Are You Smarter Than an 8th Grader? Chapter 2 - Maps
Are You Smarter Than an 8th Grader? 1,000,000 Are You Smarter Than an 8th Grader? 500,000 300,000 8th Grade Topo. Maps 9 8th Grade Technology 10 175,000 100,000 7th Grade Maps 7 7th Grade Topo. Maps 8 50,000 6th Grade Maps 5 6th Grade Maps 6 25,000 10,000 5th Grade Landforms 3 5th Grade Maps 4 5,000 2,000 4th Grade Topography 1 4th Grade Topography 2 1,000
4th Grade Topography ? 1 The height of a location above sea level is _____, but _____ is the difference in the highest and lowest parts of the location.
4th Grade Topography Answer 1 Height above sea level is elevation Difference in high and low elevations in a particular location is relief Return
4th Grade Topography ? 2 Match the items: A. plains B. plateaus C. mountains 1. Have high elevation & high relief. 2. Have low elevation & low relief. 3. Have high elevation & low relief
4th Grade Topography Answer 2 1. C - mountains high / high 2. A – plains low / low 3. B – plateaus high / low
5th grade Science Landforms Question 3 In what landform region are these locations (see map on p. 38) A. Geneseo B. Florida C. Nebraska D. Texas
5th grade Landforms Answer 3 A. Geneseo is in the Central Lowlands B. Florida is in the Atlantic Coastal Plain C. Nebraska is in the Great Plains D. Texas is in 3 regions: Gulf Coastal Plains, Great Plains, Rocky Mountains!
5th grade Maps Question 4 Distances on circles, maps, globes are often measured in ____.
5th grade Maps Answer 4 Degrees – not to measure temperature, but as a unit of distance instead of miles or kilometers
6th grade Maps Question 5 A. These lines run from the North Pole to the South Pole all around the globe, but measure distances east and west! B. The first of these lines is ____.
6th grade Maps Answer 5 A. Lines of LONGITUDE B. The PRIME MERIDIAN which runs from the North Pole to the South Pole through Greenwich, England
6th grade Maps Question 6 A. Latitude lines run ___ to ___, but always measure distances ___ and ___ away from the equator. B. The beginning latitude line is the ___.
6th grade Maps Answer 6 A. Latitude lines run EAST / WEST but measure distances NORTH or SOUTH of the equator. B. The EQUATOR is the beginning latitude line.
7th grade Maps Question 7 Match the items: A. Mercator B. Conic C. Equal-Area 1. Least distorted and largest area 2. Least distorted of all, but the smallest area 3. Most distorted of all
7th grade Maps Answer 7 1. C – Equal-area shows almost the entire globe, with some distortion at the poles. 2. B – Conic shows almost no distortion, but only a very small area. 3. A – Mercator shows most of the globe but much distortion at the poles.
7th grade Topographic Maps ? 8 If a topographic map had an index contour marked 100 meters and the next index contour was marked 200 meters, with 3 contour lines between the index contours, what is the contour interval of the map?
7th grade Topographic Maps Answer 8 25 meters – each contour line on the topographic map is an elevation change of 25 meters
8th grade Topographic Maps Question 9 If contour lines are very close together, the elevation is ____, but if the contour lines are very far apart, the elevation is ____.
8th grade Topographic Maps Answer 9 When lines are very close, the relief is high and the elevation is changing rapidly – it is steep! When lines are far apart, the relief is low and the elevation is changing slowly – the slope is gentle or flat
8th grade Technology ? 10 What is GPS and how is it used?
8th grade Technology Answer 10 GPS is “Global Positioning System.” With a device on land, at least 3 GPS satellites can be used to provide exact Lat/Long coordinates for location of the land device (and you).
Million Dollar Question 9th grade Earth Science: Topographic Maps
$1,000,000 Question Answer #’s 3 & 4 on page 63 in the Standardized Test Prep section.
$1,000,000 Answer 3. The relief or topography represented by the map is most like A 4. The contour interval of the map is given as 15 meters, so X has to be 1500 – 15 = 1485 meters. Return
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