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41 Cards in this Set
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MAP
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FLAT;TWO-DIMENSIONAL REPRESENTS EARTHS SURFACE;DISTORTS EARTHS FEATURES BY A DEGREE
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CARTOGRAPHER
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PRACTICE MAKING MAPS AND GLOBES
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PROJECTIONS
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REDUCE DISTORTS; 3 COMMON PROJECTIONS
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MERCATOR PROJECTION
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SHOWS STRAIGHT LINES;DISTORTS DISTANCE NEAR AND POLES;NAVIGATION AT SEA
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GNOMONIC PROJECTION
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SHORTEST DISTANCE BETWEEN TWO POINTS;LAND DISTORTED FROM CENTER;OCEAN VOYAGES
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POLYCONIC PROJECTION
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MAPPING LARGE AREAS THAT FALL MIDDLE LATITUDES (UNITED STATES)
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EQUATOR
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IMAGIONARY LINE DIVIDING NORTH&SOUTHERN HEMISPHERES 0 DEGRESS
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PRIME MERIDIAN
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DIVIDES EASTERN AND WESTERN HEMISHPERES
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LONGITUDE
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HALF CIRCLES;NORTH SOUTH BETWEEN POLES;MEASURED IN DEGRESS WEST OF PRIME MERDIAIN
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LATITUDE
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PARALLEL LINES CIRCLE WORLD EAST TO WEST
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MAP SCALES
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TELL YOU MAPS SIZE COMAPRED TO EARTHS SURFACE
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RADAR
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SENDS OUT RADIO SIGNALS;ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES A PATTERN OF MAGNETIC AND ELECTRIC ENERGY;PSEE THROUGHT CLOUDS
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GRADICULE
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GRID OF IMAGIONARY LINES
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HEMISPHERE
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DIVIDES PLANET INTO HALVES;NORTH & WEST
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HOW RADAR WORKS
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RADIO SIGNAL BOUNCES OFF ANY OBJECT IT HITS
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SATELLITE
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USE SENSORS TO DETECT CHANGES IN THE WAVE LEGNTH OF LIGHT THAT IS REFLECTED FROM THE EARTHS SURFACE
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GPS
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WEB OF 24 SATELLITES;STARTED MILITARY; IUSED TO MEASURE SPEED, TIME WEATHER ECT..
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G.I.S
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COMPUTER SYSTEM; DISPLAY DATA INDENTIFED BY LOCATION
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LAND SURNEYOR
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COLLECT INFORMATION ABOUT A PLOT OF LAND;BOUNDARIES;ARFTIFICIAL;NATURAL STRUCTURES
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HOW IS DATA COLLECTS FORM SATELLITES TO COMPUTER
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DATA COLLECTED CONVERTED ONTO CODE;THEN PIXALS;COMPUTERCONVERTS THE PIXALS INTO USABLE IMAGES
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TOPOGRAPHIC MAPS
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SHOWS TOPOGRAPHY OF AN AREA;SHOWS SHAPE OF THE EARTHS SURFACE;USE CONTOUR LINES
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TOPTGRAPHY
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LANDFORMS;CLIFFS,MOUNTAINS;STREETS
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RELIEF
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HIGHS AND LOWS OF AN AREA;MPUNTAINS CKIFFS;STREETS
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CONTOUR LINES
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LANDSCAPES ELEVELATION OR HEIGHT ABOOVE SEA LEVEL
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CONTOUR INTERVAL
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DIFFERECE IN ELEVATION BETWEEN TWO CONTOUR LINES
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SLOPE
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DISTANCE BETWEEN CONTOUR INES' STEEPNESS OF LADSCAPE
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CONTOUR LINES FAR APART
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LANDSCAPE FLAT
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DETERMINE SLOPE
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RISE/RUN;DIVIDE CHANGE IN ELEVATION BY DISTANCE COVERED
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CONTOUR LINES CLOSE TOGETHER
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LANSCAPE STEEP
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START POINT IS 14OO FT;SUMMIT IS 3165 FT::::::FIND SLOPE:..:.::
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706 PER MILE;SUBTRACT 1400 FROM 3165= 1765FT * 2.5( TWO AND A HALF)
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SPOT ELEVATION
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ELLEVATIONS OF ROAD FORKS,LAKE SURFACES;SHOWN ON MAP AS SMALL CROSSES
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ISOBATHS
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INDICATES SHAPE OF LAND BELOW THE WATER
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MAGNETIC DECLINATION
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ANGLE WHICH COMPASS NEEDE WILL VARY FROM TUE NOTH;POINTS TO MAGNETIC NORTH
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PROFILE DIAGRAM
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TRANSFERRING INFORMATION FORM TOPRGRAPHIC MAP TO ANOTHER;DRAW LANFORMS PROFILE OR SHAPE
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FLAT MAP OF A CURVES SURFACE IS DISTORED???
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TRUE
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MAP PROJECTIONS UDES AT TO SHOW DISTORTION OF SHAPES, DISTANCE?????
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FALSE: MINIMES DISTORTION
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USE OF RADARS ALOWS MAPMAKERS TO PRODUCE ACCURATE MAPS????????
TRUE OF FALSE |
FALSE;ROMOTE-SENSING METHODS
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HELP OF ______CARTOGRAPHERS USE________TO MAKE DETAILED MAPS
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COMPUTERS;REMOTE-SENSING
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______PRODUCED USING DATA FROM ______ ARE USED IN MANY ARES OF SCIENCE AND RESEARCH
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IMAGES;SATELLITES
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____MAPS INDICATE ELEVATION AND AVERAGE SLOPE USUING______
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TOPOGRAPHIC ;CONTOUR LINES
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_______USED TO INDICATE VAROIUS FEATURES ON TOPOGRAPHIC MAP-INCLUDING WATER, AND HUMAN-MADE STRUSTURES
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COLORS
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