EARTH QUIZ

GOOD LUCK!

EARTH ROTATES IN:

A)
about 24 hours
B)
about 6 hours
C)
about 12 hours
D)
about 26 hours

CORRECT
ANSWER

About 24
hours

THE JUNCTION OF THE PRIME MERIDIAN AND

THE EQUATOR IS CLOSEST TO:
A) ASIA
B)
AFRICA
C)
EUROPE
D)
AUSTRALIA

CORRECT
ANSWER

AFRICA

HOW MANYDEGREES OF LONGITUDE ARE THERE IN

ONE HEMISPHERE OF THE EARTH?

A) 45
B) 90
C)

180
D)

360

CORRECT
ANSWER

180

WHICH CONTINENT ARE

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

CORRECT
ANSWER

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
ANSWER

15

THE DISTANCE BETWEEN

ANY POINT OF THE EARTHS
SURFACE AND THE 0
DEGREE IS

CORRECT
ANSWER

LONGITUDE

PLANAR PROJECTION IS
USED TO REPRESENT

CORRECT
ANSWER
THE POLES AND THEIR
SURROUNDINGS

IT IS THE SAME TIME ALL OVER THE

WORLD

A
) TRUE
B
) FALSE

CORRECT
ANSWER

FALSE

THE SCALE OF MAPS CAN

BE NUMERICAL AND

CORRECT
ANSWER

GRAPHIC

DEFINITION

R
EPRESENTATION ON A PLANE
OF PART OF THE EARTHS
SURFACE.

CORRECT
ANSWER

MAP

DEFINITION
I
T CAN BE EAST OR WEST

CORRECT
ANSWER

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-SCALE
B
) A SMALL-SCALE

CORRECT
ANSWER

SMALL
SCALE

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

CORRECT
ANSWER

CARTOGRAPHY

UNSCRAMBLE THE LETTERS TO

FIND A WORD FROM THIS UNIT.

MDIANERI

CORRECT
ANSWER

MERIDIAN

TO DETERMINE THE LONGITUDE OF A PLACE,

YOU USE THE GREENWICH MERIDIAN

A
) TRUE
B
) FALSE

CORRECT
ANSWER

TRUE

G.M.T. MEANS
A)
GENERIC MAPPING TOOLS
B)
GIANT MAGELLAN TELESCOPE
C)
GREENWICH MEAN TIME
D)
GLOBAL MANAGEMENT TRAINEE

CORRECT
ANSWER

GREENWICH MEAN
TIME

THE GEOGRAPHIC COORDINATES OF

POINT A ARE

CORRECT
ANSWER
60 DEGREES LATITUDE NORTH
120 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

UNSCRAMBLE THE LETTERS TO WRITE A

WORKD FROM THIS UNIT

TPIROCS

CORRECT
ANSWER

TROPICS

WHICH SCALE IS
LARGER?
A
) THE WORLD MAP
B
) THE SPANISH MAP

CORRECT
ANSWER

THE SPANISH MAP

DEFINITION

MAGINARY LINES
PERPENDICULAR TO THE
EQUATOR

CORRECT
ANSWER

PARALLELS

DEFINITION
AN IMAGINARY CIRCLE
THAT DIVIDES THE EARTH
INTO TWO EQUAL HALVES

CORRECT
ANSWER

EQUATOR

UNSCRAMBLE THE LETTERS TO WRITE A

WORD FROM THIS UNIT

LTDEITUA

CORRECT
ANSWER

LATITUDE

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY OBTAINS IMAGES

FROM ARTIFICIAL SATELLITES

A
) TRUE
B
) FALSE

CORRECT
ANSWER

FALSE

GUESS THE MISSING

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

CORRECT
ANSWER

SATELLITES

IF THE SCALE OF A MAP SHOWS 1 CM TO 300 KM,

THIS SCALE WOULD BE IN THE FORM OF A
FRACTION
A) 1:
3,000,000
B) 1:
300,000
C) 1:
300,000,000
D) 1:
30,000,000