Maps+and+Mapping+skills

Maps and Mapping Skills **Vocabulary:** **__Components__**: A part of a whole, as in a system. **__System__**: A group of components working together to perform a function. **__Geography__**: The science dealing with the surface of the Earth. **__Physical Map__**: A map that shows the physical features of the Earth's surface; it shows where land and water are located. __**Latitude:**__ Distance North or South of the equator, measured on a meridian. __**Longitude:**__ Distance on the Earth's surface, measured East or West from the prime meridian at Greenwich, England, expressed in degrees (or hours) minutes  and seconds. __**Parallel:**__ two lines that are always the same distance apart and never cross. __**Hemisphere:**__ Either the northern or southern half of the Earth as divided by the equator or the Eastern or Western half as divided by a meridian. __**Meridian:**__ Imaginary circle around the Earth that goes through the North and South Poles. All points on the same meridian have the same longitude. __**Equator:**__ An imaginary line that goes around the Earth halfway between <span style="background-color: #f6efef; color: #17656e; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">the North and South poles. <span style="background-color: #f6efef; color: #17656e; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">__**Prime Meridian:**__ The zero meridian (O degrees), used as a reference line <span style="background-color: #f6efef; color: #17656e; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">from which longitude East and West is measured. It passes through <span style="background-color: #f6efef; color: #17656e; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Greenwich, England. <span style="background-color: #f6efef; color: #17656e; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">__**Grid:**__ lines that form equal sized boxes all over the surface of an object. <span style="background-color: #f6efef; color: #17656e; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Scale: A measurement tool used in mapping to determine the distance on maps. <span style="background-color: #f6efef; color: #17656e; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Example: 1 inch is equal to 300 miles. media type="custom" key="22005502" media type="custom" key="22053746"