Mapping Earth

A key that lists all the symbols used on the map

• map legend
• compass rose
• map scale

The relationship between a distance on the map and the actual distance on the ground

• map legend
• longitude
• map view
• map scale

Drawn as if you were looking down on an area from above Earth's surface

• profile view
• map view
• map scale
• map view

Drawing that shows an object as though you were looking at it from the side

• map view
• map legend
• time 
• profile view

The distance in degrees east or west of the prime meridian

• latitude
• longitude
• prime meridian
• equator

The distance in degrees north or south of the equator

• longitude
• prime meridian
• latitude

The area on Earth's surface between two meridians where people use the same time

• prime meridian
• International Date Line
• time zone

The line of latitude 180 degrees east or west of the prime meridian 

• cylindrical projection
• time zone
• International Date Line

Map that best represents the shapes of areas near the equator

• conical projection
• topographic map
• cylindrical projection

0 degrees latitude; an imaginary line that runs around the middle of Earth, like a belt

• Tropic of Cancer
• Equator
• Prime Meridian
• Tropic of Capricorn

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4