1.4.R - Quiz: Earth/Measurement of the Earth/Mapping the Earth

Question 1

What do the “V” features show?

Answer 1

Rivers

Question 2

1 kilometer equals approximately _________________.

Answer 2

3,300 feet

Question 3

According to this quadrangle, it is located on what line of longitude?

Answer 3

116° 00’

Question 4

According to this quadrangle, it is located on what line of latitude?

Answer 4

43º 30’

Question 5

What type of line found on the topographic map and its map legend is dark and shows a numerical elevation?

Answer 5

Index contour

Question 6

This is an example of a ______________.

Answer 6

conic projection

Question 7

There is very little distortion in a __________.

Answer 7

conic projection

Question 8

What does a black square or black rectangle represent on a topographical map according to its legend?

Answer 8

A building

Question 9

A Gnomonic projection __________.

Answer 9

is usually used for the polar ice caps

Question 10

Marie Tharp was one of the first ones to study _____________________.

Answer 10

and map the ocean floor

Question 11

How can scientists apply the Landsat data?

Answer 11

To help farmers know if their crops are healthy

Question 12

How does the TOPEX and Jason data help scientists? Choose all that apply.

It helps them find fossils.
It helps to predict El Niño events.
It allows them to give farmers important data regarding their crops.
It helps them understand global climate change.
It allows the forest service to monitor the forests.
It helps them understand currents.

Answer 12

It helps to predict El Niño events.
It helps them understand global climate change.
It helps them understand currents.

Question 13

Why was Jason 2 sent into orbit?

Answer 13

It was part of the oceansurface topography mission.

Question 14

If a sailor uses an instrument called a sextant and discovers that Polaris is 45° in altitude, calculate his latitude. His latitude is _________.

Answer 14

45°

Question 15

Someone gets on an airplane in Greenwich, England. They fly forward in time six hours. What degree longitude would they be near?

Answer 15

90° E

Question 16

The line of latitude found at 66° 33” north is called the _________.

Answer 16

Arctic Circle

Question 17

Which of the following are true of the Equator? (Check all that apply)

All other latitude lines are measured from the Equator.
Polaris is located directly above the Equator.
It encircles Earth at its widest point.
It is located at 0° latitude.

Answer 17

All other latitude lines are measured from the Equator.
It encircles Earth at its widest point.
It is located at 0° latitude.

Question 18

The Tropic of Capricorn is _________. (Choose 3)

south of the Equator
found at 23.5° north
north of the Equator
found at 23.5° south
a line of longitude
a line of latitude

Answer 18

south of the Equator
found at 23.5° south
a line of latitude

Question 19

An ecologist studied the interaction between lions and giraffes; what sphere would the study be considered part of?

Answer 19

biosphere

Question 20

The space between the soil is part of the _________.

Answer 20

atmosphere

Question 21

The lithosphere includes all of the following except _________.

Answer 21

icebergs

Question 22

Ozone _________.

Answer 22

protects us from harmful radiation

Question 23

The highest point of a wave is called the ______________. The lowest point of the wave is called the ______________. (Use your vocabulary words from the lesson, or it will be wrong.)

Answer 23

The highest point is the crest, and the lowest point is called the trough.

Question 24

Why do we see the sky as blue on a clear day?

Answer 24

We see the color blue in the sky because all the other colors are being absorbed except for the color blue, which is being reflected.