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Chapter 2 Study Guide: Mapping Earth's Surface
Section 2-1 Exploring Earth's Surface (pages 34-38)
Name __________________________ Period ____
1. The shape of the land is referred to as _____________________________.
2. _____________________________ is the height above sea level.
3. Differences in elevation are called _____________________________.
4. A _____________________________ is a feature of topography.
Fill in the chart to compare and contrast types of landforms.
Landform
Elevation
Relief
Plain
5.
Low
Mountain
6.
High
7.
High
8.
9-13. List the 5 types of landform regions that are found in the United States (found on map key).
a. ___________________________
d. _________________________
b. ___________________________
e. _________________________
c. ___________________________
14. A plain that lies along a seacoast is called a ________________________ _____________.
15. A plain that lies away from the coast is called an __________________________ ______________.
Fill in the table to show how the different types of mountain landforms are related to one another.
Type of Landform
Description
16.
Group of mountains
17.
Group of mountain ranges
18.
Group of mountain ranges and systems
19-21. A group of mountains forms a mountain __________________.
Mountain ranges combine to form a mountain _________________________.
Mountain ranges together with mountain systems combine to form a mountain ___________________.
22. A large area of land for which the topography is mainly one type of landform is called a
__________________________ ______________________________.
Section 2-2 Models of Earth (pages 39-47)
23. A flat model of all or part of Earth’s surface is called a _____________________.
24. A sphere that represents Earth’s entire surface as seen from space is a __________________________.
Match each map feature with the role that it plays.
_______ 25. scale
A. relates directions on a map to directions on Earth's surface
_______ 26. symbol
B. stands for a feature on Earth's surface
_______ 27. key or legend
C. relates distance on a map to distance on Earth's surface
_______ 28. compass rose
D. lists and explains all the symbols on a map
29. The units scientists use to measure distances around a circle are called ______________________.
30. The imaginary line that circles the Earth halfway between the North and South Poles is the _____________.
31. Half of the earth’s surface is called a _______________________________ (northern or southern).
32-33. Circle the letter of each sentence that is true about the prime meridian.
a. It makes a half circle from the North Pole to the South Pole.
b. it passes through Washington, D.C.
c. It divides Earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.
d. It passes through the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.
34-37. Latitude lines run from ______________ to _________________ and measure distances to the
________________ and ____________________ of the equator.
38-41. Longitude lines run from _____________________ to _______________________ and measure
distances ________________________ to __________________________ of the prime meridian.
Complete the table to compare and contrast different types of map projections.
Type of Map
Distortion
Lines of Latitude and Longitude
Mercator
Toward poles
42.
43.
44.
Latitude=straight, longitude=curved
Conic
Little distortion if are is limited
45.
Section 2-3 Maps in the Computer Age (pages 49-51)
46. When mapmakers determine distances and elevation using instruments and the principles of geometry, it is
called ________________________________.
47. The process by which mapmakers convert the location of map points to numbers for use in computer
mapping (since computer language is all numbers) is called __________________________.
48. Satellite images are made up of thousands of tiny dots called __________________________.
49-51. The Global Positioning System (GPS) is a method of finding _____________________,
__________________________ and ___________________________on Earth’s surface.
Section 2-4 Topographic Maps (pages 54-58)
52. A map that shows the surface features of an area is called a(n) _____________________________ map.
53-55. The 3 types of information about the ground surface that are provided by topographic maps are
___________________________, _____________________ and __________________________.
56. ____________________ _________________ connect points of equal elevation.
57. The change of elevation from contour line to contour line is called the _____________________
____________________________.
58. Every 5th contour line is labeled and is darker than the others, known as an _________________ contour.
59. True or False: The contour interval on every map is always the same. ____________________________
60. How close the contour lines are is an indication of an area's ______________________.