Maps


Maps - Concepts
Class - 6th Foundation NTSE Subjects
 
 
Concept Explanation
 

Maps

A map is a representation or a drawing of the earth’s surface or a part of it drawn on a flat surface according to a scale. Maps are useful to us for various purposes. One map shows a small area and a few facts. Another map may contain as many facts as a big book. When many maps are put together we get an Atlas. Atlases are of various sizes, measurements drawn on different scales. Maps provide more information than a globe.

Difference between a globe and a map

A globe

A map

·   A globe is a three dimensional model of the earth

·   Globes show very few details.

·   Globe show the shapes and size of countries accurately.

·    One can view only a part of the world at a glance on a globe.

·   A globe shows the whole Earth; it cannot show only a part of the world.

·   It is inconvenient to carry a globe.

·  A map is a two-dimensional representation of the earth.

·  Maps can show large amounts of detail.

·  The shapes and sizes of countries get distorted in a map.

·  One can view the entire world at a glance in a world map.

·  Maps can be drawn to show the whole world, or a part of it.

·  It is easy to carry maps

 
 
 


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