Mercator Projection

What will be an ideal response?


A true conformal cylindrical map projection, the Mercator projection is particularly useful for navigation because it maintains accurate direction. Mercator projections are famous for their distortion in area that makes landmasses at the poles appear oversized.

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a. Atacama b. Amazon Basin c. Bangladesh d. North Africa

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A. low viscosity lava. B. basaltic lava. C. rhyolitic pyroclasts. D. andesitic lava and pyroclasts.

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The process of breaking rocks into pieces ranging in size from boulders to pebbles, sand grains, and silt, down to microscopic clay particles and dissolved solids is called:

A) erosion B) weathering C) decomposition D) degradation E) denudation

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