BJU Earth Science Chapter 3

Maps used to navigate at sea are properly called charts

The arrow on the map points to which direction?

What is the boxed area on a map where all of the symbols and colors used on the map are defined

A map's north arrow must always point up on a map

What is the highest possible number for longitude reading?

Surveying is useful for mapping underwater canyons

The arrow on maps points

Conic projections reduce the distortion of maps displaying the earth's surface in the middle latitudes

a map with its point of contact in the center of North America would be an ______ projection.

Gnomonic projections are the best because they have no distortion

What does the international date line pass through?

what theory says God used the big bang theory to create the earth and created life since then

Which is a map that displays certain kinds of related information to produce a unified theme?

Maps of the polar region often use __________ projection?

What is a geographic map?

A map of the US that is shaded to show the range of the gray wolf and and the red wolf would be

Which part of the map is often expressed as the ratio of two numbers?

a degree of latitude is about the same length anywhere along what?

What indicated to many educated people that the earth was actually a sphere?

All meridians are halves of great circles

The GIS line data type would best represent a road on a digital map

what type of lines on a map connect points of equal elevation?

Where are you standing at 0 degrees latitude?

What is a person called who makes maps?

What are cardinal directions?

a map that shows elevation and landform information usually indicated by contour lines

What measure of latitude or longitude is 60 nautical mile on the earth's surface at the equator

Sailors needed an accurate clock before they could accurately determine longitude

In comparison to a map of the US, a map showing the streets in your neighborhood would be a small-scale map

sonar is used in mapping the______ floor.

You're in charge of creating the route for a new hiking trail through mountains, you should use

What type of map most accurately show the true shape of the continets?

The geographic position 123.5 N 73.2 E is a valid set of coordinates

The International Date Line follows the length of the 180 degree meridian

Which of the following measures of latitude or longitude is about 60 nautical miles on earth's surface at Equator?

when a map projection's point touches somewhere between the equator and a pole.

No map can show every detail of the earth's surface

What is a political map?