Flashcards in tiffany's geo Deck (25):
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how many time zones are there in canada?
6
2
what's different about Newfoundland time?
half an hour difference (instead of an hour)
3
how many hours difference is there between Canada's most easterly and most westerly time zones?
4 and a half hours
4
time zones are an interval of __ degrees apart?
15 degrees (360/24=15)
5
example of a direct statement scale
1cm = 100km
6
example of a representative fraction (ratio) scale
1 : 500 000
7
latitude
horizontal
8
longitude
vertical
9
prime meridian
0° E/W
10
international date line
180° E/W
11
north pole
90° N
12
arctic circle
75° N
13
tropic of cancer
45° N
14
equator
0° N/S
15
tropic of capricorn
45° S
16
antarctic circle
75° S
17
south pole
90° S
18
military grid
eastings first, then northings
19
how many digits are there in a military grid reading?
6
20
contour lines create what pattern when crossing a valley?
V (that always points uphill)
21
what are closed depressions?
holes? basically below 0
22
closed depressions are marked with
hatch marks
23
index contours indicate
a specific or important interval
24
who came up with the idea that there should be a standard time zone system worldwide?
Sir Stanford Fleming (Canadian)
25