Chapter 8 Post Lab
The public land survey system is used in all of following states except
Massachusetts
Meridians of longitude
Meet at the north and south poles
A direction of 315 in the azimuth system corresponds to
Northwest
The longitude of a location is based on the
Prime meridian
What are the latitude longitude and UTM systems used to describe
The location of points on a globe
Base lines and principal meridians are reference lines in the
Township and range system
You have been asked to draw a map of a part of your campus on 8 1/2 x 11 sheet of paper you first try a scale of 1:1000 but the paper is not long enough which of the following scales might work better
1:5,000
Which of the following show(s) the topography of a landscape?
A digital elevation model, a Landsat satellite image, and a contour map
What does a map scale of 1:24,000 describe
A map where 1 inch corresponds to 2,000 feet on the ground
A good map must contain a way to accurately determine which of the following
Distance between points shown on a map, direction between points shown on a map, location of points shown on the map
Which of these map elements is not shown on an aerial photograph?
Elevations and slope steepness
The latitude of a location is based on the
Equator
What is true of map projections?
They are needed to portray the nearly spherical shape of Earth on a flat page, they may significantly distort the shapes of continents and oceans, They can be selected so that they show particular aspects of a landmass most accurately
Why vertical exaggeration often used on Maps and map profiles
To make a topographic features like hills and valleys more visible