Name ________________                                                                                                                                        Ms. Greenhouse
Date _________________                                                                                                                                        Earth Science
MEASURING EARTH – Test Review Sheet

  1. What is the range, in degrees, for latitude?         _________________________

 

  1. What is the range, in degrees, for longitude?      _________________________
  2. What is the reference line for latitude?                 _________________________
  3. What is the reference line for longitude?              _________________________
  4. Lines of latitude are also called?                                                _________________________
  5. Lines of longitude are also called?                            _________________________
  6. If you travel due east or due west does your latitude change?    ­_________________________
  7. If you travel due north or due south does your longitude change? _________________________
  8. What is a contour interval?          _________________________
  9. Your latitude in the Northern Hemisphere is also equal to the ______________  of ___________
  10. Isotherms connect points of equal           _________________________
  11. Contour lines connect points of equal    _________________________
  12. Longitude measures distance _________ or ______________ of the _______________________
  13. Latitude measures distance _______ or __________ of the _________________________
  1. How do you find the difference in elevation between 2 locations on a map?
  2. What are the two ways to determine the direction of stream flow on a map?
  3. Write the gradient equation? Where did you find the equation?
  4. What indicates a steep elevation, pressure or temperature gradient on a map?
  5. What happens to the altitude of Polaris as you head from the equator to the North Pole?
  6. What happens to the altitude of Polaris as you head from the North Pole to the equator?
  7. Where is gravity the greatest (on the Earth)? Why?
  8. What is the shape of the earth? Draw it.
  9. When describing a location using latitude and longitude, which is always written first?
  10. How do you draw a map profile?
  11. How do you draw a temperature gradient map?
  12. How is a depression shown on a topographic map?
  13. How do you determine the elevation of a depression?
  14. What information does a benchmark provide?
  15. What does the scale 1:63,360 mean?