How are equal-area projections of Earth inaccurate? (1 point) Responses There are distortions near the center of the map. There are distortions near the center of the map. Directions and the shapes of the landmasses are distorted. Directions and the shapes of the landmasses are distorted. This projection does not show true sizes. This projection does not show true sizes. Areas close to the poles are disproportionately large. Areas close to the poles are disproportionately large.

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Equal-area projections are designed to accurately represent areas, meaning that the sizes of regions on the map are proportional to their true sizes on Earth. However, they can still have inaccuracies in other aspects. The option that best describes the inaccuracies of equal-area projections is:

Directions and the shapes of the landmasses are distorted.

This means that while areas may be represented correctly, the shapes and angles of the landmasses are often distorted in order to maintain the true area representation.