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(f) Maps use symbols to represent particular things
Things To Do
1. Answer these questions.
a) What does a map represent?
b) What does the scale show in a map?
What features of the Earth can maps present?
d)
e) Why does a globe represent the Earth best?
What is a globe?
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Answer:
e) answer and d) answer
Explanation:
E) the globe represent the earth best because earth is in sphere in shape and globe is also sphere in shape.
A) a globe is a spherical model of Earth, of some other celestial body, or of the celestial sphere
(a) The three components of a map are—distance, direction and symbol.
(b) The four cardinal directions are—North, South, East and West.
(c) The term ‘the scale of the map’ means the ratio between the actual distance on the ground and the distance shown on the map.
(d) Maps provide more information than a globe. A globe can be useful when we want to study the earth as a whole. But when we want to study only a part of the earth, as about a country or a state, globe is of little help. In such a situation only maps are useful.
(e) Differences between a map and a plan.
(f) Large scale maps provide detailed information because of the following reasons.
Large scale maps are drawn on big-sized papers.
Maps are of very large size. They have more space to depict more information.
