Chapter 1 PHYSICAL MAP Maps are like a gateway to the world They can help you find almost any place on Earth Maps are diagrams that show us places They use symbols to show the features of a place Maps show us different things A park map might show where to find trees and a playground PHILADELPHIA Girard College o EOS km A city map may show streets a public pool and a Ave a 3 mile IIIT IIIII Historic Park Pennsylvania Dutch country Pocono Mountains a Fairmount A A Philadelphies Gardens Ste SCIence museum Vine St Franklin Markets station Mustin John E Kennedy Amtradinstitute but St Market sy Ritter II III University of Pennsylvania Maps show where to find things like libraries and museums Which place looks most interesting to you on this map Museum BMO a library all wars brary 8 South
Maps serve many purposes Some maps show country boundaries and locations of states Others focus on which areas produce different crops Still others call out natural features They use colors to show mountains valleys lakes and rivers These maps also show the location of these features and the distances between them Maps that show natural features are called physical maps This physical map of the world uses blue to show water brown to show deserts and green to show vegetation trees and other growing
A bird s fye View Physical maps show us a view of the world from above When you walk through a park you see the world from your own viewpoint You might see a stream beside you and some trees ahead of you If you lie down on the ground and look up the world looks different You might see clouds overhead and a bird flying Physical maps are a little like photos taken from above They show things as they'd look if you saw them from the
Imagine what the bird sees as it flies high over the park From high in the sky it looks down on the World We call this a bird's eye view Physical maps give a bird's eye or aerial view of the world When you look at a physical map you are looking at a place from above much as a bird might see it This aerial view shows crisscrossing
