Earth Science Quiz 2 - Mapping Our World

Earth Science Quiz 2 - Mapping Our World

9th Grade

24 Qs

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Earth Science Quiz 2 - Mapping Our World

Earth Science Quiz 2 - Mapping Our World

Assessment

Quiz

Science

9th Grade

Hard

NGSS
HS-PS4-3, MS-PS4-2, MS-ESS2-5

+3

Standards-aligned

Created by

Milan Neeley

Used 2+ times

FREE Resource

24 questions

Show all answers

1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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A _____ explains what the symbols of a map represent.

scale

projection

title

legend

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A _____ projection has parallel lines of longitude and latitude.

topographic

gnomonic

conic

Mercator

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

A __________ projection is made by projecting points and lines from a globe onto a piece of paper that touches the globe at one point.

shadow

conic

Mercator

gnomonic

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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According to the Table, which city is farthest north?

Cape Town, South Africa

Pontianak, Indonesia

Stockholm, Sweden

Wellington, New Zealand

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How does a Landsat satellite differentiate between objects on Earth's surface?

Landsat uses a single detector to measure the intensities of energy.

Landsat satellites take pictures using visible light

Features on Earth radiate warmth at different frequencies, which show up as different colors on Landsat images

Landsat measures the longest frequencies of electromagnetic radiation from Earth

6.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

How does the satellite Topex/Poseidon (a Jason predecessor) map ocean features?

visible light

radar

X rays

ultraviolet rays

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

How many time zones are on Earth?

10

60

24

100

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