UNDERSTANDING MAPS

Location Where a specific place on earth can

be found.

Map A drawing of a place Has information about features of the

area. Maps are usually flat

Globe

A model of the earth

Sphere A solid figure that has a shape of a

ball.

Hemisphere

Half of a sphere

North Pole

The geographic point on Earth which is the farthest north.

South Pole

The geographic point on Earth which is furthest south.

EQUATOR An imaginary line that divides the earth into the northern and the southern hemispheres

Prime meridian

An imaginary line that circles the Earth from pole to pole, It divides the Earth into Eastern and Western Hemispheres.

Lines of Longitude

Imaginary lines on a map or globe that run from north to south. They can tell you how far east or west a place is located from the prime meridian.

Lines of Latitude

Imaginary lines on a map or globe that run from east to west. Lines of latitude can tell you how far north or south a place is located from the equator.

CompassA tool that shows the direction of magnetic North.

Compass Rose

The part of the map that shows directions

DirectionsNorth, South, East , West

DistanceThe amount of space between two points

Elevation

The height a landform is above sea level

Grid a series of horizontal and

perpendicular lines used to find coordinates of a point

Scale A place on a map usually located on

the key that compares the size of the model to the actual size of the area being represented.

SymbolSomething on a map that stands for something else.

Sources:

http://www.worldatlas.com/aatlas/newart/hemispheres.gif

http://www.alexmorgan.com/miles.jpg

http://www.google.com.ph/imglanding

http://www.google.com.ph/image1

Sources:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f8/World_map_with_equator.jpg

http://www.nssgeography.com/canada9%20web/Unit%20Map%20Skills/Longitude%20and%20latitude_files/image005.jpg

http://www.kidsgeo.com/images/graphic-map-scale.jpg

http://www.dreamstime.com/stock-photo-map-symbols-image6021340