GEOG 2050 : Geography TEST ONE NOTE SAWP
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Geodesy: the study of the shape of the earth, mean sea level surface: geoid, figure 1. 11. Latitude: lines that run east-west, parallel lines are called parallels, degrees north-south, 1 degree latitude = 69 miles (111 km, important parallels, equator (0 degrees. Only parallel that is a great circle: tropic of cancer (23. 5 degrees n, tropic of capricorn (23. 5 degrees s, arctic circle (66. 5 degrees n, antarctic circle (66. 5 degrees s) Time zones: 24 hours in a day, 360 degrees in a circle/24 hours, 15 degrees in an hour. Maps: globe: only true representation of the distance, direction, area, shape, and proximity, flat map distorts either equal area or true shape, figure 1. 24, figure 1. 25. Map scale: ratio of the map to the real world, figure 1. 2, figure 1. 23, ex: if map distance is 4. 65 inches and real distance is 4650 miles, the scale is 1 inch = 1000 miles.
