Lab Quiz #1 Flashcards
(22 cards)
1 millimeter equals ___ meters
0.001 m
1 centimeter equals ___ meters
0.01 m
1 kilometer equals ___ meters
1000.0 m
1 meter equals ___ feet
3.28 ft
1 centimeter equals ___ inches
0.39 in
1 kilometer equals ___ miles
0.62 miles
1 foot equals ___ meters
0.30 m
1 inch equals ___ centimeters
2.54 cm
1 mile equals ___ kilometers
1.61 km
what is a parallel?
A line connecting all points along the same latitude
what is a meridian?
A line connecting all points along the same longitude
what is map scale?
The ratio between the distance separating two points on a map and the distance between those two points on a map
What is a written or verbal scale?
States the ratio, “one cm to one km”
what is a ratio or fractional scale?
contains either a : or a / as in 1:24,000 or 1/24,000
what is a bar scale?
a line or bar divided into segments illustrating the relationship between the map distance and the ground distance
what is a small scale map?
A map that has a large denominator and covers a bigger area of land
what is a large scale map?
A map that has a small denominator and covers a smaller area of land
What is the suns declination?
The latitude that receives direct rays from the sun
How do you find the temperature difference of an unknown location?
- Find the difference in elevation
- Divide the answer by 1000
- Multiply by 6.5 (finds the difference in temp)
- Either add or subtract the the temp difference to the temp of the known location. (Add if location 2 is a lower elevation than location 1 and vice versa)
what is an antipode?
points on the globe that are diametrically opposite each other
how do you find a places antipode? Ex: 56 N, 38 E
Latitude stays the same (but in the opposite hemisphere) and the longitude is subtracted from 180 and the direction is switched. Ex: 56 S, 142 W
Atmospheric pressure ____ with altitude
decreases
