Scale is
A) the system used by geographers to transfer locations from a globe to a map.
B) the spread of a phenomenon over a given area.
C) the difference in elevation between two points in an area.
D) the relationship between the length of an object on a map and that feature on the landscape.
E) the ratio of the largest to smallest areas on a map.

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Scale refers to the relationship between the length of an object on a map and that feature on the landscape. It is the ratio between the size of an area on the map, compared to the actual size of that same area on the ground.

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