Conic Projection

Front 1

map made by protecting points and lines from a globe onto a cone

Back 1

conic projection

Front 2

line on a map that connects points of equal elevation

Back 2

contour lines

Front 3

imaginary line that wraps around at the 0 deg. latitude halfway between the north and south pole

Back 3

equator

Front 4

mountains formed from huge tilted blocks of rock that are separated from surrounding rocks by faults

Back 4

fault-block mountain

Front 5

mountains formed when horizontal rock layers are squeezed from oppisite sides, causing them to buckle and fold

Back 5

folded mountains

Front 6

distance in degrees north or south of the equator

Back 6

latitude

Front 7

distance in degrees east or west of the Prime Merridean

Back 7

longitude

Front 8

explains the meanings of symbols used on a map

Back 8

map legend

Front 9

relationship between distances on a map and distances on earth's surface that can be represented as a ratio or as a small bar divided into sections

Back 9

map scale

Front 10

large flat land forns that often has a theck soil and is usually found in the region of a continent

Back 10

plains

Front 11

flat, raised oland form made of nearly horizontal rocks that have been uplifted

Back 11

plateau

Front 12

imaginary line that represents 0 deg and runs from the north pole through Greenwich, England to the south pole

Back 12

prime merridean

Front 13

map that shows the changes in elevation of the earth's surface and indicates features such as roads and cities

Back 13

topographic map

Front 14

mountains formed when blocks of earth's crust are pushed up by forces inside the earth

Back 14

unwarped mountains

Front 15

mountains formed when molten material reaches through a weak crystal area and piles up into a cone shaped structure

Back 15

volcanic mountains