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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 relief | another name for a topographic map |
| L= Latitude A= Air currents (movement of air, like water) C= Continentality- most extreme temps on a continent in the center E= Elevation- higer means lower temp M= Mountain barrier- rain shadow/ orographic effect O= ocean currents- creates 90% of desets including major 3 P Pressurre belts- cause tornados S= Storms | LACEMOPS |
| Place | animal, plants, mountains, religion, language, population, climate, water, soil physical and human characteristics ex: white tailed deer under a aspen tree on a mountain |
| Location | GPS, address, relative location -position on the earth's surface ex: P Sherman Wallaby Way, Sydney Australia |
| nautical mile | A distance of 6080 feet, equaling one minute of the earth's latitude. |
| statute mile | a unit of length that is 5,280 feet |
| Orographic effect | cooling effect that occurs when air is forced to rise over a mountain, resulting in a wetter windward side and a drier leeward side, The precipitation that occurs when moist air rises up the side of a mountain. As the air rises, it cools down and releases most of its moisture as rain or snow. |
| Mercator Projection | equator right (farther away from equator means more distortion) NOTE: Greenland is huge |
| Robinson Projection | looks pretty but everything is distorted, only education NOTE: Oval |
| Interrupted Projection | equator is to scale, oceans are chopped NOTE: looks like a peeled orange... |
| Azimuthal Projection | View of the Earth from the North Pole |
| Peter's projection | waters is accurate, land not so much NOTE: continents look stretched |
| Title Orientation Date Author Legend Scale Index Grid Source | Elements of a Map: TODALSIGS |
| Bullard | Supported Alfred Wegener's theory by discovering the Mid-Atlantic Ridge |
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