Question

The map above uses a particular projection to display the world’s continents. Which of the following statements about this map is false?

A.
This map projection has an elliptical shape.
B.
This map projection does not distort shapes.
C.
This is a Mollweide projection map.
D.
This map projection accurately depicts the areas of the Earth’s continents.

Answer 1

This map projection does not distort shapes. -is a false statement about this map.

Answer 2

The false statement is - B. This map projection does not distort shapes.

The map shown on the image is a Mollweide projection map. This is a map that has an elliptical shape, unlike most of the maps that have a rectangular shape. It is a map that pretty accurately manages to depict the Earth's continents with their right sizes.

Unfortunately, it can not be said that the map is without flaws. It is a map that has distortions, as all the others do, but it is still a map where the distortions are very small, thus the depiction is much accurate than on most of the other map projections.