Latitude/Longitude Lab:
Questions #1 - 6: Use the website and video below to help answer the questions.
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1. How long is Earth's circumference?
2. Lines of Latitude are also known as?
3. Latitude lines circle the globe from east to west and are all the same distance apart. Each degree of latitude is into 60 equal parts called ____?_____ and each of these can be can be divided into 60 equal parts called seconds. The equator lies at 0 degrees latitude.
4. Lines of longitude, are also known as?
5. Longitude lines run north and south, and are also known as. Unlike latitude, lines of longitude are not equal distance from each other. Instead they grow closer together until they intersect at the poles. 0 degrees longitude is known as _____?_____.
6. There are 180 degrees of longitude going East, and 180 degrees going West for a total of 360 degrees. Each degree of longitude can be separated into 60 minutes and each minute into 60 seconds. Lines of longitude are used to measure how far _____?_____ you are.
Questions #7 - 12: The Earth is “fatter” in its middle than it is near the poles. See picture below. As a result, a degree of longitude gets shorter at higher latitudes, becoming shorter as the latitude increases. The table below illustrates this and will be helpful to you in answering the next set of questions.
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Video
1. How long is Earth's circumference?
2. Lines of Latitude are also known as?
3. Latitude lines circle the globe from east to west and are all the same distance apart. Each degree of latitude is into 60 equal parts called ____?_____ and each of these can be can be divided into 60 equal parts called seconds. The equator lies at 0 degrees latitude.
4. Lines of longitude, are also known as?
5. Longitude lines run north and south, and are also known as. Unlike latitude, lines of longitude are not equal distance from each other. Instead they grow closer together until they intersect at the poles. 0 degrees longitude is known as _____?_____.
6. There are 180 degrees of longitude going East, and 180 degrees going West for a total of 360 degrees. Each degree of longitude can be separated into 60 minutes and each minute into 60 seconds. Lines of longitude are used to measure how far _____?_____ you are.
Questions #7 - 12: The Earth is “fatter” in its middle than it is near the poles. See picture below. As a result, a degree of longitude gets shorter at higher latitudes, becoming shorter as the latitude increases. The table below illustrates this and will be helpful to you in answering the next set of questions.
7. Examine the table above. How does the distance between lines of Longitude change as one approaches the north or south pole from the equator?
8. The distance around the Earth at the equator (or circumference) can be calculated by multiplying the number of degrees of longitude by the number of miles per degree at the Equator. What is that distance?
Hint: ______ degrees of longitude x _______ miles/degree = _________
9. What is the distance around the Earth at 40° South Latitude? Use the same approach as the previous question but this time use the miles/degree at 40° South Latitude.
10. At which latitude is the distance around the world one-half of the distance at the equator?
11. How many miles lay between a point 60° North Latitude and 30° West longitude and a point 60° North Latitude and 60° East Longitude? Click here for a picture that displays the coordinates on a map. It should help you calculate the distance for this question and the next.
12. How many miles between a point 30° South Latitude and 60° West Longitude and a point 30° South Latitude and 80° East Longitude?
Questions #13 - 19: Use the picture below to help you answer the questions.
8. The distance around the Earth at the equator (or circumference) can be calculated by multiplying the number of degrees of longitude by the number of miles per degree at the Equator. What is that distance?
Hint: ______ degrees of longitude x _______ miles/degree = _________
9. What is the distance around the Earth at 40° South Latitude? Use the same approach as the previous question but this time use the miles/degree at 40° South Latitude.
10. At which latitude is the distance around the world one-half of the distance at the equator?
11. How many miles lay between a point 60° North Latitude and 30° West longitude and a point 60° North Latitude and 60° East Longitude? Click here for a picture that displays the coordinates on a map. It should help you calculate the distance for this question and the next.
12. How many miles between a point 30° South Latitude and 60° West Longitude and a point 30° South Latitude and 80° East Longitude?
Questions #13 - 19: Use the picture below to help you answer the questions.
13. What are the coordinates of point A? Click here for a picture that shows you two options for properly writing coordinates.
14. Locate the same coordinates in Google Maps (click here) from the previous question. Enter the coordinates using either option. To enter the degree symbol in Google Maps press down the Option and Zero key at the same time. Click here for a picture. Where is location A? Give any information you can about the country, providence, state, or city.
15. What are the coordinates of point B? Give latitude first then longitude and for a number that is West or South use a negative number.
16. Locate the same coordinates in Google Maps from the previous question. In what country is point B located?
17. Locate a point at 10 ° South Latitude and 45 ° West Longitude in Google Maps. What country is it located in?
18. The latitude and longitude system was developed at the following coordinates 51.4769° N, 0.0005° W. Use Google Maps to determine what city the system was developed. Document answer in performance task.
19. Put your home address into the address field on this site (click here). Record the latitude and longitude of your home/apartment.
14. Locate the same coordinates in Google Maps (click here) from the previous question. Enter the coordinates using either option. To enter the degree symbol in Google Maps press down the Option and Zero key at the same time. Click here for a picture. Where is location A? Give any information you can about the country, providence, state, or city.
15. What are the coordinates of point B? Give latitude first then longitude and for a number that is West or South use a negative number.
16. Locate the same coordinates in Google Maps from the previous question. In what country is point B located?
17. Locate a point at 10 ° South Latitude and 45 ° West Longitude in Google Maps. What country is it located in?
18. The latitude and longitude system was developed at the following coordinates 51.4769° N, 0.0005° W. Use Google Maps to determine what city the system was developed. Document answer in performance task.
19. Put your home address into the address field on this site (click here). Record the latitude and longitude of your home/apartment.