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STUDY GUIDE

EARTH SCIENCE CHAPTER THREE

Use the word bank to complete the fill in the blank sentences.

|Direction of the river’s |Seven |Equator |Prime Meridian |180( (use twice) |

|source | | | | |

|Ratio |Verbal |Cliff |Craters of a Volcano |Change in Elevation |

1. Depression contours are used to show ________________________.

2. A map scale of “1 inch equals 2000 feet” is a _____________scale.

3. The Northern and Southern Hemispheres are divided by the _______________.

4. __________ Degrees of latitude separate the North and South Poles.

5. A map scale 1:24 000 is a __________________scale.

6. Starting at sea level, _____________contour lines (with a contour interval of 20 feet) would be needed to show an island 125 ft high on a map.

7. To determine the average slope of two points on a topographic map, you need to know the distance between the points and ______________ __________ _____________________.

8. ___________is the greatest number of degrees that a traveler can ever be from the prime meridian.

9. The ________________ divides the Eastern and Western Hemispheres.

10. A ________________is the landform shown by many contour lines drawn very close together.

11. When a contour line crosses a river, the contour lines make a V, or bends, to form a point _____________________________________.

|Bench mark |Latitude |Longitude |Degrees |

|Map Scale |Minute |Prime Meridian |Map Projection |

|Equator |Parallels |Elevation |Meridians |

|Contour Interval |Hachures |International Date Line |Topographic Map |

12. ____________indicates locations north and south of the equator.

13. The height above sea level is ________________________.

14. A ________________is a system for drawing maps.

15. Short straight lines that indicate depressions are called ________________.

16. _______________are lines of longitude.

17. 0( longitude is called the _____________ ___________________.

18. A ____________is 1/60 of a degree.

19. The difference in elevation between two contour lines is called _________ ____________.

20. 0( latitude represents the ___________________-.

21. Locations east or west of the prime meridian represent _____________.

22. __________________ are lines of latitude.

23. The _____________ ______________ _________ is 180( longitude.

24. A ____________ ____________represents the distance along ground.

25. ____________ are units to measure latitude and longitude.

26. An exact elevation indicator is a __________ __________.

27. A ______________ ______________ is a map showing relief features.

There will be questions on plotting latitude and longitude on a map and there will be SOL questions that you should be able to answer based on your understanding the material.

Match the profiles with the correct contour map

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