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What is the purpose of the scale on a map?
Think about how you measure distance.
What does a compass rose indicate?
What would help you find north?
What does the linear scale represent?
Consider what you use to measure distance.
True or False: Contour lines show points of equal elevation.
Think about how hills rise.
Given a map with a scale of 1:100,000, how far is a feature that measures 5 centimeters on the map in real life?
Calculate by multiplying the map measurement by the scale factor.
You need to navigate from Point A to Point B on a map and find that Point B is at a distance of 2 kilometers east of Point A. How would you represent this direction and distance on a map?
Remember how maps show directions!
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