What are latitude lines, how are they measured and their total number of degrees?
latitude are drawn sideways, 180 Latitude
What a map scale is used for and what are the 3 kinds
map scales are used to show distance on a map to the larger real life distance.
1.Fractional scale
2.verbal scale
3.bar scale.
Where is the prime meridian
0 degrees longitude
What does elevation measure
distance above sea level.
What is Bathymetric map
shows the floor of the ocean.
The location of the equator and its degrees of latitude
the equator is located between north and south pole and at 0' degrees latitude.
the difference between latitude and longitude
latitude is sideways and longitude is up and down
How many total degrees of longitude there are
latitude is 180 ' longitude is 360'
What is legend used for
to show symbols
What a contour map is and what contour lines are?
contour maps show relief of an area, contour lines join points of elevation.
What is elevation
elevation is measuring distance above sea level.
rules for contour lines
the lines are connected but never cross each other.
The difference between a globe and maps.
globes are 3D and maps are flat.
What a Mercator projection is
Is a map more accurate along the equator than the north poles.
what do latitude and longitude lines look like.
longitude meets at the poles and latitude one parallels.
What latitude line is a 0' degrees
equator.
What longitude line is at 0' degrees
Prime meridian
Where is the international Date line
180' IDL
How many degrees in latitude between the poles and the equator.
90'