Earth Science

Chapter 2: Mapping Earths Surface

Matching
Match each word with the correct description
1. ____ map

a. method of finding latitude, longitude, and

elevation points on Earths surface, used for
location

2. ____ globe

b. a sphere that represents the Earths entire

surface

3. ____ degree

c. pictures of Earths surface based on computer

data collected

4. ____ hemisphere

d. one half of the sphere that makes up the

Earths surface

5. ____ equator

e. imaginary line of longitude that runs through

Greenwich, England

6. ____ prime meridian

f. tiny dots that make up satellite images

7. ____ map projection

g. imaginary line halfway between the North and

South Pole

8. ____ digitalizing

h. framework of lines that helps in transferring

points on the Earth three-dimensional surface
into flat maps

9. ____ satellite images

i. process by which mapmakers convert the

location of map points to numbers

10. ____ pixels

j. 1/360 of the way around a circle

11. ____ Global Positioning System

k. flat model of all or part of the Earths surface