Notes on The Earth

       The scientific method of transferring locations on Earth is called projection. Earth's spherical shape causes distortions when flattening it out to make a map. There are four types of distortions shape of an area, distances between points, relative size, and direction. The geographic grid is a system of imaginary areas drawn in a grid pattern. Points on Earth's surface can be communicated by referencing points of latitude and longitude that intersect. The Earth is a sphere that is divided into 360º of longitude. When you divide the longitude of the Earth by 24 you get the different time zones, and each time zone equals about 15º.