To Fit the Spherical Earth onto a Flat Map, a Mercator

question 119

Multiple Choice

To fit the spherical Earth onto a flat map, a Mercator projection:

• A) flattens the Earth like an orange peel.
• B) shows lines of longitude curving up toward the poles.
• C) stretches out the poles, depicting them with lines equal to the length of the equator.
• D) perfectly represents the shapes of landmasses.

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