Road Scholar UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT ANSWERS
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Road Scholar
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Road Scholar
Road Scholar UPDATED ACTUAL
Questions and CORRECT ANSWERS
cartography - CORRECT ANSWER- the science of mapping
quadrangle - CORRECT ANSWER- four sided figure
neat lines - CORRECT ANSWER- the boundaries of quadrangle maps. make the maps
look 'neat
Road Scholar UPDATED ACTUAL
Questions and CORRECT ANSWERS
cartography - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- the science of mapping
quadrangle - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- four sided figure
neat lines - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- the boundaries of quadrangle maps. make the maps
look 'neat'.
prime meridian - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- zero degrees longitude. also known as the
greenwich meridian.
7.5 minute quadrangle - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- cover land measuring 7.5 minutes of arc
from north- south and from east-west. at a scale of 1:24000. covers from 49-70 square miles.
latitude - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- north- south. read before longitude.
longitude - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- east- west. read after latitude.
quadrangle name - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- appears in the upper right corner. may be
named after a prominent city, feature, or town. most of that feature must lie within the
quadrangle for the quad to be named after it. the state name is also here.
series - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- appears in the upper right corner. refers to the mapped
area in degrees, minutes, and seconds.
type - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- appears in the upper right corner. tow types of type:
topographic and planimetric.
topographic type - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- shows the shape and elevation of the land
, planimetric type - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- does not show the shape and elevation of the
land but the horizontal orientation and natural and manmade (cultural) features.
title block - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- in the lower right margin. shows the name of the
quad, the abbreviation of the state, and the year of latest revision.
plant imprint note - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- located in lower right margin. includes the
name of the government department responsible for making the map and the name and
location of the printing plant. the location above is used of USGS maps.
legend - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- located in the lower right margin. shows the classes of
roads and route markers on the map.
scale - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- ( on 7.5 maps) expressed in two ways: a fixed ratio or
direct proportional/ diagrammatic bar scales. both are found in the lower margin.
contour lines - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- fine, curving brown lines. the same elevation.
Depict the shape and elevation of the land.
contour interval - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- the vertical difference between adjacent
contour lines. this value is printed beneath the feet/ kilometer bars in the lower margin.
national map accuracy standards - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- in lower center margin. makes
sure that a map complies with government standards. if this is not present then the map does
not meet the standards.
declination - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- the angular difference between true north and
magnetic north.
graticule tick marks - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- help in mentally dividing the map into nine
equal pieces called sectors.
sectors - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- nine equal parts of the map. they are numbered from
left to right in three rows. do NOT confuse this term with section.
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