Science test

Question 1

what would most accurately show the true shape of a continent

Answer 1

A globe

Question 2

One of the earliest maps in existence dates from the time of what

Answer 2

Ancient Babylonia

Question 3

What are maps that are used by sailors to navigate at sea called

Answer 3

Charts

Question 4

According to this type of Creationists, God used the big bang to create the earth and the universe billions of years ago and has created life at a number of points since then

Answer 4

Progressive

Question 5

This on a map is often expressed as the ratio of two numbers that indicate the relative size and detail of the features shown on the map

Answer 5

Map scale

Question 6

What is the name of a person who creates maps

Answer 6

Cartographers

Question 7

In comparison to a map of the United States, a map showing just the sreets in your neighborhood would be a ______ scale map.

Answer 7

large

Question 8

If you are standing at a point that has zero degrees latitude, your are standing on what

Answer 8

Equator

Question 9

What indicated to many educated people before the time of Christ that the earth was actually a sphere

Answer 9

A lunar eclipse

Question 10

What are lines of latitude called

Answer 10

Parallels

Question 11

The referene latitude line is the _________

Answer 11

Equator

Question 12

What is the highest possible number for a longitude reading

Answer 12

180

Question 13

The prime meridian at greenwich is a 0 degrees what

Answer 13

East and West

Question 14

What are the precise latitude and longitude values of your location called

Answer 14

geographic coordinates

Question 15

The internationa date line passes through what

Answer 15

The western Pacific Ocean

Question 16

What measures of latitude or longitude is about 60 nautical miles on the earth’s surface at the Equator

Answer 16

One degree

Question 17

What were the first defined subdivisions of degrees, and later were borrowed to use as units of time

Answer 17

Minutes and seconds

Question 18

Sailors were unable to easily and accurately determine longitude until the invention of these

Answer 18

clocks

Question 19

What gives you the most accurate geopgraphic coordinates

Answer 19

GPS receiver

Question 20

What direction does the arrow on many maps point

Answer 20

North

Question 21

What part of a map defines all the symbols and colors on the map

Answer 21

Map legend

Question 22

The _______ statement on a map can help determine its accuracy

Answer 22

copyright

Question 23

What is the boxed area where all of the symbols and colors used on the map are defined

Answer 23

Map legend

Question 24

Does distortion exist somewhere on every map that shows the entire world

Answer 24

yes

Question 25

What map projection would have its point of contact in the center of North America

Answer 25

Oblique

Question 26

Unlike a shpere a _____ or a ____ can be easily flattened into a plane

Answer 26

Cone, cylinder

Question 27

Catographers use map projections to transfer points from a sphere the earth to what

Answer 27

A surface that is flat, AKA a plane

Question 28

Which projection do maps of the polar regions often use which touches the globe at the poles

Answer 28

Gnomic

Question 29

What type of map was specifically created for textbook world maps

Answer 29

The Robinson world map

Question 30

A state map that you might use to find your way around while on vacation is a standard map that contains both ________ and ________ information

Answer 30

Political and Geographic

Question 31

If you are in charge of creating the route for a new hiking trail through a mountainous region, you would start by using this kind of map

Answer 31

Topographic

Question 32

What are the lines on a map that connect points on equal elevation

Answer 32

Contour lines

Question 33

What type of map would be shaded to show the ranges of the gray wolf and red golf

Answer 33

Thematic map

Question 34

In the GIS map data for a city, railroad tracks would most likely be displayed using which data type

Answer 34

Line data type

Question 35

What does GIS stand for

Answer 35

Geographic information system

Question 36

What are the ways that data is gathered for use in a GIS

Answer 36

A surveying, radar, sonair

Question 37

Who would find benchmarks the most helpful in performing his job

Answer 37

surveyors

Question 38

What is the fastest means for collecting geographic data over large areas

Answer 38

GPS

Question 39

Acoustic sensing would be most valuable in mapping what

Answer 39

The ocean floor