Exercise #1: the geographic grid/time zones/map scale
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EXERCISE #1: THE GEOGRAPHIC GRID/TIME ZONES/MAP SCALEMaterials: Text: Chapter 2, “Maps” Goode’s World Atlas The Geographic Grid Latitude measures _____________ distances, and longitude measures____________distances. What is the maximum degrees of Longitude?________Of latitude?________ The Prime Meridian is at ___________degrees longitude. The Equator is at _____________degrees latitude. The International Date Line is at ____________degrees longitude. What is the approximate circumference of the Earth at the equator?____________ List the Standard Meridians in degrees of Longitude (don’t forget to add the E/W designation) and a major city closest to these Standard Meridians. MERIDIAN CITY MERIDIAN CITY _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ Using your atlas, find each of the following cities and give as closely as possible the latitude and longitude of each. Estimate to the nearest degree or half-degree.
Capetown, South Africa lat._______ _______long. Shanghai, China lat._______ _______long. Honolulu, Hawaii lat._______ _______long. London, England lat._______ _______long. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil lat._______ _______long. Clemson, S.C. lat._______ _______long.
Lat. 5 degrees S, long. 191 degrees W. Lat. 96 degrees N, long. 88 degrees E. (c) Lat. 21 ½ degrees E, long. 177 degrees E. Lat. 94 degrees S, long. 103 ½ degrees N. Lat. 48 degrees N, long. 188 degrees N. One degree of latitude at the equator has a standard length value of 68.704 miles. What is the length of one minute of latitude? Of one second of latitude? Length of 1 min (in miles).: _____ Length of one second (in miles) ________ What is the length in feet of one second of latitude? ________ (HINT: there are 5,280 feet in a mile) If the Prime Meridian is the “beginning” of longitude, what is the “end” of longitude called? Describe what happens there. Time Zones STANDARD TIME AND WORLD TIME ZONES: Use the following code designation of zones: AST Atlantic Standard Time EST Eastern Standard Time MST Mountain Standard Time PST Pacific Standard Time You can find a map of time zones in your Goode’s World Atlas. Give the time zone code and the standard meridian (in degrees of longitude) for each of the following places: Time Zone Standard Meridian Cleveland, OH ________ ________ Las Vegas, NV ________ ________ El Paso, TX ________ ________ Chicago, IL ________ ________ Denver, CO ________ ________ Montreal, PQ ________ ________ Halifax, NS ________ ________ Vancouver, BC ________ ________ Chicago ________ ________
When it is 10 a.m. Wednesday in Sydney, what time and day is it in London England? ______ In Anchorage, Alaska? ______. When it is 8 a.m. Friday in Los Angeles, what time and day is it in Tokyo, Japan? ________ Why aren’t time zone boundaries always straight lines? Which country has the greatest number of time zones?___________ How many zones are in that country? _______ Map Scale Write this out and don’t forget it! The greater the detail, the ________ the scale. The less the detail, the _______ the map scale. Directory: uploads uploads -> 587 Return function, r i(X) r i(0) r i(1) r i(2) r i(3) 1 0 2 4 6 Thermal Station, I 2 0 1 5 6 3 0 3 5 6 10 uploads -> Department of science and humanities department of mathematics part-a questions and answers uploads -> The Case Against the nypd’s Quota-Driven ‘Broken Windows’ Policing What Is It? uploads -> For want of a nail uploads -> Ownership Models There are two different types of ownership models uploads -> Police Militarization uploads -> City of rising star regular meting thursday, july 14, 2016 uploads -> Township of winfield uploads -> Stop Militarizing Law Enforcement Act of 2014 uploads -> The Black Panther Party’s Ten-Point Program What We Want Now! Download 20.03 Kb. Share with your friends:
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