Earth

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Earth
Lat./Long.
Mapping
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What is the true shape of the Earth?
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Oblate Spheriod (flattened at poles, bulging in
the middle)
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Name the three spheres of the Earth and what they
are.
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Atmosphere (air), hydrosphere (water),
lithosphere (crust)
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What three things increase as I travel farther
into the Earth
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Density, pressure and temperature
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Name the two types of crust and what they are
made of
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Continental graniteOceanic - basalt
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Which part of the Earths interior is thought to
be liquid and why?
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Outer core seismic waves cannot pass through it
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Give the latitude and longitude to the nearest
minute of Old Forge.
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43 40 N, 74 55 W
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Name the reference lines for latitude and
longitude and give their degrees.
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Equator -0Prime Meridian - 0
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What is the latitude and longitude of the Hawaii
Hot Spot to the nearest degree
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21 N 157 W
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What would be the angle to Polaris from the North
Pole?
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90 degrees
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What is the rate of the suns movement?
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15 degrees of longitude per hour
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What are the isolines on a topographic map called?
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Contour lines
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What is another term for gradient?
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slope
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Give three ways to tell direction of stream flow
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High elevation to low, small body to large,
opposite the V in the contour
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What is the highest possible elevation of a hill
with the closest contour of 280 m and an interval
of 20m.
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299 m
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Name two other examples of isolines
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Isobars, isotherms, isohyets
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Calculate the rate of temperature increase for a
room if it goes from 40 degrees F to 65 degrees F
in 5 minutes
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5.0 degrees F/min
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Calculate the gradient if a landscape decreases
from 700 meters to 340 meters over a distance of
25 kilometers.
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14.4 m/km
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Use eratosthenes method to determine the
circumference if the angle is 45 degrees and the
distance is 4 cm
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32.0 cm
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If I climb 125 feet of elevation over 6 miles.
What is the gradient?
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20.8 ft/mile
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If the gradient is 45 m/km, and the starting
elevation is 750 meters, what is the ending
elevation if the distance is 1 km.
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705 m
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