
What is the latitude and longitude of A?
100 degrees North 28 degrees West
28 degrees North 100 degrees West
28 degrees South100 degrees East
100 degrees West 28 degrees North
8
What map shows land features and elevation of an area?
Topographic Map
physical
economic
Political
9
Compared to the circumference of the Earth through the poles, the circum. around the equator
is smaller
is larger
is the same
10
What is the possible elevation of "B"
420
500
415
400
11
What is the contour interval of this map?
30
100
20
50
12
Which is not evidence that the Earth is round?
The coordinate grid
lunar eclipse
sinking horizon
pictures from space
13
What was John Harrison Famous for inventing?
Very accurate clock/marine chronometer
Latitude lines
Flat Earth Theory
Tall ships
14
Where would you weigh the most?
The equator
The Poles
New York
The prime meridan
15
Which is false about contour lines?
contour lines always cross each other
All points along contour lines are the same elevation
contour lines always connect
Contour never cross each other
16
What is the difference between the Earth's poles and equator?
1000 Km
42 Km
500 Km
There is no difference
17
Where is the Earth the widest?
the equator
The poles
18
What is the distance between the equator and its poles
360 degrees
180 degrees
90 degrees
19
What direction do longitude lines measure?
West to north
South to East
North to South
West to East
20
Where would you weigh the least?
The equator
New york
The meridian
The poles
21
What shape does the earth appear from space?
oblate spheroid
square
round
oval
22
What is another name for longitude lines?
parallels
ladder lines
meridans
23
What hemisphere do we live in?
Western
Eastern
24
What causes the Earth to bulge?
land masses
The rotation of the Earth
oceans
25
What is another name for latitude lines?
meridians
ladder lines
parallels
26
What is the highest elevation of "X" ?
539
519
520
600
27
What is not a piece of evidence that the Earth is round?
sinking ships on the horizon
You can see a curve from the mountain
lunar eclipse
space pictures
28
Which side of the map is a steep slope?
North
East
West
South
