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| earth is divided into halves (hemispheres) can be north, south east or west |
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| narrow brown lines on topographic maps, indicates landscapes elevation (or height above sea level) |
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longitude line
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| half circles that run from north to south between poles |
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| natural and human - made surface features |
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| imaginary line dividing the northern and southern hemispheres. |
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| a flat, two dimensional representation of earth's surface |
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latitude line
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| circle the world from east to west parallel to the equator. |
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| 3 dimensionoal accurate in size, shape and distance |
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| 2 dimensional, not accurate |
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| Different ways to draw world maps |
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| 3 kinds of maps (projections) Mr. White has discussed |
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| mercator, gnomic, and polyconic |
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| At the equator. Shows true directions and whole planet. |
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| Good at poles. Shows shortest distances between poles |
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| good for midlatitudes. Land forms have true shape and size in relation to each other. |
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| The lines of latitude and longitude divide the planet into a grid system what is this good for finding? |
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| (climblike ladder) run east and west on maps. |
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| is zero degrees latitude seperates northern and southern hemispheres. |
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| North and south poles are how many degrees from equator |
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| what are two important lines of longitude |
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| Prime Meridian and International Date Line |
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| is at zero degrees and divides eatstern and western hemispheres |
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| Is 180 degrees east/west this is the point where days change |
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| Tells weather things are north, south, east, or west |
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| tells path of sun during different seasons (yellow rebbon on globe) |
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| shows man-made and natural surface features on earth |
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| on map shows elevation (height) of land forms. always point upstream |
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| shows the difference in elevation between 2 consecutive contour lines |
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| difference in direction between true north and magnetic north when using a compass needle |
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