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1 Copyright Glencoe/McGraw-Hill, a division of the McGraw-Hill Companies, Guide for Content Master yChapter 2 Earth Science: Geology, the Environment, and the and LongitudeIn your textbook, read about latitude and the definition in Column A with the term in Column AColumn of mapmaking line that separates Earth into northern and southern hemispheres in degrees north or south of the equator in degrees east or west of the primemeridian point for longitude that passes throughGreenwich, England, and represents 0 In the space at the left, write trueif the statement is true; if the statement is false,change the italicized word or phrase to make it equator is located halfway between the north pole and the prime oflatituderun parallel to the equator is at 180 south pole is at 90 south degreeof latitude is equivalent to about 111 km on Earth s degree of latitude is divided into 360 of longitude are also called prime meridian is the reference line for east of the prime meridian are located between0 and 180 east of longitude are semicirclesthat extend from the north pole to the south degree of longitude corresponds to about 111 km at the north meridians converge at the minutestruelatitude0 truesouth Our WorldNameClassDateSTUDY Guide FOR Content MASTERYCHAPTER2 Copyright Glencoe/McGraw-Hill.

2 A division of the McGraw-Hill Companies, and Longitude, continuedIn your textbook, read about locating places with the map grid to answer the following is the latitude of point A?46 01' two points have the same latitude? What is that latitude?C and D45 59' is the longitude of point B?108 45' two points have the same longitude? What is that longitude?A and C108 46' are the coordinates of point C?45 59'N, 108 46'WIn your textbook, read about time the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the how many time zones is Earth divided? how wide is each time zone? International Date Line is located at the line of line of you travel east across the International Date Line, you your calendar one your calendar back one day your calendar 12 your calendar back 12 hours8 Chapter 2 Earth Science.

3 Geology, the Environment, and the UniverseStudy Guide for Content Master ySTUDY Guide FOR Content MASTERYCHAPTER2 ACDB46 01'N46 00'N45 59'N108 46'W 108 45'W 108 44'W 108 43'WCopyright Glencoe/McGraw-Hill, a division of the McGraw-Hill Companies, of MapsIn your textbook, read about Mercator, conic, and gnomonic each map projection as conic, the name of the map projection Mercator,conic,or gnomonic for as road and weather maps parallel lines of latitude and longitude by projecting points and lines from a globe onto a piece of paperthat touches the globe at a single point direction and distance between landmasses the areas of landmasses near the poles, but correctly showstheir shape by projecting points and lines from a globe onto a cone very little distortion in the areas or shapes of landmasses that fallalong a certain line of latitude by navigators to plot great-circle routes gnomonicconicconicMercatorgnomonicgnomon icMercatorconicStudy Guide for Content Master yChapter 2 Earth Science: Geology, the Environment, and the Universe9 Study Guide FOR Content Glencoe/McGraw-Hill, a division of the McGraw-Hill Companies, of Maps, continuedIn your textbook, read about topographic maps and contour each of the terms below just once to complete the interval contour lines hachures index contours topographic mapsMaps that show changes in elevation of Earth s surface are called (12).

4 On thiskind of map, points of equal elevation are connected by (13). The difference inelevation between two side-by-side contour lines is called the (14). Contourlines whose elevation is marked by a number on the map are known as (15).Contour lines that indicate depressions have (16), or short lines at right anglesto the contour contour interval on the map below is 20 the contour map to answer the following of the labeled points on the map has the highest elevation? is the elevation of the highest labeled point?520 of the labeled points on the map has the lowest elevation? is the elevation of the lowest labeled point?340 mhachuresindex contourscontour intervalcontour linestopographic maps10 Chapter 2 Earth Science: Geology, the Environment, and the UniverseStudy Guide for Content Master ySTUDY Guide FOR Content MASTERYCHAPTER2 ABCDE400500500 Copyright Glencoe/McGraw-Hill, a division of the McGraw-Hill Companies, of Maps, continuedIn your textbook, read about map legends and map each of the terms below to complete the following scale graphic scale map legend map scale verbal explains what the symbols on a map measure distances on a map, you need to use the , ofwhich there are three expresses distance as a statement, such as one centimeteris equal to one consists of a line that represents a certain unit ofdistance, such as 5 expresses distance as a ratio, such as 1:63 map and map legend below have been reduced to fit this space.

5 Use the map andthe map legend to answer the following city on the map is closest to a campground?Oak highway leads to a skiing area?Highway two cities are connected by a railroad?Day City and Oak at the verbal scale. If the distance from Centerville to Oak Hills is 10 km,how far apart should these cities be on the map?10 cmfractional scalegraphic scaleverbal scalemap scalemap legendStudy Guide for Content Master yChapter 2 Earth Science: Geology, the Environment, and the Universe11 Study Guide FOR Content MASTERYCHAPTER2lllllllllllllllllllllllll llllllllllllllllllCentervilleHighway 33 Highway 8 Highway 15 DayCityOakHillsMap LegendRailroadSkiingCampgroundAirport1:1 00 0001 cm 1 kmCopyright Glencoe/McGraw-Hill, a division of the McGraw-Hill Companies, SensingIn your textbook, read about the electromagnetic the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the arrangement of electromagnetic radiation is called sensing radiation imaging electromagnetic spectrum term describes the number of waves that pass a particular point eachsecond?

6 Of the following is NOT a type of electromagnetic radiation? rays waves waves speed of light in a vacuum is 000 km/s km/s form of electromagnetic radiation has the highest frequency? light waves rays form of electromagnetic radiation has the lowest frequency? light waves wavesIn your textbook, read about Landsat satellites, the Topex/Poseidonsatellite, and the Global Positioning the name of the remote sensing device Landsat,Topex/Poseidon, or GPS for each a system of 24 satellites that transmit microwaves radar to map features, such as mountains and valleys,that are on the ocean floor a handheld receiver to help people determine their exactposition on Earth images that show surface features as different colors for ship and airplane navigation up bulges and depressions in ocean water Topex/PoseidonGPSL andsatGPST opex/PoseidonGPS12 Chapter 2 Earth Science: Geology, the Environment, and the UniverseStudy Guide for Content Master ySTUDY Guide FOR Content MASTERYCHAPTER2