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Question 1

What is a Geologist?

Answer 1

A person who studies the solid and liquid matter that makes up the earth and studies the changes to that geology over the course of history.

Question 2

What does an Ecologist study?

Answer 2

Interactions among organisms and their environment.

Question 3

Define Urban Planner.

Answer 3

A person who optimises the effectiveness of a community’s land use and infrastructure.

Question 4

What is the role of a Volcanologist?

Answer 4

A person who studies the formation and activity of volcanoes.

Question 5

What does an Oceanographer study?

Answer 5

A wide variety of topics such as marine life, ecosystems, ocean circulation, tectonic plates, chemical and physical properties of the ocean as well as the geology of the seafloor.

Question 6

Who is a Demographer?

Answer 6

A person who conducts statistics about the composition, distribution and transition of the human population.

Question 7

What does a Glaciologist analyze?

Answer 7

The formation, movement and effects of different types of glaciers.

Question 8

Define Meteorologist.

Answer 8

A person who analyses data such as surface and upper air observations of temperature, wind, pressure, weather satellite data, radar data, lightning strikes, and data from weather models.

Question 9

What is the Winkel Tripel Projection?

Answer 9

Most used projection that provides the best accurate representation of the world.

Question 10

What is the primary use of the Mercator Projection?

Answer 10

Best suited for navigational purposes.

Question 11

What does a Physical Map show?

Answer 11

Landforms, vegetation or climate regions.

Question 12

What is a Historical Map?

Answer 12

Indicates the early settlements patterns of a country.

Question 13

What does a Political Map depict?

Answer 13

Regions, cities, towns, boundaries.

Question 14

What are Aerial photos?

Answer 14

Photos taken by a plane or helicopter.

Question 15

What are Satellite Images?

Answer 15

Produced from data collected in space.

Question 16

Define Topographical Map.

Answer 16

Landforms that are indicated by brown lines with a specific height numbering.

Question 17

What does an Economic Map show?

Answer 17

Natural resources or wealth of a country.

Question 18

What does a Population Map indicate?

Answer 18

The number of people.

Question 19

What is a Map?

Answer 19

2D representation of the earth’s surface.

Question 20

Define a Globe.

Answer 20

3D representation of the earth’s surface.

Question 21

What is an Atlas?

Answer 21

Book containing maps, information, facts/statistics.

Question 22

What does BOLTSS stand for in mapping requirements?

Answer 22

Border, Orientation, Legend, Title, Scale, Source.

Question 23

What is the purpose of a Border on a map?

Answer 23

Separates the map from other information.

Question 24

What is the function of a Compass Rose?

Answer 24

Helps find direction in terms of the ordinal points.

Question 25

What does Longitude measure?

Answer 25

Distance from west to east; north, south and parallel to the equator.

Question 26

What does Latitude measure?

Answer 26

Distance from north to south; west, east and parallel to the prime meridian.

Question 27

What is the definition of a Legend on a map?

Answer 27

Provides information about the symbols and the colours being used.

Question 28

What does the Title of a map indicate?

Answer 28

Helps us understand the content of the map.

Question 29

What are the three types of scales on a map?

Answer 29

* Verbal scale * Ratio scale * Linear scale

Question 30

How do you convert from a ratio scale?

Answer 30

Divide by 100,000.

Question 31

How many time zones are there in the world?

Answer 31

24 time zones.

Question 32

What is the angular measurement of each time zone?

Answer 32

15°.

Question 33

What are the six time zones in Canada?

Answer 33

* Pacific * Mountain * Central * Eastern * Atlantic * Newfoundland

Question 34

What is the time difference in most Canadian time zones?

Answer 34

1 hour, except for Newfoundland which has a half-hour difference.

Question 35

What is the beginning time for Daylight Savings Time in Canada?

Answer 35

2:00am on the second Sunday in March.

Question 36

What is the capital of Canada?

Answer 36

Ottawa.

Question 37

Name a major city in Alberta.

Answer 37

Calgary.

Question 38

Fill in the blank: The Prime Meridian runs through _______.

Answer 38

Greenwich, England.

Question 39

True or False: The International Dateline is located at 180°.

Answer 39

True.