Chapter 1 Maps Freeman Environmental Geology Lab
Book (2nd Ed.) Updated 2023-2024 /Questions With
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Quiz :Q 1.7 What is the latitude at (A) the north pole? (B) The south pole? -
√Answer :90*N and 90*S
Quiz :Q 1.8 What do you imagine is the maximum longitude value on earth? -
√Answer :180* (180*W or 180*E. They are equal)
Quiz :Q 1.10 Given a scale of 1:24,000: (A) What is the ground distance in feet
represented by three inches on the map? (B) What is the ground distance in
meters represented by 5 cm on the map? (C) How about the ground distance
in kilometers represented by 5 cm on the map? - √Answer :A 6,000
B 1,200
C 1.2
Quiz :Q 1.11 What happens to the usefulness of (A) the fractional scale, and (B)
the graphic scale, as you enlarge your map? - √Answer :(A) The fractional
scale is no longer applicable and (B) the graphic scale continues to be
applicable because it changes in size along with the map
Quiz :Q 1.18B (B) What is the longitude? - √Answer :112* 00' W
Quiz :Q 1.20 What is the elevation of the triangulation marker in section 3? -
√Answer :5,619 feet
Quiz :Q 1.21 What is the fractional scale on this quad? - √Answer :1:24,000
Quiz :Q 1.22 Judging from the fractional scale, what size quad do you suppose
Menan Buttes Quadrangle is? - √Answer :7 1/2-minute
Quiz :Q 1.23 There's a benchmark (BM) marked with elevation 4826 feet along
the Union Pacific Railroad. What is the distance, to the nearest tenth of a mile,
between the BM and the X marking the approximate center of South Menan
Butte? - √Answer :1.4 miles
Quiz :Q 1.24 How far- to the nearest tenth of a kilometer- is the well in section
11 from the southwest corner of section 10? - √Answer :1.8 kilometers
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