Concept Quiz 1 Flashcards
Falling rain, snow, sleet, or hail
Precipitation
The coordinate system that uses latitude and longitude to identify locations on earths surface.
Geographic Grid
The angular distance as measured from Earth’s center to a point north or south of the equator
Latitude
The line of latitude that divides Earth into two equal halves. The equator is exactly perpendicular to Earth’s axis of rotation.
Equator
A line that forms a circle on the globe by connecting points of the same latitude.
Parallel
The geographic region located between 23.5 degrees north and south latitude.
Tropics
The angular distance as measured from Earth’s center to a point east or west of the prime meridian.
Longitude
Zero degrees longitude; the line of longitude that passes through Greenwhich, England, and serves as the starting point from which all other lines of longitude are determined.
Prime meridian
A line on the globe that runs from the North pile to the South pile and connects points of the same longitude.
Meridian.
A global navigation system that uses satellites and ground based receivers to determine the geographic coordinates of any location.
Global Positioning System (GPS)
The science and art of map making
Cartography
A continuous line that bisects the globe into two equal halves, such as the equator; it is the shortest distance between two points on earth.
Great circle
A means of specifying how much the real world has been reduced on a map.
Map scale
The shape and physical character of Earth’s surface
Topography
Lines of equal elevation In relation to sea level used on a topographic map.
Contour lines
