Earth gets its 3D close-up with new topographic map – answers
true/false/no evidence
- Many people live on Oahu. T: it’s the most populous island of Hawaii
- A large volcanic mountain rage spans the island from east to west. F: there are two ranges one to the east and one to the west
- This is the first ever topographical map of Oahu. F: there have been maps for decades
- A Japanese scientist invented the name Terra. NE: we are not told anything about who thought of the name (in fact it is an acronym)
- Terra was launched to monitor changes in the earth’s surface. T: changes in the surface of the earth
- Terra produces a 3D picture from a single 2D image. F: it produces the picture using 2 x 2d images
- A previous version of the map was released in 1999. F: in 2009
- This improved version adds 60,000 new stereo images to to picture. F: 260,000
- Very small lakes were not thought important enough to add to previous maps. NE: we only know that even small lakes are visible on the new maps nothing is said about previous maps in this regard
- Exploration companies will take advantage of the new maps to find new natural resources. NE: we know that finding natural resources in one use of the maps but we are not told if anybody is actually doing this