Scale Affects Change
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QUESTION
Choose the word that names a surface feature that is easiest to interpret at small scale: pothole, river meander, tectonic plate.
QUESTION
Identify the best scale choice to measure shoreline retreat along one beach: large-scale map or small-scale map?
QUESTION
Which map is smaller scale:
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10,000
1:10{,}000
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1,000,000
1:1{,}000{,}000
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. Larger denominator means smaller scale (less detail).
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