Chapter 8 Post Lab

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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


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