CONS 127 MIDTERM
[Document subtitle]
[DATE]
[COMPANY NAME]
[Company address]
, Certainly! Here are your questions numbered with their corresponding answers:
1. Latitude
Horizontal lines
Angle that describes the north-south position
2. Longitude
Vertical lines
Angle that describes the east-west position
3. Prime Meridian
Greenwich
Origin of the measures of longitude (0 degrees of longitude)
4. Parallel
Circle connecting all locations with a given latitude
5. 3 ways the earth's shape can be mathematically defined
Sphere, ellipsoid, geoid
6. The only correct representation of the Earth's surface
Geoid
7. Equivalent projection + example
Allows for comparing the surfaces of the Earth within the map, since the areas of the
continents are accurate
The shapes of the continents are distorted
Examples: Mollweide or Gall-Peters
[Document subtitle]
[DATE]
[COMPANY NAME]
[Company address]
, Certainly! Here are your questions numbered with their corresponding answers:
1. Latitude
Horizontal lines
Angle that describes the north-south position
2. Longitude
Vertical lines
Angle that describes the east-west position
3. Prime Meridian
Greenwich
Origin of the measures of longitude (0 degrees of longitude)
4. Parallel
Circle connecting all locations with a given latitude
5. 3 ways the earth's shape can be mathematically defined
Sphere, ellipsoid, geoid
6. The only correct representation of the Earth's surface
Geoid
7. Equivalent projection + example
Allows for comparing the surfaces of the Earth within the map, since the areas of the
continents are accurate
The shapes of the continents are distorted
Examples: Mollweide or Gall-Peters
