Science Chapter 2 Vocabulary

science of map making

• Cartography
• Equator

• Latitude

• Longitude

imaginary line that lies at 0 degree latitude and circles Earth mid way between the North and hemisphere and the Southern hemisphere

• Equator
• Latitude

• Longitude

• Prime meridian

distance in degrees  North and South of the equator

• Latitude
• Longitude
• Prime meridian

• International Date Line

distance in degrees East and West of the meridian prime.

• Longitude
• Prime meridian

• International Date Line

• Mercator Projection

imaginary line representing 0 degree longitude, running from the North Pole, through Greenwich , England , to the South Pole

• International Date Line

• Mercator Projection

• Prime Meridian
• Conic Projection

180 degree meridian, serves as the transition line for calendar day.

• International Date Line

• Mercator Projection

• Conic Projection

• Gnomonic Projection

map that has parallel line of latitude and longitude.

• Mercator Projection
• Conic Projection

• Gnomonic Projection

• Topographic Maps

map that is highly accurate for small area , made by projecting point and line from a globe onto a cone

• Conic Projection

• Gnomonic Projection

• Topographic Maps

• Contour Line

 map useful in plotting long- distance tries by boat or plane, made by projecting point and lines from a globe onto a piece of paper that touches the globe at a single point.

• Gnomonic Projection

• Topographic Maps

• Contour Line

• Contour interval

map that uses contour line , symbols, and color to show changes in the elevation of Earth, surface and features such as mountain, bridges and river

• Topographic Map
• Contour Line

• Contour interval

• Geologic Map