Portraying the Earth


Fact or Fiction Quiz

1) A small-scale map shows a small area. Fact or Fiction?

2) A degree of latitude is divided into degrees and minutes only. Fact or Fiction?

3) In the Public Land Survey (Township & Range), a section equals 36 square miles. Fact or Fiction?

4) The Mercator projection is a conical type of projection. Fact or Fiction?

5) The Great Circle cuts the Earth exactly in half. Fact or Fiction?

6) Time zones straddle every 15° meridian starting with the prime meridian. Fact or Fiction?

7) Latitude determines a point's location East and West of the Prime Meridian. Fact or Fiction?

8) UTM stands for Universal Transverse Mercator. Fact or Fiction?

9) The Global Positioning System (GPS) uses a network of satellites to accurately determine one's location on the Earth's surface. Fact or Fiction?

10) A person traveling west across the International Date line must turn the calendar back one day. Fact or Fiction?