EARTH QUIZGOOD LUCK!

EARTH ROTATES IN: A) about 24 hoursB) about 6 hoursC) about 12 hoursD) about 26 hours

CORRECT ANSWERAbout 24 hours

THE JUNCTION OF THE PRIME MERIDIAN AND THE EQUATOR IS CLOSEST TO:A) ASIAB) AFRICAC) EUROPED) AUSTRALIA

CORRECT ANSWER

AFRICA

HOW MANYDEGREES OF LONGITUDE ARE THERE IN ONE HEMISPHERE OF THE EARTH?A) 45B) 90C) 180D) 360

CORRECT ANSWER180

WHICH CONTINENT ARE YOU STANDING ON WHEN YOU ARE AT A LATITUDE OF 90 DEGREES SOUTH?

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ANTARCTICA

WHAT TIME IS IT IN MADRID IF IT IS 2 P.M. AT GREENWICH, ENGLAND?

CORRECT ANSWER

THE SAME, 2 P.M.

WHICH TYPE OF PROJECTION IS IT?

CORRECT ANSWER

CONICAL PROJECTION

ONE HOUR IS EQUAL TO _________DEGREES

CORRECT ANSWER15

THE DISTANCE BETWEEN ANY POINT OF THE EARTHS SURFACE AND THE 0 DEGREE IS

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LONGITUDE

PLANAR PROJECTION IS USED TO REPRESENT

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THE POLES AND THEIR SURROUNDINGS

IT IS THE SAME TIME ALL OVER THE WORLD

A) TRUEB) FALSE

CORRECT ANSWER

FALSE

THE SCALE OF MAPS CAN BE NUMERICAL AND

CORRECT ANSWERGRAPHIC

DEFINITION

REPRESENTATION ON A PLANE OF PART OF THE EARTHS SURFACE.

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MAP

DEFINITION

IT CAN BE EAST OR WEST

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LATITUDE

FIND OUT THE MISTAKE

THERE ARE 15 TIME ZONES OF 24 DEGREES EACH

CORRECT ANSWER

THERE ARE 24 TIME ZONES OF 15 DEGREES EACH

TO REPRESENT SPAIN, YOU WOULD USE

A) A LARGE-SCALEB) A SMALL-SCALE

CORRECT ANSWERSMALL SCALE

DEFINITION

IT IS THE ART OF MAKING MAPS AND ALSO THE SCIENCE OF THEIR STUDY

CORRECT ANSWER

CARTOGRAPHY

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MDIANERI

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MERIDIAN

TO DETERMINE THE LONGITUDE OF A PLACE, YOU USE THE GREENWICH MERIDIAN

A) TRUEB) FALSE

CORRECT ANSWERTRUE

G.M.T. MEANSA) GENERIC MAPPING TOOLSB) GIANT MAGELLAN TELESCOPEC) GREENWICH MEAN TIMED) GLOBAL MANAGEMENT TRAINEE

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GREENWICH MEAN TIME

THE GEOGRAPHIC COORDINATES OF POINT A ARE

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60 DEGREES LATITUDE NORTH120 DEGREES LONGITUDE WEST

WHAT TIME IS IT IN INDIA IF IT IS 10 A.M. AT GREENWICH, ENGLAND?

CORRECT ANSWER

3 P.M.

YOU ARE ON AN EXCURSION AND YOU HAVE A MAP WITH A SCALE OF 1:200,000. A FOUNTAIN IS 3 CM AWAY ON YOUR MAP. CALCULATE THE REAL DISTANCE.

CORRECT ANSWER

600,000 CM OR 6 KM

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TPIROCS

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TROPICS

WHICH SCALE IS LARGER?

A) THE WORLD MAPB) THE SPANISH MAP

CORRECT ANSWER

THE SPANISH MAP

DEFINITION

IMAGINARY LINES PERPENDICULAR TO THE EQUATOR

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PARALLELS

DEFINITION

AN IMAGINARY CIRCLE THAT DIVIDES THE EARTH INTO TWO EQUAL HALVES

CORRECT ANSWER

EQUATOR

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LTDEITUA

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LATITUDE

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY OBTAINS IMAGES FROM ARTIFICIAL SATELLITES

A) TRUEB) FALSE

CORRECT ANSWER

FALSE

GUESS THE MISSING WORD

SPACE IMAGES ARE TAKING FROM ARTIFICIAL_________, WHICH CAPTURE IMAGES OF A SURFACE.

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SATELLITES

IF THE SCALE OF A MAP SHOWS 1 CM TO 300 KM, THIS SCALE WOULD BE IN THE FORM OF A FRACTIONA) 1: 3,000,000B) 1: 300,000C) 1: 300,000,000D) 1: 30,000,000

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